January 16

01.BAD RELIGION: 21st century (digital boy)
02.JADE: Forget everything
03.GRAULAR: Dark triad
04.F.O. THE SMACKMAGNET: The humpty dance
05.FLAMES OF FIRE: Gloria
06.BIG CITY: Irreversible
07.GUILD OF OTHERS: New world disorder
08.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: Flat moon army
09.SHOTGUN MESSIAH: Violent new breed
10.ZELBO: Next flight to Venus
11.TROLLFEST: Dance like a pink flamingo
12.RHAPSODY OF FIRE: Magic signs
13.DEADSOUL TRIBE: Let the hammer fall
14.DARK MILLENNIUM: Threshold
15.AGATHODAIMON: Ain’t death grand
16.KEEP OF KALESSIN: The dragontower
17.GODLESS TRUTH: The decision
18.ATROCITY: Unspoken names
19.EDGE OF SANITY: Blood-coloured
20.STONEMAN: Als ich bei meinen schafen wacht
21.EREB ALTOR: Den dighra döden
22.ENSLAVED: Heimdallr

Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen

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December 27 - Top 2020

Our personal top 5 of 2020

01. EUROPE: The final countdown

Jan Erik Johansen:
05.RISING STEEL: Mystic voices – Fight Them All
04.IGNITION: Warrior of the night – Call Of The Sirens
03.SORCERER: The hammer of witches – Lamenting Of The Innocent
02.UNDER THE OAK: Tribulation – Ripped Up By The Roots
01.AMBUSH: Hellbiter – Infidel

Raymond Smith:
05.AYREON: Get out now – Transitus
04.OZZY OSBOURNE: Scary little green men – Ordinary Man
03.PARADISE LOST: Forsaken – Obsidian
02.TESTAMENT: Children of the next level – Titans Of Creation
01.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: Black feathers – This Is Madness

Knut Ivar Jacobsen:
05.IRON SAVIOR: Welcome to the new world – Skycrest
04.NIGHTWISH: Tribal – Human. :II: Nature
03.UNDER THE OAK: Chaos in the pit – Ripped Up By The Roots
02.CARACH ANGREN: The necromancer – Franckensteina Strataemontanus
01.MESSIAH: Children of faith - Fracmont

Oddgeir Gitlestad:
05.CONCEPTION: The mansion – State Of Deception
04.THE DEVIL’S REJECTS: Seven women for Satan – Blood Feast
03.HJELVIK: Father war – Welcome To Hel
02.GAMA BOMB: Electric pentacle – Sea Savage
01.HAVOK: Fear campaign – V

22.CRO-MAGS: Age of quarantine

Jan Erik Johansen
Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen
Oddgeir Gitlestad

September 27 - Unlike The Fallen

Vegard & Håvard from Unlike The Fallen visit Symphonium

Vegard & Håvard from Unlike The Fallen visit Symphonium

Vegard Nilsen & Håvard Reffhaug Hulbak from Unlike The Fallen visited our studio.

01.SYMPHONY X: Serpent’s kiss
02.CORY MARKS: Out in the rain
03.VICIOUS RUMORS: Cold blooded
04.BRUCE DICKINSON: Starchildren
05.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: The king is dead
06.BLUE ÖYSTER CULT: Godzilla
07.VALKYRIE: Afraid to live
08.THE HELLACOPTERS: By the grace of God
09.WHITESNAKE: Fool for you loving
10.IN FLAMES: Wicked game
11.MY DYING BRIDE: Follower
12.UNLIKE THE FALLEN: Dead echoes
13.UNLIKE THE FALLEN: Through anger and insanity
14.UNLIKE THE FALLEN: Choosing fate
15.SLIPKNOT: People = shit
16.GAAHLS WYRD: From the spear
17.UNDER THE OAK: Chaos in the pit
18.VARATHRON: Tenebrous
19.THE VICE: White teeth rebellion
20.GOREFEST: Low

Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen

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June 14

First show on Northern Metal Radio

01.RHAPSODY: Power of the dragon flame
02.GEEZER: Dead soul scroll
03.FIXATION: Survive
04.CLAWFINGER: Nigger
05.ALESTORM: Pirate metal drinking crew
06.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: United states of oppression
07.GREYHAWK: Halls of insanity
08.KVELDEN OG NATTA: Sola går ikke ned
09.CLOVEN HOOF: Gods of war
10.SHAMAN ELEPHANT: Traveller
11.EUROPE: My woman my friend
12.HAIL SPIRIT NOIR: Crossroads
13.HEATHEN BEAST: Fuck your police brutality
14.SINISTER: Blasphemies of the flesh
15.DEATHING: Kings of terror
16.EMMURE: Uncontrollable descent
17.INTER ARMA: Southern man
18.MORBID ANGEL: Fall from grace
19.ANAL BLASPHEMY: Sexual desecration of islam faith
20.ALPHA WOLF: Akudama
21.NIGHTRAGE: At the ends of the earth
22.MESHUGGAH: Mind’s mirrors

Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen

April 5 - Connect The Circle

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Interview with Raymond from Connect The Circle

01.OVERKILL: In union we stand
02.MIRACLE FLAIR: What remains
03.HEIRS OF FIRE: Sweet danger
04.LYNYRD SKYNYRD: Free bird
05.ECLIPSE: When the winter ends
06.QUEENSRYCHE: For what it’s worth
07.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: In my darkest hour
08.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: Burn the sky
09.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: All my life
10.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: Black feathers
11.ABAKAS: Runaway
12.MUDROD: Muddy cloud
13.PARADISE LOST: Fall from grace
14.AUGUST BURNS RED: Lighthouse
15.BATTLESWORD: Falling into the arms of Morpheus
16.NYTT LAND: Seven spirits in white coats
17.EMPEROR: Thus spake the nightspirit
18.KATAPULT: A fistful of truth
19.CRADLE OF FILTH: Of mist and midnight skies

Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen

Interviewer: Svein Tore Nyen

March 15

This show was recorded before Rock The Boat” was cancelled.

01.GUNS N’ ROSES: Paradise city
02.GOTTHARD: Bad news
03.DIVIDED MULTITUDE: Faceless aggressor
04.PYRAMAZE: The bone carver
05.AD INFINITUM: See you in hell
06.MARATON: Seismic
07.METAL CHURCH: Dead on the vine
08.DANCE GAVIN DANCE: That’s what I like
09.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: The jester
Rock…
10.RAZORBATS: Kids of the 70’s
11.TREAT: Party all over
12.INGLORIOUS: Breakaway
13.WILDNITE: I’ll be there
14.SMASH INTO PIECES: Disaster highway
15.GATHERING OF KINGS: Forever and a day
16.CORELEONI: Firedance
17.STARGAZER: Brother against brother
…The Boat.
18.MINISTRY: Antifa
19.THE SPIRIT: Repugnant human scum
20.MECALIMB: Collector of souls
21.VREDEHAMMER: Suffocate all light
22.DERANGED: Necro-bulimia interfering afterlife
23.VREID: Arche

Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen

March 1 - Mose

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Mose visited our studio

01.RUNNING WILD: Under Jolly Roger
02.AUDREY HORNE: Waiting for the night
03.BLOMST: Mine hender brenner
04.MÖTLEY CRÜE: Smokin’ in the boys room
05.GAIA EPICUS: War against terror
06.RHAPSODY: Holy thunderforce
07.CANDLEMASS: The pendulum
08.RENDEZVOUS POINT: The hunger
09.SONS OF APOLLO: Asphyxiation
10.REVAALVER RAACK: Drammenser
11.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: Black feathers
12.KANSAS: With this heart
13.MOSE: I hit back
14.MOSE: Planet 9
15.MOSE: Mind left behind
16.EXHORDER: The man that never was
17.THULCANDRA: Black flags of hate
18.GOD DETHRONED: Book of lies
19.OBSCURA: Akroasis
20.KAMPFAR: Blod, eder og galle

Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen

February 23

01.BLUE ÖYSTER CULT: (Don’t fear) the reaper
02.HÄLLAS: Tear of a traitor
03.NIGHTWISH: Noise
03.ATROCITY: Smalltown boy
04.MANIMAL: Trapped in the shadows
05.CREMATORY: Unbroken
06.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: United states of oppression
07.MELECHESH: The magickan and the drones
08.BURDEN OF LIFE: Anthem of the unbeloved
09.KONVENT: Idle hands
10.OBERST: Goddess
11.ASSASSIN: The swamp thing
12.MAYHEM: Of worm sand ruins
13.RATTENFÄNGER: Materia prima
14.THE DEVILS REJECTS: Season of the witch
15.NYRST: Orsök
16.THE RAVEN AGE: The face that launched a thousand ships
17.FILTHDIGGER: Rapid descend

Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen

February 2

01.STRATOVARIUS: Phoenix
02.MYRKUR: Ella
03.BABYMETAL: Pa pa ya
04.DELAIN: Ghost house heart
05.SUM 41: Out for blood
06.ZEBRAHEAD: Anthem
07.MOONSPELL: 2econd skin
08.DROPKICK MUPRHYS: Johnny, I hardly knew ya
09.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: The king is dead
10.ANTHRAX: Smokin’
11.INTRIGUE: Cappa nieida
12.BURNING WITCHES: Sea of lies
13.KIP WINGER: Resurrection
14.DEATH ANGEL: I came for blood
15.EXODUS: Bonded by blood
16.TESTAMENT: The preacher
17..CEREMONY: In a dark time
18.NECROPSY: Fucking dead
19.NAILED TO OBSCURITY: Black frost
20.LORD OF THE LOST: Full metal whore
21.EQUILIBRIUM: Renegades – a lost generation
22.DARK FUNERAL: Thy legions come
23.INFERNAL MAJESTY: Skeletons in the closet
24.1914: High wood. 75 acres of hell

Raymond Smith

November 10 - Connect The Circle

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Raymond from Connect The Circle visited Kanal 3

01.SAXON: Princess of the night
02.LION’S SHARE: Pentagram
03.SKAMBANKT: O dessverre
04.OZZY OSBOURNE: Born to be wild
05.BLIND GUARDIAN TWILIGHT ORCHESTRA: Point of no return
06.ZEROMANCER: Clone your lover
07.GLORYHAMMER: The land of unicorns
08.POWERWOLF: Demons are a girl’s best friend
09.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: Burn the sky
10.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: Black feathers
11.WOLF: (Don’t fear) the reaper
12.AEROSMITH: Sweet emotion
13.A.C.T.: Mr.Landlord
14.SONATA ARCTICA: Who failed the most
15.HELIX: Ride the rocket
16.MUNICIPAL WASTE: Wave of death
17.SEPULTURA: Dead embryonic cells
18.VISCERAL DISGORGE: Fucked into oblivion
19.VINGULMORK: It will suffice
20.VORBID: Zombie
21.DECEPTION: Gangrene

Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen
Interviewer: Svein Arild Nyen Ovnerud

September 22 - Spetakkel Festivalen

Part of the show was about Spetakkel Festival 2019.

01.SHY: Deep water
02.PHIL CAMPBELL: These old boots
03.MONOLORD: The bastard son
04.THE NEW DEATH CULT: Moon
05.KOBRA AND THE LOTUS: Burn
06.KISS: Rocket ride
07.THE SISTERS OF MERCY: Alice
08.VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: Heroes of the dawn
09.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: Burn the sky
10.HJALLARHORN: Iron clad soldiers
11.PERFECT NME: The perfect enemy
12.PAIN CITY: Somebody to fight
13.SAGA: Without you
Spetakkel..
14.DIESEL GORILLA: Crack of doom
15.CUTTHROAT: Coffin sweet coffin
16.ASPHERIUM: A voice for the silenced
17.SUSPERIA: Heretic
18.SKYBRUDD: Vile redeemer
19.VISEGARD: Over slagmarken
20.WYRUZ: Terminal
21.DJERV: Headstone
22.EQUINOX: Auf wiedersehen
..Festival.

Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen

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August 25 - Connect The Circle

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Kenneth Brastad from Connect The Circle visited our studio

01.METAL CHURCH: Badlands
02.ALTER BRIDGE: Pay no mind
03.HELLOWEEN: Pumpkins united
04.SONS OF ANGELS: Cowgirl
05.VON HERTZEN BROTHERS: The arsonist
06.THE WHO: Substitute
07.ELECTRIC BOYS: Groovus maximus
08.QUIREBOYS: 7 o’clock
09.CONNECT THE CIRCLE: Black feathers
10.DIESEL GORILLA: Crack of doom
11.SUICIDE BOMBERS: Ready for tonight
12.VAIN: Beat the bullet
13.MYSTIC PROPHECY: The stroke
14.OPETH: Svekets prins
15.TYRANT: Let’s dance
16.V:28: Dead shining star
17.AGNOSTIC FRONT: Warriors
18.MEGADETH: Breadline
19.DESTRUCTION: Rotten
20.OBITUARY: A dying world
21.DISSECTION: Thorns of crimson death

Raymond Smith
Knut Ivar Jacobsen