Hammerslagfestival Vinterblot is a festival for the extreme metal scene (Black, Death, Grind, Trash). The name "Hammerslag" means Hammerstroke and is taken from Darkthrone's "Sardonice Wrath" album. Chess mate Jesus Christ!

Vinterblot means Winterblood. In the darkest time in the winter the vikings used to have a celebration wich they called Jul ( wich is the Norwegian word for Christmas). The meaning of Jul (Christmas) in pagan Norway was to drink, care for your beloved ones (by bringin gifts), eat well and have a pretty fucking good time. They also gave the old pagan gods sacrifices for good times throughout the winter (wich can be very harsh in Norway). This kind of Sacrifice was called Vinterblot (Winterblood in English). But the christians came, killed and destroyed these old scandinavian traditions.

To make it easier to controll the people and make it smoother for people to accept christianity they put the birth of Jesus to the darkest time of the year. This led to that Vinterblot seized as a celebration.

One of the agendas of this festival is to bring some of the old blood back to Norway. We offer a sacrifice through music to the people. We have rented an old church for the festival wich I must is quite satisfying, since its a small revenge compared to the pain christianity and any of the other religions that came out of Israel has killed, mutilated and destroyed from our ancetors and mothers.

So take a trip to Tønsberg, Norway in December. You won't be dissapointed!

Best regards
Bjørn Almar Rolstad Johansen

Tønsberg is only a 20 minutte drive from Sandfjord Airport Torp which has scheduled flights to and from all parts of Europe. There are also buss connections to Tønsberg every 30 minuttes

Busses from oslo with Timeekspressen are scheduled every full hour from Oslo Central Station.

Busses to the main event are scheduled every hour (at 45 and 15 minuttes past every hour, after 20.15 only at 45 min past every hour) from Tønsberg buss station. The buss number is 113 from track 10.

Taxi is probably the easiest way to get to hammerslagfestival, though it costs a bit extra it might just be worth it. Taxis can be ordered by phone : 33 30 11 11 , just ask for a taxi to Jutulveien 9 or Eik hallen.