{"id":267,"date":"2011-12-05T05:01:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T13:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/?p=267"},"modified":"2012-05-02T16:18:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T10:48:12","slug":"interview-kampfars-dolk-talks-about-first-ever-north-american-tour-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2011\/12\/05\/interview-kampfars-dolk-talks-about-first-ever-north-american-tour-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Kampfar&#8217;s Dolk Talks About First Ever North American Tour (Audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Andrew Bansal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/kampfar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268\" title=\"kampfar\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/kampfar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/kampfar.jpg 333w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/kampfar-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norwegian black metal band Kampfar have been around for more than 17 years, creating music that&#8217;s similar in style to a lot of fellow Norwegian bands, but a lot more artistic and meaningful, as it&#8217;s inspired by Norse mythology. Their latest album &#8220;Mare&#8221; came out last May on Napalm Records and has been successful in North America.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Recently, the band did their first ever North American tour, a co-headline run with Vreid. When the tour came to Hollywood&#8217;s Whisky A Go-Go, I had the chance to sit down with mainman Dolk to talk about this tour, the origins of black metal and corpse paint, Norway&#8217;s Inferno festival, and other things. Listen to the 13-minute conversation below, and check out the band&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/KAMPFAR-official\/343342075489\" target=\"_blank\">facebook<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n<div><object width=\"300\" height=\"300\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/media\/swf\/player\/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fmetalassault%2Fkampfar-interview-with-dolk%2F&amp;embed_uuid=581d5dbe-ccef-4acb-b4ad-7de19f31a230&amp;embed_type=widget_standard\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"300\" height=\"300\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/media\/swf\/player\/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fmetalassault%2Fkampfar-interview-with-dolk%2F&amp;embed_uuid=581d5dbe-ccef-4acb-b4ad-7de19f31a230&amp;embed_type=widget_standard\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"opaque\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: block; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 3px 4px; color: #999;\"><a style=\"color: #02a0c7; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/metalassault\/kampfar-interview-with-dolk\/?utm_source=widget&amp;amp;utm_medium=web&amp;amp;utm_campaign=base_links&amp;amp;utm_term=resource_link\" target=\"_blank\">Kampfar: Interview With Dolk<\/a><span> by <\/span><a style=\"color: #02a0c7; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/metalassault\/?utm_source=widget&amp;amp;utm_medium=web&amp;amp;utm_campaign=base_links&amp;amp;utm_term=profile_link\" target=\"_blank\">Metalassault<\/a><span> on <\/span><a style=\"color: #02a0c7; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/?utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=base_links&amp;utm_term=homepage_link\" target=\"_blank\"> Mixcloud<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrew Bansal Norwegian black metal band Kampfar have been around for more than 17 years, creating music that&#8217;s similar in style to a lot of fellow Norwegian bands, but a lot more artistic and meaningful, as it&#8217;s inspired by Norse mythology. 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