Beyond The Gates Festival 2025 is now unveiling the final lineup for next summer, which is the festival's most varied lineup to date as 18 of the bands have never performed at BTG before. The festival now welcomes Opeth (pictured above), Paradise Lost, Candlemass, Taake, Tribulation, Lucifer, Hexvessel, Misþyrming, Attic, Helheim and Gehenna to the already-stacked lineup.
In addition to Taake doing a special 20 year set of Doedskvad, this will be Gehenna's first show ever with the original lineup! They will be performing a set based on their newly re-released first three albums - The First Spell, Seen Through the Veils of Darkness (The Second Spell), and Malice.
The four-day extravaganza will once again take place in Bergen, Norway from July 30 - August 2, across several venues, including USF and the iconic Grieghallen, where many of Norway's seminal black metal artists recorded their legacy records.
Festival booker Torgrim Øyre comments: "So this is it, the full lineup for Beyond The Gates 2025 - Chapter XIII. What is more natural than announcing our thirteenth chapter on Friday the 13th?
"What can we say - we are immensely proud of what is without a doubt our most varied line-up to date. 18 of the announced bands have never played the festival before, which we think is a statement of good health for a niche festival operating for 13 years.
"The 2025 lineup boasts a wide selection of curated sets, including a first ever live appearance of the original Gehenna line-up. The reformed band will perform a set based on their newly re-released three first albums. These are jewels in the Norwegian Black Metal canon and their brilliance can not be overstated. Pure class.
"King Diamond will play his first solo concert in Bergen ever, and his first show in Norway in 19 years.
"Opeth has just released their barnstormer The Last Will and Testament to great acclaim. The album sees the band return to some of their metal roots, while still keeping their timeless prog elements firmly in place. What an album and what a treat it will be to see the Swedish master in the legendary Grieghallen.
"Abbath Doom Occulta will close the festival by bringing his incredibly awesome 'Return to the Raven Realms’ tour to Grieghallen, featuring songs from his period in Immortal exclusively. Mind you, the production is a sight to behold."
Tickets are now available here.
Beyond The Gates 2025 Daily Lineup:
Wednesday, July 30 at USF Verftet:
Triptykon (performing Celtic Frost)
I Am Morbid Destruction ('Infernal Overkill' 40 years)
Hellbutcher
Attic
Hellripper
Thursday, July 31 at Grieghallen:
King Diamond (First Norwegian show in 19 years!)
Paradise Lost
Lucifer
Misþyrming
Thursday Day Shift:
Koldbrann Askeregn Nihilvm
Thursday Night Shift:
Darkened Nocturne Slaughtercult
Friday, August 1 at Grieghallen:
Opeth
Candlemass (40 years of doom)
Tribulation
Hexvessel
Friday Day Shift:
Furia
Eternal Evil
Morax
Friday Night Shift:
Absu (ft. Zemial, 30th anniversary of The Sun Of Tiphareth)
Saturday, August 2 at Grieghallen:
Abbath Doom Occulta (Immortal set)
Taake ('Doedskvad' 20th anniversary)
Gehenna (first show with original lineup)
Helheim
Dark Sonority
In addition, Beyond The Gates has launched a December campaign in which fans can enter to win a chance at a free hotel packages and other prizes! To enter the draw, buy your festival pass before December 31, 2024.
(Opeth photo at top by Terhi Ylimäinen)
