Slomosa Post ‘Live at Verftet’ Full Concert Video
We’re past the days of bands putting out home videos, at least generally speaking. I’m sure somebody out there is still doing concert blu rays or DVDs — hell, somebody has a new VHS on the way right now; it’s a big world full of people into hyper-specific shit — but clearly the moment, which was probably about 25 years ago at this point, has passed. Still, looking at the full-set, 82-minute clip of Norwegian heavy rock forerunners Slomosa playing last December for a crowd of 1,300 people in their hometown of Bergen, there’s a documentary aspect. 10 years from now, with however much more behind them, both Slomosa‘s fans and the band themselves are going to be really glad this video exists to preserve this time.
No question Slomosa have made the first half of the 2020s — bumpy as it’s been — their own. Like Slift and a few others, they emerged from out of the covid fog with clear, fresh intention toward genre, and their takeover of the underground that began with their 2020 self-titled debut (review here) hit a new, this-is-for-real stride with last year’s Tundra Rock (review here), delivered through Stickman Records and MNRK Heavy and widely lauded. It won the year-end poll here handily, for example. And the band has accordingly broadened the scope of their touring radius. They’ve done the US multiple times over by now, been all around Europe, and will spend much of the rest of this year doing fests and club shows throughout the continent while saving a domestic Norwegian run for December as they round out a busy 2025 ahead of a likely-also-busy 2026.
The setlist here encompasses both their albums, and if this was a middle-of-the-night infomercial in 1994, this is the part where I’d say, “You’ll get hits like, ‘Horses,’ ‘Cabin Fever,’ ‘There is Nothing New Under the Sun,’ ‘Battling Guns’ and ‘Monomann'” — the latter of which was on a rad shirt design not too long ago that I tried to buy but it sold out too quickly; alas — as the words scrolled by in block letters on the screen like game show credits. This isn’t 1994 or an infomercial, and at the moment there’s nothing to sell here — a refreshing change, generally speaking — but one does hope the audio from ‘Live at Verftet’ makes its way to a CD/vinyl pressing sooner or later, no less to document the first-two-albums era of Slomosa than to give fans a killer takehome while everybody waits to find out what’s in store from a third studio full-length sometime in the next few years.
I don’t think there’s another new European band who’ve come up in the last half-decade who’ve had the kind of impact Slomosa have, and I expect that the next few years will continue to see their influence spread as they cement their status as headliners. They definitely headlined this show, and playing as a five-piece, they put into emphasis the energy, the songwriting and the fun that they’ve brought to an underground that desperately needed it.
PR wire info follows. Enjoy the clip:
Slomosa, Live at Verftet
Norwegian tundra rock titans Slomosa have dropped a crushing, full-blast concert film capturing the sheer force of their live show. Filmed late last year, the 14-track onslaught is raw, hypnotic, and unrelenting, showcasing the band at their most explosive.
The set was recorded on December 13, 2024, at the iconic USF Verftet in their hometown of Bergen, Norway — a night packed with seismic riffs, pounding rhythm, and crowd-splitting energy.
The band says, “After we had hammered through 84 gigs, it was time to play the last grand finale of 2024; a release gig for ‘Tundra Rock’ at home in Bergen, playing our biggest headline show anywhere till this day. A special and unforgettable December night for us in the band, with 1300 friends and strangers in a packed, sweaty room.”
In April 2025, Slomosa took home the Spellemann Award for Rock Album of the Year for their critically-lauded second album, Tundra Rock, released in September 2024—a towering record that further cemented their status as the new heavyweights of Nordic rock.
Tundra Rock is out now. Stream/purchase HERE: https://slomosa.ffm.to/tundrarock
The band will return to Bergen’s stage this October 2025, headlining the Tundra & Lightning Festival—a can’t-miss eruption of fuzz, volume, and primal force.
Full setlist of USF Verftet Concert:
Afghansk Rev
Cabin Fever
Rice
Estonia
In My Mind’s Desert
MJ
Psykonaut
Battling Guns
Red Thundra
Monomann
There Is Nothing New Under the Sun
Horses
Encore:
Kevin
Scavengers
2025 Touring Schedule
18 Jul – Fjellparkfestivalen (NO) +
25 Jul – Rock Im Wald (DE) +
27 Jul – Blue Moon Festival (DE) +
30 Jul – Rockstadt Extreme Fest (RO) +
07 Aug – Sonic Blast (PT) +
08 Aug – Alcatraz (BE) +
10 Aug – Rocklette (CH) +
12 Aug – Cologne, DE • Carlswerk Victoria x
13 Aug – Frankfurt, DE • Batschkapp x
15 Aug – Alta Live (NO) +
22 Aug – Vangen Festival (NO) +
24 Aug – Furiosfest (FR) +
12 Sep – TK Deathfest (NO) +
20 Sep – Høst Rock (NO)+
02 Oct – Florø, NO • Vesle Kinn
04 Oct – Tundra & Lightning Fest (NO) +
09 Oct – Krakow, PL • Klub Kwadrat ^
10 Oct – Warszawa, PL • Niebo ^
11 Oct – Berlin, DE • Columbiahalle ^
12 Oct – Frankfurt, DE • Zoom ^
13 Oct – Lille, FR • L’AÉronef ^
15 Oct – Bordeaux, FR • Rock School Barbey ^
16 Oct – Madrid, ES • Mon Madrid ^
17 Oct – Barcelona, ES • Sala Apolo ^
18 Oct – Lyon, FR • Le Transbordeur ^
19 Oct – Paris, FR • L’Élysée Montmartre^
21 Oct – Stuttgart, DE • Im Wizemann ^
22 Oct – Salzhaus, CH • Winterthur ^
23 Oct – Vienna, AT • ARENA ^
24 Oct – München, DE • Theaterfabrik ^
25 Oct – Leipzig, DE • Felsenkeller ^
26 Oct – Hamburg, DE • GF36 ^
28 Oct – Köln, DE • Live Music Hall ^
29 Oct – Groningen, NL • De Oosterpoort ^
30 Oct – Nijmegen, NL • Doomroosje ^
31 Oct – Utrecht, NL • Tivolivredenburg ^
01 Nov – Antwerp, BE • Trix ^
04 Nov – Copenhagen, DK • Vega
05 Nov – Malmö, SE • Plan B (Garage Stage)
06 Nov – Göteborg, SE • Monument 031
07 Nov – Stockholm, SE • Bar Brooklyn
08 Nov – Borlänge, SE • Broken Dreams*
05 Dec – Stavanger, NO • Folken
06 Dec – Kristiansand, NO • Kick Kulturhus
11 Dec – Trondheim, NO • Byscenen
12 Dec -Bodø, NO • Sinus
13 Dec – Mo I Rana, NO • Bråk
17 Dec – Lillehammer, NO • Wiese
18 Dec – Oslo, NO • Rockefeller
19 Dec – Moss, NO • Verket Scene
20 Dec – Skien, NO • Parkbiografen
+Festival
^Support For Kadavar
*With Greenleaf & Lowrider
xSupporting Mastodon
Slomosa features:
Ben Berdous – vocals/guitar
Marie Moe – vocals/bass
Tor Erik Bye – guitar
Jard Hole – drums
Wow. Definitely need a CD or a blu-ray of this!