Rockefeller is a popular concert venue in downtown Oslo, that was established in 1986. The smaller venue John Dee is in the same building, on the first floor. The venue is host to Inferno Metal Festival. Many legendary bands have performed at Rockefeller, like Motörhead, Dio, Slayer, Slipknot, Judas Priest, Megadeth, W.A.S.P. and King Diamond.
Darkthrone did their last gig at Rockefeller, on Easter Eve on the 6th of April 1996. They only played four songs before they left the stage, and they have never perform live again. Satyricon and Dissection also performed that night, that was promoted as “A Night of Unholy Black Metal”.
Windir performed their last gig at Rockefeller. The gig was held 3rd of September 2004, the same day that the late vocalist Valfar, would have turned 26 years old. The concert was released on DVD under the title “Sognametal”.
Black metal band Emperor released their album “Live Inferno” in 2009, where disk 1 was recorded at the Inferno Metal Festival at Rockefeller in April, 2006.
Norwegian progressive metal/rock band Leprous recorded their album “Live at Rockefeller Music Hall” in 2016.
Avantgarde grindcore band Beaten to Death made their live-DVD “At Rockfeller” on the 17th of June 2012 as the band opened for Killswitch Engage at Rockefeller.
Seigmen recorded their live album “Rockefeller” at Rockefeller, Oslo, from February 16 to 18, 2006, during their reunion tour, after being disbanded since 1999.
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