hole in the sky 2007 vorspiel

This year was quite a contrast to my previous solo experience.

Rocking up in Bergen, I had a chat to a very odd young lass from near Chechnya during the 30 minute bus trip into town. We were quite impressed with our accommodation, could have been more impressed if they had let us in at midday, but of course we were too early so had to kill an hour or so at a nearby cafe, where I met 3 Aussie girls up for a long weekend of exploring Norway from their home base of London.

The same cafe also had a 1974 bottle of Ardbeg, which was approx $80 per drink I turned it down mostly because the bottle was almost empty and I had no idea how long it had been sitting on the shelf and whether that would have affected the flavour at all. The waitress wasn't knowledgeable enough to reassure me that this would be money well spent.

Off to the vinmo' to get some grog (in my case Irish Whisky) for the warm up party then on to an incredibly disappointing eating experience (as a vego I cannot appreciate the place that burgers have in a good night out). We partied pretty hard in the vorspiel and had a good time listening to lots of great (mostly norsk) metal. Playlist included Ulver - Bergtatt, Arcturus Aspera Hiems Symfonia, Black Debbath - Tung, Tung Politisk Rock, November's Doom - The Novella Reservoir, Borknagar - Quintessence, Vintersorg - Solens Rötter, Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse, much Iron Maiden, a fair bit of Dimmu Borgir and of course heaps of Immortal. There were definitely many more bands on the playlist that afternoon but at some point the whisky kicked in.

My only disappointment is that although there were obviously others attending hole in the sky no one knocked on or door wanting to join us it would have been great to take over the whole building in one big pre-party.