IMC PROGRAM

Thursday 6. APRIL ROOM 01ROOM 02

12:00 – 12:45The second wave: The influence of Masacre (CO)

13:00 – 13:45Keynote Interview:Thirty Years Of Hate

Martin Koller

14:00 – 14:45Metal In The MetaverseBoutique Indoor Festivals

15:00 – 15:45Fan Commitment Within Greener Touring II: Digital Music Consumption Merchandise

Friday 7. APRIL ROOM 01ROOM 02

11:30 – 12:15Open Air Festival

Presentation

12:30 – 13:00Pay Ability and Demand: A Ticketmaster survey about the consumer possibilities

12:00 – 12:45Mutilated Tyrant

13:00 – 13:45 Presales – What Are We Passion & Burnout Going To Do About It?

14:00 – 14:45Career Talk: Sakis Tolis Gripped by the Soul of Spiritual Awakening

15:00 – 15:4518 Years of Touring Open Air Festivals About Climate Change

Experience: Jenny Douglas, 5BAM. on Life on and off the Road BAR

13:00 – 13:45Metalheads Against Bullying

14:00 – 15:30Drag Music Bingo

Open Air Festival presentation

A word from the upcoming and growing festivals in the world, insight in conducting their own profile and artistic decisions to enforce this growth. What choices do you make as a festival? What are the USP’s and how do you connect to your audience?

Metal in the Metaverse

The Metaverse is a digital environment that has recently been gaining traction, but what is it really? Is it simply big tech's ploy to gain access to more user data and sell it to advertisers, or is it an innovative space that has potential benefits for bands, musicians, and their fans?

The second wave: the influence of Masacre (CO)

After 30 years, Masacre might be the most solid Colombian death metal band around. During the early days of extreme metal, the music was chaotic and destructive. Many bands took it upon themselves to do everything in their power to deviate from all other genres.

Mutilated Tyrant: a conversation about the Navajo black metal scene

Interview with Navajo band Mutilated Tyrant. Mod: Harald Fossberg (NO)

Gripped by the Soul of Spiritual Awakening

– a presentation about black metal from the Low Countries

How do divergent uses of black metal aesthetics and cultural narratives differ between Norwegian and Dutch-speaking Low Countries bands, and in what ways do these uses have different outcomes and meanings?

Greener Touring II: merchandise

Touring sustainably is a goal for many bands, but one of the main challenges lies in distributing merchandise in an eco-friendly manner. But just how can bands and festivals promote themselves in a way that is kind to the environment? What measures need to be taken to make sure that merchandise is distributed with the least possible impact on the environment?

Presales – what are we going to do about it?

The pressure point of 2022, the change of average ticket sales in specific markets. We are all wondering what the reason for this could be and for some, this is a challenge that needs to be solved.

Passion & Burnout

When searching online for how to prevent a burnout, the first thing you will find is to bring more passion into your work. Working in the music business, Hilde Spille sees that most people work with passion, but many of them end up getting a burnout.

Career Talk: Sakis Tolis

Athanasios "Sakis" Tolis, a.k.a. Necromayhem, is best known as guitarist/vocalist for the Greek band Rotting Christ. Reading this, you would say, busy enough with this band. Yet, the opposite is true. Although Sakis is one of the founding members of Rotting Christ, together with his brother, he found the time to record solo material.

Fan commitment within digital music consumption

With the developments in distributing digital music, the ways how fans show their commitment to a band are more and more broadly based between the physical and the digital world. How do we still reach the people in a more personal matter and create long lasting fan relationships?

Open air festivals about climate change

Being outside in a 20th century summer season will bring challenges in all possible ways. Protect yourself against the sun, but also against heavy rain and following mud. How do open air festivals deal with maybe 3 or sometimes 4 seasons of weather in a single 4-day edition of a heavy metal festival?

Boutique Indoor Festivals

– the new tendency?

Indoor boutique festivals. A new trend, or not? What’s the buzz? And is it even worthwhile to run an indoor event like that?

What are the pros and cons? Challenges and opportunities?

Thirty Years of Hate: black metal and subcultural developments in Turkey from 1990-2020

Black metal, one of the most extreme subgenres of metal, have been a part of Turkish underground culture since the early 1990’s. Since the genre’s inception in Europe during the 1980’s and particularly the 1990’s in Norway, it’s esthetical and lyrical focus have revolved around blasphemy, satanism, violence, and a critical stance towards Abrahamitic faiths.

18 Years of Touring Experience and

Countless Adventures: Jenny Douglas, 5BAM on Life on the road

Join Frank Godla (US), Metal Injection, as he interviews Jenny Douglas(US), Touring Director at 5BAM, about her 18 years of experience as a Front of House Engineer and Tour Manager. Jenny has done all aspects of touring and provides a unique perspective on the inner workings of the touring music industry. Frank will delve into her experiences on the road with King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Amon Amarth, Behemoth, Trivium, Napalm Death and discuss her current role as Touring Director at 5BAM. 5BAM is an artist management company with bands like Megadeth, Slipknot, Behemoth, Lam of god, King Diamond and more. On the event side, 5BAM organizes Knotfest, Megacruise, Megadeth boot camp and The Slaughter House.

Payability and Demand: a Ticketmaster survey about the consumer possibilities

Ticketmaster asked 2 million Norwegians about their financial situation and thoughts about the live scene for 2023. An interesting presentation of the survey results, providing a clear insight in actual socio-economic values and standards.

Metal Drag Bingo

You'll get a list of songs and of course, all of them are metal, some of them will also be from bands playing at the festival this year. There will be several prizes that you can win, so let's put your musical ear to the test.

Metalheads Against Bullying

Metalheads Against Bullying – a Norwegian, and worldwide known organization, with the sole purpose to empower the people in the fight against bullying. Bullying exists in all walks of life and many of us have painfully experienced this on our bodies.