Beyond the Gates (music festival)

{{Infobox music festival |

| music_festival_name = Beyond the Gates

| image =

| location = Bergen, Norway

| years_active=

| dates = 2013-

| owners = Torgrim Øyre

| genre = Heavy metal

| website = https://www.beyondthegates.no

}}

Beyond the Gates is an annual extreme metal festival that takes place every year in August in Bergen, Norway. The main stage is at USF Verftet, a refurbished sardine factory transformed into a venue.{{cite web

| url=https://metalinjection.net/show-recap/beyond-the-gates-festival-review-a-black-packing-rite-of-passage

| title=BEYOND THE GATES Festival Review: A Black Packing Rite Of Passage

| date=2019-08-30

| publisher=metalinjection.net

| quote=The curation at this festival is bonkers, and plays out like a who's who of Scandinavian icons. Watching the bands that started this crazy scene, in a city where much of its origin story takes place, is a pilgrimage any fan should absolutely take in their lifetime.

| accessdate=2020-04-12}}{{cite web

| url=https://nextmosh.com/norwegian-fest-beyond-the-gates-ix-reveals-full-lineup/

| title=Norwegian fest 'Beyond the Gates IX' reveals full lineup

| date=2020-03-05

| publisher=nextmosh.com

| accessdate=2020-04-12}}

The festival took place after Hole in the Sky, a predecessor extreme metal festival which took place also in Bergen in August, ended.{{cite web

| url=http://bravewords.com/news/mercyful-fate-candlemass-opeth-enslaved-sodom-and-others-confirmed-for-norway-s-beyond-the-gates-ix-festival

| title=MERCYFUL FATE, CANDLEMASS, OPETH, ENSLAVED, SODOM And Others Confirmed For Norway's Beyond The Gates IX Festival

| date=2020-03-06

| publisher=bravewords.com

| accessdate=2020-04-12}} The first edition of the festival took place in 2013.{{cite web

| url=https://www.nocleansinging.com/2019/07/09/an-ncs-interview-torgrim-oyre-beyond-the-gates-festival/#more-162341

| title=AN NCS INTERVIEW: TORGRIM ØYRE (BEYOND THE GATES FESTIVAL)

| date=2019-08-09

| publisher=nocleansinging.com

| accessdate=2020-04-12}}