The names of the five bands who’ll fight for this year’s Alarmprisen (Alarm Awards – due on October 27 in Oslo) in the “Metal” category have been revealed. The honour has been given to the sympho black metal stars Dimmu Borgir, their rawer colleagues Satyricon (on the photo) and Mayhem, the Trondheim-based old-schoolers Keep of Kalessin, and the supergroup from Bergen Audrey Horne, featuring members of Gorgoroth and Enslaved.
You can vote for your candidate here (at present the lead is taken by Shagrath & Co.).