Final Beyond The Gates Festival Lineup Includes Opeth, Paradise Lost, Candlemass, and More
When it comes to metal festivals, let’s all be real for a second — the ones in Scandinavia just hit different. There’s something about being in the homeland of black metal that just adds a layer of gravitas to everything going on. Hence why every year, it goes without saying that the annual Beyond The Gates Festival is a destination for metalheads all over the world.
Earlier today organizers behind next year’s event laid the gauntlet with their final lineup reveal, having saved some of the best for last. According to their announcement, Opeth, Paradise Lost, Candlemass, Taake, Tribulation, Lucifer, Hexvessel, Misþyrming, Attic, Helheim, and Gehenna were all added to the festival’s already impressive lineup.
Beyond The Gates will take place across July 30 to August 2 in various venues around Bergen, Norway. Speaking of the festival itself, booker Torgrim Øyre shared some of the more interesting facts and must-see sets that next year’s event will feature:
“So this is it, the full line-up 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 line-up 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.”
You can find the full daily lineup list below. If all of that sounds good to you and you can make it out to Bergen, Norway next summer, you should absolutely pick up your tickets today.
Beyond the Gates 2025 Daily Lineup:
Wednesday, July 30 @ USF Verftet:
Triptykon (performing Celtic Frost)
I Am Morbid Destruction (‘Infernal Overkill’ 40 years)
Hellbutcher
Attic
Hellripper
Thursday, July 31 @ 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 @ 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 @ Grieghallen
Abbath Doom Occulta (Immortal set)
Taake (‘Doedskvad’ 20th anniversary)
Gehenna (first show with original lineup)
Helheim
Dark Sonority
