Carpathian Forest / Black Altar / Svarttjern at The Underworld Camden, London, 2025

Fresh off their recent performance at Incineration Festival, Carpathian Forest returned to London, this time alongside Black Altar and Svarttjern for a night of black metal at The Underworld.

Kicking off the evening, Svarttjern, with an impressive performance by its vocalist HansFyrste, brought blazing riffs, blast beats and doom to a very engaging audience that kept chanting “Hail Satan!” repeatedly after each song.

Next up, Black Altar, as their name suggests, transformed their stage into a ritualistic satanic altar. Wearing hoodies and masks, they adorned the stage with skulls, baphomet statues and candles. A very performative performance, playing the best of their classic black metal catalogue.

Finally, Carpathian Forest. As soon as they started playing the initial drums and riffs of “Vi åpner porten til helvete…”, The Underworld became a mosh pit. Nattefrost and his crew kept the audience engaged throughout their 19 track setlist, that even included covers from Turbonegro and The Cure. Wrapping up the set, the self-titled classic track “Carpathian Forest”. A huge night for Black Metal fans in Camden.