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This was a very special event for me!! At last I got to see my friend Akira´s band SOLITUDE live on stage and also meet his bandmates. Takuro & Mats from Spiritual Beast were there also. Really nice to see them!:) The venue was kinda small but omfg how great the sound was! Perfection!! And so was the SOLITUDE gig! 90-something minutes and not one dull second. The guys were fantastic and so much fun to watch:) The bass player Toru had hurt his leg and was really in pain, but he played the long set like it was nothing. A true Metal hero!!:) And Akira…oh wow, he´s an amazing frontman. He used to do the vocals in SACRIFICE (Jap) and at some point they played the intro to “Friday Nightmare”. Everybody went crazy:) So happy I got the opportunity to be there. And I´d be even happier if they could put together an European tour soon!! The latest CD is released in Europe by Fastball so go & check it out! Of course I took lots of pics and almost every one of them are in the gallery;) Missed the band thanking the audience, because my memorycard was full…haha:)

  SOLITUDE Line-up:Akira Sugiuchi (ex-SACRIFICE) – Vocals .. Shingo Ida – Guitar .. Toru Nishida (ex-SACRIFICE) – Bass .. Takamasa “MAD” Ohuchi – Drums


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Some links for you:
SOLITUDE web / SOLITUDE on Facebook / SOLITUDE on Myspace / SOLITUDE on Spotify / SPIRITUAL BEAST (Akira´s record company) / Takamasa “Mad” Ohuchi
Gig report @ Beeast.com {in japanese, but I´m in it!!;))]

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Did a promo shoot for SOLITUDE [Photo courtesy: Shinya Katsura, BEEAST mag,]

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I do like these metal cruises. Haven´t been on one since April 2010 (the first time I saw DEVIL´S BLOOD!)) so I guess it was about time. Mostly shot the gigs and not so much of the other stuff. But here´s some. Already decided to go on the next one on the spring, no matter which bands there´s going to be. Blind Guardian are booked so far, but I´m sure there will also be something for me;) Highlights: meeting the HELL guys and some from MERCILESS & MORBID members. And ofc lots of old friends:))


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Yasse (Yasin Hillborg, drummer in CRUCIFYRE) made a movie!!!!

He´s been working on it in many years and now it´s finally finished and going up in 35 movie theatres cross the country starting on the 7th of october. It´s a film about the history of Swedish metal and many of the stars in the movie were also at Rio this night. The movie was really good so Yasse should be really proud of himself!!:)

And if I want to (and got the time) I can see it again very soon at the Sweden Rock Cruise!!:) The releaseparty was held at Strand with SWITCH OPENS and IN SOLITUDE on stage. Blogging up some pics soon.

 

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RFCRFirst of all – great thanks to the organizers, especially Erik T. in SCARPOINT. Had a great time!

Didn´t take som many pics besides the live ones, but here´s the few I did take. Some fashion shooting with Kenneth & Jonas (SCAR SYMMETRY) along with Peter and Alexander. Ellos catalogue anno -85 revisited! The rest of the pics immortalizes some SCARPOINT & CLAWFINGER ppl, a couple of guys I don´t know at all and Jesper in a suit (!!??!!) and with a cigar (!??).

 

I also stalked SCAR SYMMETRY vocalists Roberth & Lars to their dressing room in hope to see some nudity, but naaahh. Roberth handed me a beer, tho. The pic I took on P.A. is totally unpublishable. Like so many other pics of him before;) And that´s was about it…except that Roberth will be back in STHLM next week with his other band FACEBREAKER!! Don´t miss it!!! THE RESISTANCE, CRUCIFYRE & MR. DEATH will be there too!

 


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DBE was easily one of the nicest experiences in my life when it comes to festivals and events, and I´m really happy I got the opportunity to be there. Besides the music and all the people, the highlight for me was to see Costin´s (Chioreanu, Twilight13 Media) art exhibition “Where The Purgatory Ends”. Dark and beautiful artwork with a specially written soundtrack playing in the background (the music was made in co-operation with Rune (Blasphemer from Aura Noir, Ava Inferi & Mayhem) and some other musicians). If you live in Helsinki, don´t miss it at the Mega Therion Festival 28-29th of October!!!
It was also a pleasure to meet Doru, the organizer, who also helped me with some practical stuff like hotelbookings, accreditations & such. A really nice and helpful guy who made all of this happen.
It will be a 4th Edition in 2012 so I think you should concider making a trip to Romania and visit DBE. And while at it, try to see more of this crazy beautiful country aswell:) I´m lucky enough having some great friends over there, so I got myself a fantastic tour crisscrossing Transylvania. Hopefully there will be a new Romanian tour next year! I´m sure there´s a new plan coming up soon;))

Some links:
www.darkbombasticevening.com – The official pages
http://www.facebook.com/darkbombasticevening – DBE on Facebook
Dark Bombastic Evening 4 (2012) – Next year´s Edition on Facebook
www.youtube.com/user/kogaiononmagazine – All the videos from DBE3
www.kogaionon.com – Kogaionon Magazine
twilight13media.com – Costin´s artwork & music @ Twilight13 Media

Alrighty then, some pics for you (got loads of them already on Facebook, but these are in slightly better quality):

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