Yes, the rumours are true, the new Borknagar drummer is Baard Kolstad. Baard was also presented as the new ICS Vortex drummer just last week and I already saw some speculations drawing the correct li...
Pictures from the weekend in Helsinki- Finland with ICS Vortex: Baard in his drum solo. Chaos picture, us arriving at the venue Friday afternoon Signing session before the concert. Steinar warming up...
Norway’s ICS Vortex, who released the extremely versatile and highly acclaimed debut album “Storm Seeker” in August 2011 via Century Media Records, will be making the band’s live-debut at this weeken...
In these days with all the streaming debates, sharing, ripping, piracy and such I almost feel like a pirate myself asking people to buy the album to keep us going. I can live long on good reviews and...
Here we are! Finally! I’ve been waiting for this for quite some time now. After we went back home from Fascination Street I have been dying to show this to everyone and get some feedback on thi...
As promised on the ICS Vortex facebook page – here’s a couple of banners to use on the new facebook timeline profile. The sizes are 850×315 pixles. Download the image you want...
We can now announce a concert at the Volt Club in Lørenskog as part of Club Inferno, the exact date is 4th of April 2012. The date for our Inferno gig will be presented at the kickoff on John Dee in ...
ICS Vortex have been confirmed for the Farmerfest in Barcelona- Spain 1st of September. Good bill this one Farmerfest website Farmerfest Facebook Farmerfest Myspace ————-J ens
A month or two back I presented the idea to Asgeir and ICS Vortex about getting engaged with a Youth-Club I’ve come in contact with. This club is named Volt and is located in Lørenskogs Hus whi...
Got a few pictures from the Lock Up concert as promised, enjoy: And a bandphoto with a few guests. ————&# 8212;-Jens
Mythology has confirmed two more Arcturus shows: 5. May 2012 Reduta, Brasov, Romania, http://www.kogaionon.com/en/kr una 3. August 2012 Vagos Open Air 2012, Calvão, Vagos, Portugal, http://www.vagosop...
No, I wasn’t quite done… As you have probably noticed we have had a pause in the blog-posts. I think it’s time we gave a statement to why and let you know what is going on. I’...
Here’s another blast from the past. Los Angeles based Agent Steel has been around since the mid 80s (well, except for a “small” break between 88-98…) but their golden years ar...
What I didn’t know yesterday when I posted the news that Arcturus are playing Hellfest next year, is that they are also confirmed to play Brutal Assault in Czech Republic, 9.-11. August, 2012. ...
Arcturus is confirmed to play Hellfest, which is held 15-17. June, 2012, in France. Check Hellfest’s impressive line-up at http://www.hellfest.fr/ - Asgeir
I’m proud to announce that ICS Vortex will be singing for my God Of Atheists-project. Drums were recorded by Trym (Emperor, Zyklon, Enslaved), and the rhythm guitars were recorded by me (solos ...
The year is 1990. MTV had introduced a concept called “MTV Unplugged” where they invited the bands to perform, well unplugged and live in studio. At this time I still lived in Northern No...
Spiral Architect was inspired by fusion, so if you like the band you might like some good old jazz/fusion and prog/fusion too. The golden years were the 70s with genious bands like Weather Report, Re...
Most of us have lost family members or friends to cancer. Treatments have become a lot better than what it was just 20 years ago, but a big problem is the health care in some countries. USA’s h...
I seldom remember my dreams, but today I woke up from a funny one. For some reason I was at a Borknagar show somewhere in England. They played a medium sized stage for 3-400 people and in the middle ...
I went to the release-party for Anders Oddens book last week, it’s called “Piratliv” in Norwegian, “A Pirates Life” would be my translation. If you don’t know who ...
Usually I don’t spend much money on games, I tend to stick to a chosen few for long periods. Online games like Star Wars Galaxies, Lord of the Rings Online and Age of Conan have kept me going p...
Our good buddies in Susperia are active these days. They have a brand new website at http://www.susperia.net/, a new webshop, an official facebook-page, and a new album together with Mustis that was ...
This past week has been (almost) all about games and it has raised several issues. Comparing the xbox to my PC is one thing, I had no idea the gaming quality was so different. The gap is so huge that...
The Arcturus-gig in Finland has sold 300 tickets in only 4 hours! If you want to see them in Helsinki you should order a ticket now at http://www.tiketti.fi/tapahtum a/13691 If you want to join Arctur...
I’ve got some good reading on my desk these days. You saw the post yesterday about Anders Oddens book-release, that’s certainly some interesting reading. I’ll get back to that later...
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