Below you’ll find the final announcement from this year’s Høstsabbat in Oslo. The full lineup isn’t below, which includes the likes of YOB, Gnome, Ahab, Domkraft and Hippotraktor, among others on a cross-genre bill that’s only bolstered by LLNN, Kanaan og Ævestaden, Redwood Temple and the others listed here. It’s funny because when they say below that, watching LLNN, “your spine and your knees will have trouble standing upright through this set,” they mean it because the band are so oppressively heavy — fair enough; they are that — but I first read and just thought they were saying you’re old. And again, fair enough; I am that.

This festival has a life and a persona of its own at this point and I’m lucky to have been a handful of times and attended its Springtime sister fest — Desertfest Oslo — earlier this year. If you get to attend Høstsabbat in October and you’ve never been, just know you’re in for something special.

From socials:

⛪️LAST BAND ANNOUNCEMENT⛪️

Autumn is growing near and the church bells will soon ring for the sabbath to commence!
We’re super stoked and proud to announce the last batch of bands for this year’s festival.

🪦 𝕷𝕷𝕹𝕹
If you mix an 80s space-horror movie soundtrack, with crushing hardcore vocals, and a thundering omnipresent bass, rumbling through your very human core, you get something close to LLNN. Your spine and knees will have trouble standing upright through this set.

🪦 𝕯𝖆𝖚𝖋ø𝖉𝖙
Experimental noise and punk outfit, with extra weight on mental. Daufødt always delivers extraordinary live shows, with frontwoman Annika never holding back.

🪦 𝕶𝖆𝖓𝖆𝖆𝖓 𝖔𝖌 𝕬𝕰𝖛𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖓
When psych-rock and jazz collides with wooly sweaters, fiddles and Norwegian cultural historic aesthetics, you get something like this. A cozy, soulful, one-of-a-kind musical phenomenon.

🪦 𝕾:𝖙 𝕰𝖗𝖎𝖐
The angst driven psychedelic doom outfit from Uppsala has risen from the permafrost to perform their swan songs echoing from the brink of outer space!

🪦 𝕭𝖑𝖔𝖉𝖐𝖛𝖆𝖑𝖙
Raw, primal and loud. Blodkvalt mixes all things extreme, from the shrill piercing vocals, to the tenacious and intense wall of musical prowess.

🪦 𝕽𝖊𝖉𝖜𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝕿𝖊𝖒𝖕𝖑𝖊
Dynamic, raw, and sludgy. Having re-invented their sound, and come out harder, faster and punchier, the Temple is now filled with relentless, in-your-face metal!

🪦 𝖄𝖛𝖗𝖎𝖘
New outfit Yvris, brings their chugging, dark and melancholic take on humanity’s decay. Expect harsh vocals tied together by a gnarly band with sludge flair.

🪦 𝕹𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖗č𝖆𝖑𝖒𝖒𝖎𝖎𝖉
An exceptionally hard duo, delving into the Sámi religious and shamanistic themes, dragging us down to the abyss that is Rohttuáibmu, Rohttu’s kingdom of death and sickness.

Get your ticket now! Festival passes now up for sale: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/hostsabbat-2025-festival-pass-billetter/1304111356

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