The band Heilung performs on replica instruments to recreate the sound world of pre-Christian Europe and bring it into the modern age. Read entire story.
Source: NYT > Arts > Music
‘I got 12 years and 74 lashes’: Confess, the band jailed for playing metal in Iran
After their songs were deemed blasphemous propaganda, the duo were forced to flee to Norway and claim asylum. Now a band, they are writing angrily about what they facedFor almost as long as it’s existed, heavy metal has been used as protest music. On Black Sabbath’s Paranoid, the first thing … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
HBO Max Drops ‘Beforeigners’ Season Two Trailer; Paul Kaye, Ann Akin, Billy Postlethtwaite Join Cast
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a trailer for the second season of Beforeigners, HBO Max’s debut original from Norway. The sci-fi drama from Lilyhammer’s Eilif Skodvin and Anne Bjørnstad is introducing a wealth of new international cast members for the second season, including Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones) … Read entire story.
Source: Deadline
Norway Passes New Social Media Law For Influencers & Advertisers
Norway has implemented a new set of rules for social media influencers. The Scandinavian country has put it into law that advertisers and influencers are required to disclose when images were altered. Click inside to read more about Norway’s new law for influencers… According to the report from The … Read entire story.
Source: Just Jared
Anders Danielsen Lie & ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Producer Join Mia Hansen-Løve & CG Cinema’s ‘Bergman Island’
EXCLUSIVE: Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie, star of Paul Greengrass’s upcoming thriller Norway and Netflix series Nobel, has joined Greta Gerwig, John Turturro and Mia Wasikowska in the cast of Mia Hansen-Løve’s Bergman Island, I can reveal. Shoot is due to get underway on July 16 in Farö … Read entire story.
Source: Deadline