Beyond the Gates festival has just unveiled their final seven artists, completing the 2026 lineup. Joining a bill already featuring Emperor, Testament, and more, are stoner-doom legends Electric Wizard, death-metal prog visionaries Blood Incantation, Marduk, Gaahls Wyrd, Mortuary Drape, Whoredom Rife, and Terrestrial Hospice. Keep reading below for more information.
Beyond the Gates 2026 will be an absolute feast for anyone with an appetite for underground magic. The festival is proud to present a lineup that’s diverse, and truly reflective of today’s death, doom, and black metal scenes. The full lineup and day splits are now as follows:
Wednesday, July 29 @ USF Verftet:
Testament
Nergal + Misþyrming perform Behemoth’s ‘Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)’
Rotting Christ
Spectral Wound
Castle Rat
Imha Tarikat
Thursday, July 30 @ USF Verftet:
Electric Wizard
Beherit
1349
Warning
The Ruins of Beverast
Forteresse
Imha Tarikat
Friday, July 31 @ Grieghallen:
Blood Incantation
Marduk
Whoredom Rife
Misotheist
Saturday, August 1 @ Grieghallen:
Emperor
Alcest
Arcturus
Gaahls WYRD
Day Shift Thursday, July 30:
Sulphur Aeon
Terrestrial Hospice
Concrete Winds
Night Shift Thursday, July 30:
Bölzer
Day Shift Friday, July 31:
Dold Vorde Ens Navn
Vafurlogi
Saturnalia Temple
Night Shift Friday, July 31:
Mortuary Drape
The epic four-day metal event will take place once again across several venues in the heart of Bergen (NO) from July 29 – August 1, 2026. In addition, Beyond the Gates is now launching a special December campaign, with discounted Day tickets and festival passes. Lucky fans can also win a hotel package.
Since the inception of the Beyond the Gates festival, fans have been coming to Bergen to see performances of their favorite Norwegian artists in their home environment. As most visitors know, nature and local culture has always been a poignant source of inspiration for the bands emerging from the Bergen scene. Yet again, Beyond the Gates will give all of the traveling fans the opportunity to get an unique insight into all aspects of the Norwegian metal scene and the local culture in general. In that regard, we’re putting together a series of events before and during the festival so that all of you can discover what inspired – and still does – the Norwegian metal scene.
More special events will be announced, including exclusive listening parties, music and culture panels, in-depth live interviews, and a wealth of of events and activities that will give you a Beyond the Gates Experience that will last for a lifetime.
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