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Candlemass-Ancient-DreamsCANDLEMASS third album “Ancient Dreams” turned 25 and I went to the b-day bash at Medis. With my mom, who came to town for the holidays. She was a bit anxious before the show, but enjoyed the whole thing a lot and also bought herself some merch. She also got to meet some of my awesome friends:)

The show was great!! Their earlier plans to have the whole thing filmed, didn´t work out and some other things didn´t go as planned but shit happens and it still was awesome!! The always so impressive Jörgen Sandström (Grave,Entombed,The Project Hate,Torture Division etc. Looking stunning in his new shirt!!;)) got on stage with very short notice and also the great Pepper Potemkin ( Blackbird Burlesque Cabaret / The Catastrophe Orchestra) appeared during “Solitude” in the end of the show. Dunno about that Torsten Flink guy, tho:) Great thanks to the CANDLEMASS guys for this awesome night!




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It´s been almost a year since the last time I saw the legendary HELL. This time they only got some 30 minutes on stage but they made the most of it as expected. A short but awesome show!! They also got some time to hang out with me:) The new album is KILLER and on the top of my Best of 2013 list! Can´t wait to see them on a headline tour!! Or at some cool festivals next summer

Btw…about a million pics from the Derby show last winter is coming up shortly!! Haven´t published any of them yet.
Get the CD/DVD! Many of my photos in the DVD booklet;))

Line up: David Bower – Vocals / Kev Bower – Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals / Andy Sneap – Guitar / Tony Speakman – Bass / Tim Bowler – Drums


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From band bio: “True to their roots, this powerful trio who performs a headstrong metal with roots deep in the impenetrable mire of the stoner/doom/sludge tradition nuansed with streaks of progressive rock, post metal and psychadelica.”
Mighty COLOSSUS @ Kulturhuset, Studion. It was great to see them live for the first time. Really good show and a great start for the evening!
Line up: Niklas Eriksson – Guitar & Vocals / Peter Berg – Bass / Thomas Norstedt – Drums

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spotify Two extraordinary nights at Püssy A Go Go. Douglas P. live was a great experience. I never knew that much about him or Death In June, but did my homework when I heard he was stopping at the club the last days on tour.
Lots of controversy. And lots of recordings:) Brilliant stuff! Kinda hooked now. In Solitude guys were DJ´ing.


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Untitled-1Oh wow. I love this band! Oranssi rules!!
I got the t-shirt in the pic as a gift from the band. I´m very proud to own it!
“Oranssi Pazuzu was formed in 2007 by Jun-His (vocals, guitar), Korjak (drums), Ontto (bass guitar), Evill (synthesizers, organ, effects) and Moit (guitar). Oranssi (Orange) in the band’s name refers to cosmic energy and the color of the first light rays in the Big Bang, while Pazuzu is a mythic demon of the wind,”
Line up: Jun-His: the voice, close distance guitar / Moit: deep space guitar / Korjak: drums / Evill: synthesizers, organ, effects / Ontto: bass guitar

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And now to something completely different. Or not really…Can´t really describe, but he is something else. Hope he will get back some day. With a band!:)
About iodine Jupiter: “Swedish goth/blackmetal poet, magician, singer and artist. iodine has recorded The little girl zombie (Lilla flickan Zombie) as Dr. Death in the magical freakshow. He is known for talk `n´roll, drama and actions. Other descriptions of his work is litterary heavymetal. Especially from the book The Pornography of the dead  (Dom dödas pornografi).”


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I had two bands of interest at this years Loud Park festival and the first and main one, KING DIAMOND (also the reason I was about to visit the festival this year), got cancelled:/ We were supposed to hang out a few days before  Loud Park and I was already in Tokyo when I got the message from Livia. All the KD stage gear being on a boat which got stuck in some Chinese harbour due to terrible weather, and couldn´t make it in time for the festival.  So the KD show got cancelled in last minute when they were supposed to leave for the airport.  A couple of guys from the band/crew already left so they at least got to have some days in Tokyo.

 

The second band of interest, ENFORCER, were great, tho!!! Awesome performance infront of a huge cheering crowd. They also got great reviews and response after the gig. Really happy for them! Well deserved!:))
Thanks to Akira (Spiritual Beast) who again took care of my passes!

 

The Loud Park festival is the biggest metal happening in Japan with mostly bands which are frequenting our part of the world. I did see SLAYER and ROB ZOMBIE there a couple of years earlier, tho, but mostly it has been fun just to hang around and see how tings are done at a huge Japanese indoor festival. Extremely organized:)))
Besides the gig, there were also a nice LP afterparty at From Dusk Till Dawn bar in Kabukicho,Shinjuku. Conviniently very close to where I was staying, but it was still a bit of a struggle to find the way late at night, not totally sober:)) So many small alleys in the neighborhood.

The day before we had a day out with BEHEMOTH (Nergal, Orion, Michael from Season of Mist & some of the crew. Pumpkin & Bunny ftw!!) with shopping,  dinner and some beers & shots at the  Train Bar in Roppongi. One of the days I also went to Yokohama to see Ryo´s (COFFINS) doom band  GUEVNNA  and  met up with all the COFFINS guys at Tama Center in Tokyo where they played an afternoon outdoor gig. Good times:))
So quite a lot of metal stuff anyways on this trip. And  I do love Japan & Tokyo, so time there is never wasted!

[Edit 2024:  Should and will at some point make new edits of the small and shitty pictures:) Just need to take the time and find the originals]


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