Imperdible.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Se Suicida El Líder De DISSECTION

As rumours have started to spread we feel obliged to confirm Jon Nödtveidt's death.
Jon Nödtveidt was a man who lived his life according to his convictions and True Will. A couple of days ago he chose to end his life by his own hands. As a true Satanist he led his life in the way he wanted and ended it when he felt that he had fulfilled his self-created destiny. Not everyone will have understanding or acceptance for his personal path in this life and beyond, but all must respect his choice.
Those of us who have met him in his last days can assure that he was more focussed, happier and stronger than ever. It is our full conviction that he left this world of lies with a scornful laughter, knowing that he had fulfilled everything that he had set up for himself to accomplish. The empty space that he leaves behind will be filled with the dark essence that he manifested through his life and black-magical work. His legacy and Luciferian Fire will live on through those few who truly knew him and appreciated his work for what it really was and still is. As our brother's goal in life and death never was to "Rest in Peace", we will instead wish him victories in all battles to come, until the Acosmic Destiny has been fulfilled.
For the glory of the Dark Gods and the Wrathful Chaos!
Y más información en Blabbermouth.net:
Swedish heavy metal musician Jon Nödtveidt, 31, was found dead on Wednesday, August 16 at his apartment in Hässelby, a suburb of Stockholm. He shot himself in the head and was surrounded by lit candles, Expressen reports. Shortly before the ritual suicide, he had sent farewell letters to his father and his girlfriend and explained to a friend, "I'm going away for a long, long time. I'm going to Transylvania."
Sometime between Monday (Aug. 14) and Wednesday, Nödveidt, vocalist and guitarist in the popular Swedish black metal band DISSECTION, chose to take his own life.
At 7:21 p.m. CET on Wednesday, a police patrol reported to the police communication center in Stockholm that a man had been found dead, the apparent victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to several of Expressen's sources, the singer had placed an open copy of "The Satanic Bible" in front of him before pulling the trigger. "He shot himself in the head and lay dead in a ring of lit candles," says a police source.
At 5:44 p.m. on Wednesday, the police received a 911 call from Jon Nödtveidt's family who hadn't been able to establish contact with him for a couple of days. "They were very concerned," says his legal representative and manager, Per Nordqvist. "His girlfriend and his family called after their fears that something terrible had happened had been bolstered." The reason for their concern was a farewell letter that Jon Nödveidt had sent to his girlfriend in Germany. His father, Anders Nödtveidt, had also received a postcard asking him to contact a number of people and thank them for everything. "What it said is personal. I want to keep it to myself," Jon's father says of the postcard's contents.
"I met him in Stockholm just a week and a half ago. Everything seemed great then. I've always had good contact with Jon during his upbringing and throughout his adult life. I don't understand what has happened to make things turn out this way. This weighs even more heavily on us considering everything that has happened. This is very difficult for the entire family."
Jon Nödveidt's father likes the photo in which his son wears a black leather jacket and has asked for that picture to be published. "It's a good photo. Jon thought so as well," says Anders Nödtveidt.
The suicide is believed to have been planned for a long time. "At the scene there was also a will and a suicide note," a police source tells Expressen.
In December 1997, Jon Nödveidt was arrested for the murder of Josef Ben Meddaour and served seven years for accessory to murder and possession of an illegal firearm. The highly publicized murder in Gothenburg is depicted in the movie "Keillers Park". What has come to be known as "the Satanic murder" in Sweden has led to both a movie and a book.
"It affected me immensely," the movie's director, Susanna Edwards, tells Aftonbladet.
"Keillers Park", which is named after the park in Gothenburg where the murder took place, opened in theaters in Sweden in March 2006. "Josef Ben Meddaou was a naive and open person with a big heart," says Edwards. "He was a victim of a grotesque act of homophobia."
The murder was also the basis for last year's "No Tears For Queers", a book about hate crimes by Swedish journalist and author Johan Hilton. In 1997, at the time of the murder, Jon Nödtveidt explained that he lived in a world where Satan was God and that they drank blood and sacrificed animals. On DISSECTION's web site he revealed that he was a member of MLO — Misanthropic Luciferian Order.
On September 22, 2004, two weeks after his release from prison, Jon NödveidtExpressen about the murder and his time in prison. "I want to put the murder behind me and move forward," he told the newspaper. "It feels like I'm a new person after my time in prison. The time before the incarceration feels like another life. I've been through so much since. I've become more mature, older and look at life and death in a totally new way."
When asked about the crimes he was convicted of, Nödtveidt said, "No matter how you twist and turn it, it can't be undone. What happened happened and I must move forward with my life. I have taken responsibility for my actions by having served my time in prison. I'm not proud of the fact that I have to watch my mother cry, but I'm working with new strength and look ahead."
When asked if he regrets what happened, Nödtveidt said, "Out of respect to the victim's family, I don't want to discuss what happened. The only thing I want to say is that I'm not proud of it."
Josef Ben Meddaour was a 37-year-old Algerian homosexual man who was killed by a shotgun blast to the head and the back. "I'm absolutely not a racist," Jon Nödtveidt told the newspaper. "There's nothing that makes me more sad and upset than people who say things like that. These are people who know nothing about me. Everyone who knows me knows that I have friends, brothers and sisters from all over the world."
"Jon was an open person who enjoyed life," explains his manager, Per Nordqvist, to Expressen. "He was easy to get along with and very accomodating. Still, what happened happened and that is something you always carry with you one way or another. All people have baggage."
Per Nordqvist tells Aftonbladet that the suicide of his friend has left him feeling totally empty and that it's terribly saddening. "I've spent the last few years collecting the rights to his music," Nordqvist tells Aftonbladet. "Jon felt that he was losing everything during the time he was incarcerated."
Johan Hargeby at the Swedish distribution company Sound Pollution worked closely with Jon Nödveidt for 15 years. "I met him as late as Monday (Aug. 14) when he was here for a short meeting," Hargeby tells Expressen. "I am shocked and dismayed."
Friday, August 18, 2006
MAELSTROM #14
Próximamente en su puestito de revistas amigo...

El #14 de MAELSTROM (click en la tapa para agrandar) incluye notas a Satyricon, Cathedral, Cannibal Corpse, Agalloch, Fear Factory, Evergrey, Ancient Rites, Rage, Head Control System, Tony Martin, Beyond Fear, Hugo Bistolfi, Kampfar, Lacrimas Profundere, The Vision Bleak, un informe especial sobre el metal y la literatura fantástica, y mucho más... Y por primera vez en nuestra historia, ¡un CD de regalo!
Pronto.

El #14 de MAELSTROM (click en la tapa para agrandar) incluye notas a Satyricon, Cathedral, Cannibal Corpse, Agalloch, Fear Factory, Evergrey, Ancient Rites, Rage, Head Control System, Tony Martin, Beyond Fear, Hugo Bistolfi, Kampfar, Lacrimas Profundere, The Vision Bleak, un informe especial sobre el metal y la literatura fantástica, y mucho más... Y por primera vez en nuestra historia, ¡un CD de regalo!
Pronto.
MY DYING BRIDE: Nuevo Track-List
Nada como un compendio de títulos ultra-doom para alegrarle a uno la mañana... Péguenle un vistazo al track-list de "A Line Of Deathless Kings", el nuevo CD de My Dying Bride que se espera para fin de año (personalmente me encantaron los nombres del tercer y sexto track):
U.K. doom metallers MY DYING BRIDE have se the tentative track listing for their new album, "A Line of Deathless Kings", due later in the year via Peaceville/Snapper. The follow-up to 2004's "Songs of Darkness, Words of Light" was recorded at Academy Studios and was mixed at Chapel Studios.
"A Line of Deathless Kings" track listing:
01. To Remain Tombless (6:06)
02. L'Amour Detruit (9:08)
03. I Cannot Be Loved (7:04)
04. And I Walk With Them (6:37)
05. Thy Raven Wings (5:22)
06. Love's Intolerable Pain (6:14)
07. One of Beauty's Daughters (5:40)
08. Deeper Down (6:28)
09. The Blood, The Wine, The Roses (8:21)
Monday, August 14, 2006
De Calores Y Cristina Scabbia
Una foto con Cristina bien valía un tanque de nafta.
Agarré la autopista, enfilé para el norte, y me encontré con los italianos a eso de las 2. "Hasta ahora el Ozzfest fue una experiencia fantástica, pero el calor es insoportable", me decía Andrea Ferro, mientras Cristina y los demás miembros del grupo movían sus cabezas reafirmando el sentimiento. "Menos mal que sólo tocamos por media hora... sino, no sé cómo haríamos"...
Y sí, les respondo sin vueltas la pregunta del millón: Cristina es hermosa. Incluso más de lo que parece en las fotos. Durante el reportaje (que probablemente aparezca en un futuro número de MAELSTROM) confieso que casi me puse colorado. Los ojos de esta mujer son de no creer, y para colmo ella lo sabe, porque te mira bien fijo y te mata bien muerto. Apenas pude contener mi tanada. Al final de la nota nos despedimos con un "tante grazie" y les desee suerte para el show de la noche. Pero Andrea me agarró del brazo y me dijo "no, pará... vos también sos italiano... mirá esto...". Y en mis manos puso una colección entera de púas para bajo y guitarra, pintadas con los colores de la bandera italiana y una ilustración caricaturesca de cada miembro de la banda. Forza Italia!
Un regalito para su servidor de parte del grupo:
púas personalizadas. Las de arriba pertenecen a Andrea y Cristina.
púas personalizadas. Las de arriba pertenecen a Andrea y Cristina.
Salí del micro de gira dentro del cual estaba refugiada (una palabra más que acertada, dada las circunstancias) la banda, y la idea era esperar hasta eso de las 7:30PM para ver el show de Cristina y sus amigos. Pero faltaban unas 5 horas. Ahora el sol estaba justo arriba de nuestras cabezas. El olor a pancho berreta era profundo. De fondo sonaba una bandita metalcore. Una botellita de agua mineral costaba 6 dólares. Adolescentes haciéndose los malos y oscuros por todos lados. Calor. Ruido. Metalcore. Y ni siquiera cerraban Ozzy ni Sabbath. Faltaban 5 horas para Lacuna Coil. Calor. A Strapping Young Lad ya los había visto. Calor. Metalcore. Calor... Revisé la cámara. Las fotos salieron bien. Genial. Calor... Pero ya tengo las fotos. Listo.
Me fui a casa.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Loreena McKennitt

Y hoy, a casi 10 años de su trabajo anterior, McKennitt está a punto de editar un nuevo álbum: "An Ancient Muse". Más información en el sitio oficial: http://www.quinlanroad.com
Loreena McKennitt’s new recording, An Ancient Muse, released this autumn worldwide
August 8th, 2006
This autumn will see the release of Loreena McKennitt’s seventh full-length studio album, An Ancient Muse, worldwide.
As with her earlier albums, McKennitt takes her inspiration from the Celtic peoples, fusing the melodic sensibility of Scottish and Irish balladry with musical traditions from Greece, Turkey, Spain and even Scandinavia. The recording is McKennitt’s first new studio album since 1997’s The Book of Secrets, a multi-platinum success worldwide.
The album, which was recorded at Real World Studios in England and features a host of internationally acclaimed musical guests and exotic instrumentation, takes the listener on a journey from the Scottish borders to the caravanserais of the Silk Road and the wine-dark seas of Homer’s Odyssey.
An Ancient Muse will be released on Quinlan Road/Verve in the United States, via Universal Music in Canada and a number of other territories, and in collaboration with a further range of labels in selected countries.
Visit the Quinlan Road/Loreena McKennitt official website in the coming weeks for further details on our release partners for An Ancient Muse.
Clips De WACKEN 06
Péguenle un vistazo a este link: http://streaming.wacken.com/content.html. Incluye clips del Wacken Open Air, acaso el festival más importante del género a nivel mundial. Hay para todos los gustos, desde Emperor a Motorhead y desde Orphaned Land a Gamma Ray. Y es todo material gratis, por supuesto. Vale la pena.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Lo Nuevo De MY DYING BRIDE

Fuente: Blabbermouth.net
Croatian webzine Sound Chaser recently conducted an interview with MY DYING BRIDE bassist Ade Jackson. An excerpt from the chat follows:
Sound Chaser: Your new album should be out later this year... Can you give us some basic info about it?
Ade: "Well … the album will be called 'A Line Of Deathless Kings' and I'm listening to it now. It has nine songs and is approximately one hour long. We recorded it at Academy Studios in Dewsbury and it was mixed at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire — the same place that '34.788%' was mixed. We are all tremendously proud of this album. It hasn't been easy to record, not just a case of turning up at the studio and recording something — there has been a lot of writing, re-writing, changes, cuts, additions, discussion, thought, ideas (good and bad) and a whole host of other emotions and the end result really reflects that. Listening back to some of the early recordings and comparing them to the final product there is a world of difference and I hope it shows to everyone else as well. I wish you could all hear the evolution as well rather than just the final polished product."
Sound Chaser: Where will the new album go both lyric and music–wise?
Ade: "The album will be typically MY DYING BRIDE. We never set any boundaries; we just write what feels good to us. We write music that we would like to listen to, in a way. I played it to one of my good friends and he commented that, if you didn't know who it was you would know it was MY DYING BRIDE immediately. We seem to have our own particular sound and way or writing songs — something I can't explain. When we get together, 'it' happens."
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
"The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg"
El primer corte de "A Matter Of Life And Death", el nuevo álbum de Iron Maiden, ya está disponible en el sitio oficial de los ingleses, con video-clip y todo: http://ironmaiden.com/homepage.php?section=0&subsection=0
Nada nuevo bajo el sol. Maiden sigue sonando a Maiden, por supuesto, y la intro del tema está realmente muy linda. Sorprende, sobre todo, que el grupo haya seleccionado un tema tan extenso y a medio tiempo a modo de primer corte, a diferencia de cosas como "The Wicker Man", "Be Quick Or Be Dead", "Futureal" o "Wildest Dreams", por ejemplo. Lo demás es lo de siempre, pero la cosa igual pinta bien.
Nada nuevo bajo el sol. Maiden sigue sonando a Maiden, por supuesto, y la intro del tema está realmente muy linda. Sorprende, sobre todo, que el grupo haya seleccionado un tema tan extenso y a medio tiempo a modo de primer corte, a diferencia de cosas como "The Wicker Man", "Be Quick Or Be Dead", "Futureal" o "Wildest Dreams", por ejemplo. Lo demás es lo de siempre, pero la cosa igual pinta bien.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Fallece La Vocalista De ELIS

With the utmost respect and deepest sorrow, we bid farewell to a brilliant artist, ELIS vocalist Sabine Duenser, who will be greatly missed by all. - The Napalm Records Team.
AN OFFICIAL MESSAGE FROM NAPALM RECORDING ARTISTS ELIS:
Deeply confused and sad, we have to inform you that Sabine isn't among us anymore! During the band's rehearsal on Friday 7th, Sabine suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and died a day later at the hospital.
On regards of the family and friends, we have decided to take the homepage off the Internet. We need time now, to decide if and how to approach further, and we will not answer any e-mails at the moment.
Sing with the angels, Sabine! We will never forget you!
Chris, Max, Pete & Tom.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Lo Nuevo De MAIDEN

1. Different World - Smith/Harris - 4.17
2. These Colours Don't Run - Smith/Harris/Dickinson - 6.52
3. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns - Smith/Harris/Dickinson - 8.44
4. The Pilgrim - Gers/Harris - 5.07
5. The Longest Day - Smith/Harris/Dickinson - 7.48
6. Out Of the Shadows - Dickinson/Harris 5.36
7. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg - Murray/Harris - 7.21
8. For The Greater Good of God - Harris - 9.24
9. Lord Of Light - Smith/Harris/Dickinson - 7.23
10. The Legacy - Gers/Harris - 9.20
¿Mi opinión? No me gustan ni la tapa ni el título del disco. De hecho, creo que en lo que a impacto visual respecta, la ilustración de arriba sea tal vez la más floja y mundana de toda la discografía de los ingleses. Me recuerda demasiado a una portada de comic barato, y los planos amplios y panorámicos nunca terminan de funcionar. Remontémonos, por ejemplo, a la tapa de "Brave New World". Mismo problema. La excepción sería la de "Powerslave" (mi disco favorito de la Doncella, dicho sea de paso), que rebosaba detalles y demandaba ser apreciada en su versión de vinilo, en tamaño grande.
Con respecto al título, sí, la guerra es un tema candente y cada día más omnipresente, pero la banda de hecho ya lo había abordado en obras como "The X Factor" y, por supuesto, clásicos como "The Trooper". Y no puedo evitar pensar en "Live After Death" a la hora de comparar nombres. Noten, también, que ninguna canción lleva el título de la placa. Las únicas veces que había ocurrido algo así fue en "Piece O Mind", "The X Factor" y "Virtual XI", 23, 11 y 8 años atrás, respectivamente.
Pero eso sí: desde el regreso de Dickinson, Maiden tiene las pilas recargadas y viene nuevamente en subida. Los últimos dos discos fueron sólidos e incluyeron unas cuantas perlitas. Más allá de lo mediocre de la tapa, "A Matter Of Life And Death" también se perfila como otro logro para la banda. Me muero de ganas por tenerlo en mis manos.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Ahora, SATYRICON

Y como esta semana estuve meta girar toda la discografía del grupo, me puse a buscar material en Internet y me topé con bastantes cosas. Les pasó algunos links de interés:
El video de "K.I.N.G.": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peEQHMp2ARw&mode=related&search=
El video de "Fuel For Hatred":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPB7bsmfZYg&mode=related&search=
Un reportaje reciente a Frost:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HmqCgVx0HM&mode=related&search=
Un clásico del metal negro: el clip de "Mother North":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZvQhC7bQDs&mode=related&search=
Una rareza: Darkthrone en vivo con Satyr en guitarra:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkjfS1-U55M&mode=related&search=
Y revisen los links de la derecha una vez que hayan cargado esas páginas. Hay bastantes otras cosas que valen la pena. Este asunto de "YouTube" es realmente maravilloso. Pensar que estas cosas costaban tanto conseguirlas unos pocos años atrás...
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Paraíso Perdido

Nick Holmes y sus muchachos, para colmo, no parecían estar de muy buen humor. Me cuentan que Holmes se negó terminantemente a dar notas (y eso que había una pautada de antemano), e incluso se enojó cuando el bueno de Martín, nuestro incansable cameraman, intentó tomarle unas fotos en la prueba de sonido, dándole la espalda. ¿Por qué será que la gran mayoría de las bandas se las dan de prima donnas cuando visitan Argentina? ¿Por qué acá, en USA, donde nadie conoce el medio que llevo adelante, me tiran la alfombra roja sin ningún problema y con suma generosidad cada vez que solicito una entrevista? ¿Por qué en Argentina el determinante para poder asistir a un show como miembro de la prensa y hacer una nota depende irremediablemente de "quién es tu amigo dentro del sello o la empresa organizadora" y de "quién trae a qué banda"? ¿Por qué acá me preguntan "¿te gustaría llevar a un amigo al show?" y allá es siempre la misma historia: "no, pibe, ya no queda lugar en la lista"...?
¿Por qué?
Como souvenir, van unas imagenes de la prueba de sonido, cortesía de Martín:




Monday, June 12, 2006
LEGIONS UNLEASHED!

De primer soporte estuvieron los locales The Absence, cuyo debut del año pasado (editado por Metal Blade), "From Your Grave", me había gustado bastante. Más clones de At The Gates, pero de los buenos, y con un notable sentido de la melodía y los contrastes, sin que esto implique el uso de voces melódicas y pseudo-gay, tan en boga entre el maldito metalcore y el "emo" metal que actualmente pretende apoderarse de los oídos (y el bolsillo) de los adolescentes yankis. Lo de estos pibes, en cambio, tiene un aire definitivamente europeo. El bajista es un nene de no más de 17, y el resto no debe superar los 24 (cuando escuché el disco me lo hacía más grandes), pero sonaron bastante bien y con sorprendente seguridad. Vale la pena prestarle atención al próximo paso de esta gente...
"from your graaaaaaaaave!!!!!...."
The Absence
Graveworm me encantó. Nada de maquillaje, nada de clichés escénicos, nada de exclamaciones satánicas... los tipos salieron, sin intro, y le dieron al machaque puro por 45 minutos. Stefan Fiori incluso tenía puesta la camiseta del Milan, y hasta contó chistes entre el reguero de blast-beats y alaridos. Se puede tocar black metal y tener sentido del humor, al fin y al cabo. Sí, es cierto que le roban mal a Cradle Of Filth (Fiori por momentos suena como un literal clon de Dani Filth), pero encima de las tablas transmiten una energía extraordinaria merced a una actitud de pura despreocupación y relaje.Forza Italia!
Sólo tocaron cosas de sus dos últimos discos: "Engraved In Black" y el mediocre "(N)Utopia". Yo moría por algo de "Scourge Of Malice" (mi favorito... ¿escucharon el cover de "Fear Of The Dark"?), pero calculo que el hecho de que ese álbum no haya sido editado en USA determinó su ausencia en el set-list. De todas formas, con temas como "Dreaming Into Reality", "Drowned In Fear" y el espectacular "Legions Unleashed", me compraron sin muchas vueltas. Hasta Sabine Mair se sumó al headbanging detrás de las teclas.
Nada como un buena dósis de black metal tano un domingo a la tarde. Disfruten las fotos.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
IN THE WOODS... Re-Edita Demo
Acabo de recibir un mail de Jan Transit, ex-vocalista de In The Woods..., con una buena noticia:
El demo vale la pena como un ítem de colección, a pesar de ya haber sido re-editado varios años atrás en formato CD bajo el nombre "Return To The Isle Of Men":
Greetings!The legendary "Isle of Men" - demo from 1992 have finally been released on vinyl! It was released this spring by the hellenian label KYRCK PRODUCTIONS on beautiful black/ splattered vinyl. Containing the original master + a bonus - track and great artwork w/ booklet and poster, this is thusfar the last release from In the Woods... Check out the following site for purchasing info: www.kyrck-productions.cjb.net or email mr. K himself at kyrck_khal@hotmail.com . There's also been some talk about re-releasing this recording on cd via the same label, but nothings for sure as we speak.This is a limited edition, so move on if you wanna get hold of the vinyl version of the classic early nineties recordings from the norwegian underdawgz!
El demo vale la pena como un ítem de colección, a pesar de ya haber sido re-editado varios años atrás en formato CD bajo el nombre "Return To The Isle Of Men":
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