MORTIIS Iceland November 2019 [The Works]
A weekend in Reykjavik with Håvard E. for a MORTIIS photo shoot on friday and the Reykjavik Goth Night at Gaukurinn on Saturday.
We got some obstacles and restrictions (lights, weather, temperature etc etc xD), but we had the most awesome help from Tómas (Misþyrming) and Anna (NYIÞ), who drove us around and assisted when needed:) (They are also featured in my Icelandic saga The Troll:))). We worked with what we got and I think we did alright. What a fantastic country, though!!!
The night before the shoot was stormy with downpour ( couldn´t go outside on the terrace for a smoke because I was afraid that the winds would rip the door right off xD ) and that continued in the morning when our friends came to pick us up. So we made the decision to start with the cave pictures. Great with shelter when it was raining. Just that the cave floor was covered in some mud that was behaving in different ways. Either it was very slippery or just got you glued to the ground. Also it was constantly dripping ice cold water from above. Very interesting.
Luckily the raining slowed down a bit in awhile so we stayed at the cave but got some nice pics right outside. I´m not at all sure where we were at but it looked a bit like Mariuhellar when sorting out the pictures. Not too far from Reykjavik.
Next stop was (need to check the name of the location) a bit further out from town. Stunning views along the way , took some pics on a beach with mountains all around it and ended up somewhere with hot mud pools and steaming activity.
We drove around all over the place, stopped here and there for some (quick) pictures. Like at the lava fields. Absolutely amazing!! Always quick because Håvard/Mortiis outfit wasn´t really made for the brutal cold and harsh conditions that Iceland offers in November. Whatever ideas and experiments we had in mind, we had to skip. A couple of minutes of straight up shooting and then Håvard had to get some time to warm up in the car. Blue was not his best skin tone so we needed to keep him at least slightly normal coloured. It was really, really cold even when you were properly dressed:/
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» MORTIIS LIVE @ extreMMetal.seInterviews etc
https://soundsandshadows.com/2020/01/30/a-return-to-the-dungeon-feature-article-and-interview-with-mortiis/
https://regenmag.com/interviews/interview-mortiis-dark-horizons-and-ancient-futures/
http://www.altvenger.com/interview-with-mortiis-sometimes-people-wear-masks-because-they-have-nothing-to-hide/
Some press:
“Spirit Of Rebellion”, Gatefold LP on Picture Disc Vinyl, strictly limited edition of 100 copies. Released March 2021.
Tourist stuff in Reykjavik
VALKYRJA 2018 [The Works]
Man ska aldrig älta i gammalt, men detta var den krångligaste plåtningen ever med både egna fuckups och tekniska failures. Det tekniska handlade då om att objektivet hanterade inte autofokuset och eftersom jag bara kollade lite snabbt på ljuset i kameran så missade jag helt detta faktum ända tills jag drog upp allt i datorskärmen. Och nej, inga tidigare problem med AF. Det andra var nog bara om att jag nyligen bytt system helt och var inte alls så hemma i alla detaljer så det blev lite felbedömningar.
Egentligen borde man ha plåtat utomhus för utrymmets skull, men det skulle inte heller gjort mycket skillnad i slutändan. Uääähh surt det var. Och är fortfarande xD Blev en dyr reparation på objektivet…#neverforget #trippelkollaräckerinteOmtagning fanns inte på kartan pga allt jobb som lades ner för den här dagen. Och Simon hade nog inte fler gitarrer att bränna upp heller xD
Men utöver all misär så var det en kul dag med gamla bekanta och en jävla massa tråcklande med begränsad yta, mängder med kolsyreis, eld och allehanda roligheter:D Vid nått tillfälle spelade VALKYRJA nånstans i Europa och bilden var på display på en stor ljustavla utanför venuen. Åtminstone i mobilkamerafotot såg det riktigt bra ut :)“Throne Ablaze” // November 26th, 2018 // World Terror Committee Productions
BLEKKMETAL – Saturday/Sunday 14 & 15/11 2015
The saturday music treat started up with The C.L.A.S.P. Ritual – a tributeband including legends as Gaahl, Dirge Rep, Skagg, Hoest, Iscariah, Thurzur, Devilish and Infernal Vlad of Cult of Fire. Haha still can´t believe it:)) Hoest in a couple of BURZUM songs and also some DEATHCULT (Thurzur, Skagg & Hoest playing the bass) who obviously never played live before. And the greatness continued with OLD FUNERAL, HELHEIM, KAMPFAR and TAAKE.
Sunday we spent just hanging around with people at the venue until it was time for all to pack their things and leave. Got a great present from Kristian who gave me a signed and numbered copy of the book with his art!!! Later we met up at Garage for the crew party and some food (realy good reindeer stew for 70 people!:)), beers and Kvitrafn performed some songs for us. A perfect ending of an awesome weekend. Made some new friends and just to say bye to everyone I wanted to/could find took ages:)) Hope we meet soon again!
THE GALLERIES: »The C.L.A.S.P. Ritual / »OLD FUNERAL / »HELHEIM / »KAMPFAR / »TAAKE
»Some snapshots from the venue
DEATH IN JUNE – The Liffey 14 & 15/11 2013
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.
»…and some random snapshots
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Before and after
