Metal mania in the East Fjords

A festival guest at Eistnaflug

A festival guest at Eistnaflug Morgunblaðið/ Elín Arnórsdóttir

Sunshine and doom are a killer combination, and this year's Eistnaflug festival offerings included concerts by Amorphis, Black Desert Sun, Celestine, Dimma and Sólstafir. 

Last night, Saturday was the main night of the festival with performances by Opeth and Meshuggah. 

Eistnaflug started out as a small metal festival in 2005, and has over the years evolved into a four-day event wheremetal, hardcore, punk, rock, and indie bands share the stage. It is held on the first weekend in July in Neskaupsstaður in East Iceland, just about as far from Reykjavik you can get. The population of the town doubles during the festival, which doesn’t seem to bother the locals as it is known as one of the most peaceful music festivals in the country.

Festival goers this year were blessed with good weather and although police report twenty cases of drugs, including LSD having been confiscated from festival goers, the event went otherwise peacefully. 

Morgunblaðið/Elín Arnórsdóttir

Morgunblaðið/Elín Arnórsdóttir

Morgunblaðið/Elín Arnórsdóttir

Ljósmynd/Sigurður Aðalsteinsson

Ljósmynd/Sigurður Aðalsteinsson

Ljósmynd/Sigurður Aðalsteinsson

Ljósmynd/Sigurður Aðalsteinsson

Weather

Clear sky

Today

-2 °C

Partly cloudy

Later today

3 °C

Clear sky

Tomorrow

1 °C