WIEGEDOOD

OSLO, LONDON “We are the band whose name is pronounced ‘Vee-guh-dood ,’”singer/ guitarist Levy Seynaeve quips after taking the stage. Oslosmashes out of the amplifiers. And so begins a headline set of hyperspeed black metal from these high priests from the Church Of Ra. They may only play 50 minutes, with songs almost entirely lifted from this year’s but the incessancy justifies the briefness. Drummer Wim Sreppoc has the stamina of Hercules, laying down nonstop blastbeats while Levy tremolo-picks melodies out of a guitar with the tone of swarming locusts. It’s the most interesting visual spectacle of the whole set, as the band are largely static beneath an unending red hue. A well-placed