12.08.2010 - News update

01.08.2010 - News update

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24.08.2010 - WE PROUDLY PRESENT DREKKA DAG AS OUR 7th PERMANENT MEMBER

Those of you who were at the concert in Oslo the other night, will already have heard our latest news when we announced it on stage, but for everyone else, it is with the greatest of pleasure that we can confirm that Dag Stiberg aka "Drekka Dag" is now a fully fledged member of TrollfesT. As most of you will know, Dag plays the saxophone, and does it with extraordinary style and technique so he fits right in with TrollfesT's other stylish techicos.., stylish... technicados..., stylish tec,. ... !! What the hell - he fits right in with the rest of us. He is known for his work with the band "Now We've Got Members" as well as with many, many other projects. We know there are many, many, other projects because he wrote down the list for us on a piece of paper, and we can confirm that there were indeed many, many of them listed on there. Unfortunately we don't know where the piece of paper is at the moment, but "many, many" sounds very impressive anyway.

Here he is with us, not on a piece of paper, but live:


Permanent entry into the band is not an honour that is bestowed lightly. It requires the candidate to meet all the right criteria and have all the right attributes - looks, talent, personality etc. You know, all the kind of things you have to score out of 10 on one of those on-line dating questionnaires (or so we have been told), and to undergo a gruelling initiation test. What this initiation test is, we are not at liberty to say. We would have said, but someone told us once that mysterious initiation tests make the Freemasons sound sexy, so we figured if it works for them...

We can, however, confirm that he did pass the test. We're not absolutely sure how he did it, because we went round to the pub and left him to it at one point, but he was still alive when we got back, so that's good enough for us. And of course he was given the traditional reward, which, apart ' from joining TrollfesT (as if that wasn't reward enough) is a laminated diploma signed by all the band members and a bottle of champagne. He really liked his diploma as you can see from the photo, but we don't know what he thought of the bottle of champagne because he ran off with it somewhere, and the next time we saw him it was empty. Maybe he poured it down the sink.



All joking aside, Dag is an extraordinarily talented musician, and we are not only delighted to have him join TrollfesT as a permanent member, we are also very proud that he is bringing his considerable skills to our line up. His contribution is a key aspect of the TrollfesT sound and we hope you will all raise a glass with us to welcome him to the band.

By the way, there is no truth to the rumour that our manager was seen rubbing her hands together and saying something about "a few more members and I can get one of those glamour calendar photo shoots set up".

Gesundtheit!

-TrollfesT

12.08.2010 - TrollfesT will play with Glittertind and Elvarhøi at the STUDiO festival in Oslo, Norway

In Case you didn't notice through some of our social media pages, mostly through Facebookand a listing on MySpace, TrollfesT will play a concert next saturday. Even here in our very own Live section the news has been out for some time.

It's time that we lazy Trolls introduce our upcoming concert together with Glittertind and Elvarhøi at the STUDiO festival. If you know Norwegian enough to understand "Nynorsk" you can read the official statement about this festival here.

So come join us for a nice evening of viking-related music, and be sure to notice that the gig has an early start. The doors open at 19:00. The price for three bands playing this evening is set at a student friendly 50 NOK. No excuse about not affording this one, hehe ;) Be there or be elsewhere!

Prooost!

-TrollfesT

01.08.2010 - Winner announced in the TrollfesT photo competition

First of all, before we announce the winner of the photo-competition, we would like to thank all of you who participated. We've peronally had a lot of fun looking through all the contributions. Thank you!

So, to the main point in all of this: We are very proud to announce that the winning contribution was this amazing pencil drawing of Brakebein, Der JegerMeister and Villanden Robin Hagen. Congratulations!

Skål!

-TrollfesT

29.07.2010 - WHILE YOU ARE ALL DREAMING ABOUT THAT TROLLFEST LOOT

We are not waiting around... Give it up for new TrollfesT merch in TNBM-style:


This time around the design is produced for T-shirts, hoodies and girlies by TPE Merchandise.

Click on the picture to order your choice from their pages, whether you prefer a nice hoodie for colder weather, a T-shirt or a girlie. Shortly (in a few days or so) you will also have the option of usin our very own merch section and be directed from there to the rightful ordering site.

Stay tuned for our TrollfesT photo competition at http://www.facebook.com/trollfestofficial which will have its winner this sunday. Nevertheless it is not too late to participate, so go on over and send in your contribution!

Dobrane!

-TrollfesT

15.07.2010 - WANT TO WIN YOURSELF SOME TROLLFEST LOOT?

Upon arriving home after a hard night of feasting, drinking and general merrymaking, one of our members (who shall not be named because he’s shy – actually, he isn’t, but we don’t want him taking all the credit), noticed the “Photos by Others” album on the TROLLFEST Facebook page and had a flash of inspiration.

“Why not”, he thought to himself “have a competition for the fans, with a surprise package of TROLLFEST loot as the prize?” “Why not indeed?” agreed the rest of us, so that’s what we’re going to do.

All you need to do is upload a TROLLFEST related photo onto the “Photos By Others” album on the TROLLFEST page at http://www.facebook.com/trollfestofficial and you’ve entered. No forms to fill in, no stamps to lick, no envelopes to take to the post office. Just a quick little upload.

And what exactly is a TROLLFEST related pic you may be asking yourselves? Anything you want it to be. It can be a drawing, a cartoon, a tattoo, live photo, fan photo, photo of someone wearing TROLLFEST merch... you get the idea.

On the 1st of August we will decide which one is the winner and that lucky someone will receive their mysterious TROLLFEST package in the post shortly thereafter.

There is no limit to the number of photos you can enter, so get your creative Troll hats on and get entering at http://www.facebook.com/trollfestofficial

PROST!

-TrollfesT

09.07.2010 - new song: DIE VERDAMMTE HUNGERSNOT

Head on over to our myspace and listen to a new track from the forthcoming album "EN KVEST FOR DEN HELLIGE GRAL". Or you can check it out at youtube aswell by clicking here.

PROST!

-TrollfesT

01.07.2010 - It may not be The Final Countdown (by Europe)

...but it's surely a countdown:
The action connected to this counter will happen on our MySpace page, so keep following and we will let you know what it's all about!

...in due time, that is...

PROST!

-TrollfesT

30.04.2010 - NEW TROLLFEST tshirts JUST ARRIVED. GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE FRESH

The moment you have all been waiting for is finally here. Well. OK. Perhaps not THE moment, but probably one of them! Brand new TROLLFEST T-shirts, with our True Norwegian Balkan Metal theme, are ready and waiting for you to wear them proud and wear them loud (the louder the better in fact)!

The T-shirts are available in sizes S, M, L, XL, and you can buy them direct from the band at the extraordinarily worth it price of 15 Euros. That doesn’t include postage, but all you have to do is send us an email telling us what you’d like to order, to shop@trollfest.com and we will let you know how many pennies it will cost to send the lovely merch winging on its way to you. Then you can confirm, and we’ll send you a PayPal money request. Couldn’t be simpler, but we only accept PayPal though.

And if you don’t know what other tempting items are available, you can find them all in our merch section

Salute!

-TrollfesT

22.03.2010 - Gig announcement

Finally the news about TrollfesTs concert at Rock In the day before the day before the Inferno festival, at the 30th of March reaches our beloved home woodsite of TrollfesT.com, but with a bit of a twist. Our warm up act is confirmed, so read on ;)

At long last we are proud to be able to announce a concert in our own country, and what’s more, it’s a concert in TrollfesT’s neck of the woods. Slap bang on our own doorstep in fact. In Oslo, that mystical town that we like to call home! Playing host to TrollfesT’s particular brand of madness will be none other than the Rock In, a place that is often frequented by us Trolls during our drunken sprees. And the icing on top of the cake, or the froth on top of the beer if you prefer, is the date of the event because it’s scheduled to take place on Tuesday 30th March, which makes it a pre-party to the Inferno Festival.

Does it get better than this? Of course it does. This is TrollfesT after all. So if you fancy coming to hear us play and raise a few glasses with us, the first fifty people to give money to the man at the door will be in for a surprise treat - and we’re not saying what it is because it wouldn’t be a surprise then would it! What we can guarantee though is that everyone will be in for a night of substantial quantities of alcohol and True Norwegian Balkan Metal.

To prepare the audience for our madness, we found the band Aspherium for you. Just another reason to join the party, actually!



Dobrane!

-TrollfesT

In case you thought we stopped, we didn't. As a matter of fact we have been busy Trolls and now we have written an entire new album for you crazy bastards. And as a result we are now entering the studio tomorrow to start the recording!

The album will primarily consist of 9 faboulus new tracks, our most exotic tunes so far. Expect nothing but over the top TrollfesT madness. We will continue updating you on what is going on as we get further into the recording process. Of course Manskow Productions will keep documenting the events as with the other recording sessions, so in the end we will have a new "Making of" to show you.


Skål!

-TrollfesT

05.12.2009 - How to ruin a backstage without actually breaking anything?

As we did some time ago, we like to pass the word over to our faboulus production company Manskow Productions. This is our very own Manskow's documentation after our trip to Ballenstedt for the Rock Harz Festival 2009 this summer. TrollfesT @ Rock Harz, Or: How to ruin a backstage without actually breaking anything

As you probably know, TrollfesT has had a few trips to countries near and far since my last video update, and as usual I brought my camera along to document the events. First out is a little video from the Rock Harz festival, before we continue with red squares and Mona lisa.

This summer we once again went to Germany to feast on the good and cheap beer they have to offer. A nice tradition indeed, and this time the trip went to Ballenstedt. Besides being a pulsating town with many fields, Lidl, and other exciting sights that didn’t make it to the video, it’s the home of the Rock Harz festival. Our host for the weekend.

After a nice afternoon-concert on the Friday, we had plenty of time for our main agenda. Free beer!! We had a lot of fun and it was a great party, although the cleaning personel might beg to differ. But we did manage to puppy-eye our way back into the festival on Saturday, and made a little festival report for you too.

So here it is “TrollfesT @ Rock Harz, Or: How to ruin a backstage without actually breaking anything.”



ProoooOOOoooOOoOoOooossssT!!!x!!1!

Liebe Grüsse, TrollfesT

28.09.2009 - More land to be discovered! - New gig in france!

If you're from France, or from anywhere else too, we got som great news!

Feast your eyes on this new live date coming up: 14 nov 2009: Crosne Medieval Fest (Paris). Why not join us in medieval drinking? Espescially if you happen to be nearby at the time. So be sure to not miss out on the fun, and join the festivities!

As our gig in Moscow is just two small weekends away, we would like to mention that too: Join the OktoBIERfest 2009!!!

Mabuhay!
TrollfesT

25.08.2009 - Travel report from the distant and far away land of Switzerland

Listen up you beerdrinkers!

We had Manskow productions look through the arkives the other day and look what they found! Three live clips from a private birthday concert we did in Oslo this summer. So give it up for Essenfest, the coversong from Drekkameratene, Drekkadag, and last but not least, Brakebein!

Also, we got to tell you about the tremendously awesome, fantastic, amazing, superduper cool Garm hoodies we are selling, and let us not forget the ever so popular lovemakers friend, the BrakeBONER condoms. You'll find this and more in the merch department So have fun, go bad! You are worth it!

Chokdee!
TrollfesT + Manskow Productions

25.08.2009 - Travel report from the distant and far away land of Switzerland

We could choose to say this in our own way, but the crew at Manskow productions said it all so beautifully that it would only seem stupid. This is the official statement from the faboulus productive production company Manskow Productions:

Everybody say melted cheese

At last, the promised tour diary of Trollfest's trip to Bern is finished.

A few months ago we went on a nice long weekend trip to the swiss capitol. Thanks to the effort the nice promotors and their friends made, it really felt like we were just on vacation. We went on sightseeing, museums, tried various swiss cuisine and, of course, tasted swiss beer by the barrels. oh and we played a concert too, which went really well. All in all we had a great time and I hope the people who came to the show and the people we hung out with enjoyed themselves as much as we did.

two songs from this concert (willkommen folk til drekkafest & Das Mehrungeheuer) along with the making of Villanden is to be found on the new TrollfesT EP "Uraltes elemente"

PS to my fellow film enthusiasts:
After finding an old super 8 projector at a flea market and some spare parts on ebay, I finally got a chance to get my super 8 camera up and running again. And what better place to try it out than the picturesque surroundings of Switzerland. The result can be seen in this tour diary.

Enjoy:




Dobrane!

TrollfesT + Manskow Productions

14.08.2009 - Ground control to major update!

It is about high time we do this. An EP has been released and we've been quite quiet about it until now. Never the less, we are proud to present "Uraltes Elemente EP":


Uraltes Elemente EP (2009)



Order online

This happy news does not travel alone, we also have the following new and fancy merch available: JEGERMEISTER T-SHIRTS, GARM ZIPPED HOODIES, BRAKEBONER CONDOMS and the PATCH ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO" - patch. So check our updated and stuffed Merch department for pictures and ordering information!

Also, we bring promises of new roadmovies to come pretty soon. Manskow producions are working on no less than two videos that we'll get our hands on in the very near future, so stay tuned, fellow Trolls!!

Kippis!

TrollfesT

18.05.2009 - New concert alert and other great news

For starters TrollfesT will play at the Russian festival OktoBIERfest 2009 in Moscow at the 10th of October.

Second, there's a very proud anouncement to be made: TrollfesT has expanded by two Trolls this week, so now we're a full sixpack of members. We proudly welcome Per Spelemann and Manskow as full members of the band:



...and we think you all should give them a through the roof drunken welcome next time you see them!

Third, we want to have some focus at our gig in Switzerland at Headbangers Ball this weekend. We would like to aim a special thanks to the fantastic crew of Headbangers Ball, the other bands who played and the awesome audience for making our stay, and the gig, off course, such a memorable one!

PlutoniumWeddingring added these fine examples of the madness that occured at Headbangers Ball on YouTube:
Der JegerMeister Live @ Headbangers Ball
Trinkenvisen Live @ Headbangers Ball

Stay tuned for more crazy news coming up.

Kippis!

TrollfesT

25.03.2009 - Happy announcements from the busy Trolls

We have a few joyful news to present to you fellow Trolls. TrollfesT signed a sponsorship deal with the Norwegian custom guitarpickmakers at Pickfactory, and will soon have sweet personalized good quality TrollfesT picks that you might be lucky and fetch as we drop them, or even throw them off stage.

In other news, TrollfesT is proud to announce that the song "Den åpne sjø" is to be heard in a new Norwegian movie named Yatzy which very recently started screening on Norwegian cinemas.

Soon an EP with songs that did not fit on the Villanden record will be ready for release, so stay tuned for more excellent news!

Other than this, we remind you people that Villanden is out to get you, and that the Villanden shirts are still available.

Proost!

TrollfesT

09.01.2009 - "This is what happens, when you drink a lot!" - "Making Of Villanden!"

Well, let it be no secret that a creative effort the TrollfesT way is often fuelled by alcoholic fluids. To talk about this would not give you a fair shot at understanding the general idea. Given this starting point, we are finally prepared to show you, as we did on Brakebein, how our newest familymember "VILLANDEN" was made.

TrollfesT in corporation with Manskow Productions prowdly present "Making of Villanden"
Making of Villanden - part 1
Making of Villanden - part 2

Skål!

TrollfesT

09.01.2009 - VILLANDEN is here!!!

Beerio folks! Drink to this: The third TrollfesT record VILLANDEN is finally here! All the latest fun, drinking and madness has finally paid off! As before, our music goes lightly with whatever alcohol you may have at hand, but is also something worthwhile to listen to in a less than barrel-drunk state.

Not entirely without the usual fuzz from our part, but we've spread it on a larger timeframe. A "making of.." is in the making (of) and will pretty soon be available to mention one of the upcoming treats, so there's no stopping here for us. Our Myspace site har been refined quite the bit and is worth a quick peak. For those of you who haven't been there before it is certainly worth the while, since this and that tend to be quite different between our main website and our official myspace site.

Anyways: Don't just listen to us ramble on, go to your nearest store and get yourself your very own copy of our album!

I sueikata!

TrollfesT

04.12.2008 - VILLANDEN MERCH on sale + new roadiementary

Finally, we have a way out of our miserable state of not having any shirts to sell you guys. It is with great pleasure we present the VILLANDEN T-shirts to you. Available in both dark green and black in regular t-shirts, and there's a black girlie too. Check our merch department for an overview on the splendid goodies now added. After all, shirts are a fun way of actually wearing the music too.

Manskow Productions recently finished editing the recordings from our last trip to the Barther Metal Openair.

Santé!

TrollfesT

01.12.2008 - NEW SONG ON MYSPACE NOW!

Feast your ears on this! Some of you who came to a gig of ours this summer may have heard it. Some of you who came to a gig or ours this summer may not have. Anyways: GIVE IT UP FOR "URALTES ELEMENTE" one of the briliant tracks on our forthcoming album "VILLANDEN" due in stores on January 9th through Twilight Vertrieb!

Dobrane!

TrollfesT

24.11.2008 - New VILLANDEN taste coming up + merch + more

To let you another taste of our new record, we've prepared a treat for our Myspace site wich will be available from the 1st of December. As preparations for VILLANDEN is going on, Twilight Vertrieb will also have a superdupercool new TrollfesT T-shirt and girlie ready for the release on 9th of January.

Last but not least, TrollfesT has made preparations for a Christmas special this year, so keep a very special lookout for a very special treat on Christmas day. We'll give you one hint: Start looking at our Myspace site.

Iechyd da!

TrollfesT