Opeth
Perhaps you've already heard the news that we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of our band with six very special shows next year and we'd hereby like to offer you, our beloved fan the first chance to get VIP packages for each of these shows.
"We've got some pretty cool stuff lined up for this such as a sweet-looking laminated VIP pass which will allow you to come in early in the day so you can watch how we soundcheck (which is actually boring as hell, but we figured you'd might like to see how these things work). Soundcheck usually starts around 4 p.m.-ish. Then we'll take you backstage for a meet-and-greet with all of us, splitting you up in groups so you can be sure you'll get some proper one on one time to fire off some questions you've always wanted to ask or just get some stuff signed.
"At some venues you'll be asked to leave after the meet-and-greet (for security reasons set by the venues which are beyond our control) until doors open again and at some venues you'll be able to stay and wait until the show starts. If you're at one of the venues where you'll be asked to leave, we've arranged that anyone who can show a VIP pass at the door can get into the venue again at least ten minutes before the doors open to the standard ticket holders so you'll be guaranteed of a short cue at the wardrobe and you can calmly head off to stand or sit wherever you like.
"The Lichtburg venue in Essen will be quite special as it's a completely seated venue. We've reserved the first two rows of the balcony for our VIPs at this one so you're still close enough to see our nose hair but far enough for not having to smell our breath. (and that's a good thing, trust me!) At the venue you'll also get a nice OPETH rucksack which will be filled with a limited-edition t-shirt, unique to each show, a signed tour programme and a copy of the 'Blackwater Park' special edition CD/DVD, which includes a 5.1 mix and a 30-minute, never-before-seen documentary, all nicely packaged in a hard cover digipack (to be released end of March via Sony Music so don't buy it already if it's out before the show!).
"That just about sums it up for now.
"We'll be playing the 'Blackwater Park' album in its entirety followed by another set which will include songs we've rarely or never played live before. All in all, more than two hours of OPETH. Exciting times for our band and we hope that you'll be there to share it with us!"
Mar. 30 - Cirkus - Stockholm, Sweden
Apr. 01 - Lichtburg - Essen, Germany
Apr. 03 - Bataclan - Paris, France
Apr. 05 - Royal Albert Hall - London, UK
Apr. 07 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY
Apr. 09 - The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
The VIP tickets are exclusively available though the Omerch webstores
The Great Cessation
Mike Scheidt, Aaron Reiseberg och Travis Foster. YOB
THE GREAT CESSATION
will we ever see a time
when it’s enough
when we see what we know
isn’t all
of all that is
creating a world
of broken hearts
of tired eyes
living in this shell
like it was forever
close your eyes
and let it go
breathe in the space
before you were born
crashing waves
grief and pain
is washed away
open to
the great cessation
waves wash away
memories
wane and fade
open to
the great cessation
will we ever see a time
without cause
when we see what we know
never was
it never was
churches
altars, shrines
caves in the heart
within the womb
raising our hands
to a sky without end
watch the river pass by
passive on the shore
giving temptation
space to explore
dense guilt and guile
gently put to rest
reverberate through time
lives pass on and pass on
the witness triumphant
the death of the deathless one
2009 års bästa plattor!!!
Årets Platta...
1: YOB - The Great Cessation
Så tungt, så svart, så vackert.
2: Griftegård - Solemn, Sacred, Severe
Bäst från Sverige i år.
3: Augury - Fragmentary Evidence
Så tekniskt men ändå så brutalt.
4: Immortal - All Shall Fall
Förlåt att jag tvivlade...
5: Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
Den var nästan så bra som jag hoppades.
6: My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire
Levererar alltid doom av finaste sort, äntligen med violin igen.
7: Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
Grindkungarna !
8: Tribulation - The Horror
Bästa Svenska Deathmetalplattan i år.
9: Gwynbleidd - Nostalgia
Det gör inget att Opeth inte släpper nån platta i år, vi har ju Gwynbleidd.
10: The Devils Blood - The Time Of No Time Evermore
Satanisk rock! Det svänger.
Bubblare:
Absu - Absu
Asphyx - Death... The Brutal Way
Baroness - Blue Record
Behemoth - Evangelion
My Own Grave - Necrology
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Kongh - Shadows of the Shapeless
Katatonia - Night Is the New Day
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Funeral Mist - Maranatha
Slayer - World Painted Blood
Pestilence - Resurrection Macabre
Om - God Is Good
Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us
Suffocation - Blood Oath
Unanimated - In the Light of Darkness
The Flames of the End
Anders Björler om den kommande At The Gates dvdn:
"It's now almost two-and-a-half years after the first telephone call to the guys regarding the reunion plans for 2008. Looking back at it today, I am very pleased and happy we pulled it off in the short amount of time and clearing all the planning hurdles with our other bands; THE HAUNTED, DISFEAR, BRUJERIA, NEMHAIN, SLAKATTACK etc.
"I started preparing for the documentary 'Under A Serpent Sun' already in 2007. I got myself a new camera, 'cause the old one gave up on me.
"The downside to my filming plans was actually reliving all the feelings associated with AT THE GATES. I didn't want to miss anything. I talked to fans, journalists, and everybody was just overwhelmed by the whole thing. All of us basically took the time to experience this tour to the fullest extent. We appreciated every second of it, because we knew that in a few months it would all be over. All the troubles of the past were washed away. We were basically enjoying touring again.
"After the reunion tour, I sat down and had a look at all the material we had collected. We had a bunch of stuff filmed from pretty much everywhere we played. The quality was very diverse, but at the same time intriguing, and it gave me the inspiration to continue on the documentary.
"I had made some interviews beforehand with Tomas [Lindberg, vocals], and continued tracking down people with knowledge of the past — Alf, Jesper Jarold from AT THE GATES, and a bunch of people from other bands at the time. We hunted down a few hundred old pictures, old crappy VHS and HI-8 recordings from the rehearsal room, live shows, on the road footage etc... ending up with a 130-minute documentary.
"I want to express gratitude to the people helping us out with old material: photos, videos, stories etc... It wouldn't have been possible without your help!
"The Wacken show was planned ahead as being the #1 show on the upcoming DVD. It captured us at our finest moment, just after the U.S. tour, and it's definitely one of our finest moments. We were blown away of the fact that we actually played for 60,000 people.
"So, enjoy 'The Flames of the End' DVD box set. We have really put our hearts into this release, and it's a fine last document of the band."
Trailer för The Flames of the End.
At the gates DVD
Disc 1: Under a serpent sun - The story of At the gates
En 2 timmar lång dokumentär om bandet.
Disc 2: Purgatory unleashed - Live at Wacken
At the gates live Wacken 2008
Disc 3: Only the dead are smilling.
26 st liveklipp från bandets hela karriär.
Promovideos och en 40 sidig booklett.
Om inte det vore nog så ska även Wackenspelningen släppas på cd.
Nedan At the gates live Hellfest INTE Wacken.
Bäst i år...
Jag bjuder här på vad jag tycker är 2009 års bästa video.
Bolt Thrower
Alone you stand - The final parody
Destined to silence - A memorial to mortality
Carved in stone - A tribute to the dead
For nameless victims - Whose litany is unread
Never Forgotten - War's memory lingers on
A dark reminder - To mankind's oblivion
This solemn image - Constructed with resolution
A monument - To war's terminal conclusion
Cenotaph
Ren och skär magi...Kom igen nu Bolt Thrower, kan vi inte få en ny platta 2010 ?
Mastodon
Mastodon ska göra en Europeisk headline turné. Tyvärr finns det inga datum i Sverige ännu.
De bekräftade datumen är:
Feb. 04 - Megazzini Generali - Milan, Italy
Feb. 05 - Fri-son - Fribourg, Switzerland
Feb. 06 - Melkweg - Amersterdam, Netherlands
Feb. 08 - Gruenspan - Hamburg, Germany
Feb. 09 - Columbia Club - Berlin, Germany
Feb. 10 - Batschcapp - Frankfurt, Germany
Feb. 12 - Arena - Vienna, Austria
Feb. 13 - Backstage - Munich, Germany
Feb. 14 - Essigfabrik - Cologne, Germany
Feb. 16 - Wulfrun - Wolverhapmton, UK
Feb. 17 - Academy - Bristol, UK
Feb. 19 - Barrowland - Glasgow, UK
Feb. 20 - Academy - Manchester, UK
Feb. 21 - Academy - Newcastle, UK
Feb. 23 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK
Feb. 24 - Roundhouse - London, UK
Mastodon släpper även en "royal edition" av sin senaste platta Crack the Skye.
Inehållet är:
* Full-length "Crack the Skye" album
* Full-length "Crack the Skye" score first time available on physical disc
* Housed in gold stamped foiled digibook with brand new gold and black "Crack the Skye" exclusive artwork and packaging designed by Paul Romano
* 6" x 6" exclusively designed lithograph unavailable anywhere else
* An instant download of the "Divinations" (Live at Xfm) and "Colony of Birchmen" (Live at Xfm)
Den kan köpas HÄR.
Caliban
Lite Torture Division från förra årets Close-Up båt.
Paradise Lost
HAIL OF BULLETS
Ny video med all star bandet Hail of Bullets. Låten heter Warsaw Rising och kommer från EP´n med samma namn.
SUFFOCATION
Sator
De återförenade punkrockarna i Sator är klara för Club Deströyer den 5 februari.
Ska bli spännande att se vårens schema för Club Deströyer. De lycka alltid boka spännande och bra band.
Redan klara är ju Onslaught den 19 mars.
Katatonia
Katatonia: Day And Then The Shade video
Rockweekend verkar bli av...
Jag vill påminna om säsongsavslutningen av Sundsvalls hårdaste och bästa Club Deströyer med TRIBULATION och KAAMOS. En kväll som kommer att bli grym. Support är det nystartade bandet ROADKILL från Sundsvall.
Jag kan starkt rekomendera Tribulations platta The Horror som kommer att platsa på årets topp tio lista.
Baroness video
A Horse Called Golgotha
Baroness - 'Blue Record' Out Now!!! | MySpace Video
Jag vann :)
Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore är på krigsstigen igen och hans nya film Capitalism: A Love Story går på bio nu. Jag har inte själv sett den ännu men jag tycker att Michael Moore gör bra filmer och jag beundrar honom för att han vågar göra det han gör. Moore är på inget sätt den bäste dokumentärfilaren som finns, jag skulle kunna räkna upp flera som är bättre. Det som gör honom unik är att han har ett sätt som tilltalar många och han kämpar för den lilla människan.
SAINT VITUS
SAINT VITUS ska spela i Europa igen. I de första bekräftade datumen finns tyvärr inget i Sverige.
För er som inte vet vilka Saint Vitus är så rekomenderar jag starkt att kolla upp detta legendariska doomband.
Feb. 04 - Essen, Germany - Turock
Feb. 05 - Leipzig, Germany - Conne Island
Feb. 06 - Wurzburg, Germany - Posthalle
Feb. 07 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Baroeg
Feb. 10 - London, England - Scala (w/ ORANGE GOBLIN)
Feb. 15 - Wien, Austria - Arena
Feb. 17 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
Feb. 18 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
Feb. 19 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
Feb. 20 - Oslo, Norway - Betong
"Every time I'm on the street
People laugh and point at me
They talk about my length of hair
And the out of date clothes I wear
They say I look like the living dead
They say I can't have much in my head
They say my songs are much too slow
But they don't know the things I know"
Saint Vitus: Born too late 1986
Onslaught...
