The festival official hotels having the special price for the audiences were Scandic Edderkoppen hotel and Scandic Byporten hotel, same as those in the previous year.

Following the last year, the Inferno Metal Expo started at Sentrum Scene as its second edition on Thursday. The festival kicked off at night, but a lot of events to look at and walk around in the day time as well, so the audiences had the busy Easter holiday!?

The first band at Rockefeller at that night was Skitliv that includes Maniac who used be a vocalist in Mayhem, and Kvarforth who's a front man in Shining.
Thinking about Maniac as one of the musicians who's the center of attention in the black metal scene in Norway,I suppose a lot of audiences focused how they'd perform on the stage. The first scene hitting our eyes were their stage set. Some exotic lights were displayed on the stage, then they send out mysterious shimmer in the darkness Following other members, Maniac appeared on the stage at the end, then he sat down on a chair that was middle of the stage, and started to perform. Their performance was as if exhaling something evil inside of the human, along with their dark heavy sounds.

When a Norwegian band Tristania appeared at Rockefeller, atmosphere on the stage turned to be gothic and melodic. They've been surely gaining their musical careers in the scene, having experienced to tour not only in Europe but also in the South America. A male vocalist with clean voice and a female vocalist who's been a new singer in the band since 2007 sang with elegant and poetic combination.

Around 23:00 at Rockefeller, finally Behemoth that I was waiting for the most started playing  Their gig kicked off with the opening number "Slaying the Prophets ov Isa" in their latest album "The Apostasy", then the audiences replied excitingly. The audiences looked a bit quiet as the ones in a festival until Behemoth appeared, but finally the feeling in the venue hit to the top. Following their appearance in 2002, it was the second time to play in this festival at Rockefeller for them. They'd already been popular last time, but playing in a lot of countries in the world that their reputation has been spread, they received even more enthusiasm from the audience this year. Thinking about their gig at that night, both the band and this festival have been bigger. They're going to tour in the USA from this April again, and I hope they will be back to Norway,having even more experiences in the world.

The headliner of the Thursday night at Rockefeller was a Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. When the curtain was raised on the stage, what forced us to pay attention was the displays there. There were some figures impaled on the crosses, but they weren't just figures but..... Anyway,no time just to be surprised, and then a vocalist Gaahl started to scream, appearing from the darkness. Talking about Gorgoroth, they've been surrounded by some troubles recent years, but some more festivals to be the headliner this year including Wacken Open Air has been announced. A drummer for the band wasn't Hellhammer as mentioned, but Nicholas Barker who played in their European tour last year.