CANDLEMASS (Nr 1 bästa band i Sverige genom tiderna)var i studion på nått industriområde i stan och spelade in “To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth” av Entombed (Nr 2 bästa band). Åkte dit med Sweden Rock Martin & Emil för att plåta runt lite när dom intervjuade.
GRÀ played first of four bands and had to start very early but there were already some crowd. Very good start of the great evening to be!! Got some band/backstage pics on them also but I have to sort out them a bit later. A couple of them can be found at extremmetal.se on FB. “The quintessential subject of “Grá” lies at the edge of this existence, at the borders of “life”. The necessity, beauty and significance of Death.”
Wasn´t that sure if I was going to make it to Finland at all, but after the gig in Stockholm friday night, I stayed in the city, jumped on the first bus to the airport in the morning (3.45AM. Gaahhh) and just took off. Slept a few hours at my brother´s house and went to the club quite early. We had a few beers and waited for the Japanese guys to show up.
It was really happy to meet them again (ohh Ryooooo!!!) so the trip was worth all the pain and misery;) The gig was GREAT!! The crowd didn´t want to let them off the stage so after many extra songs they also played a couple of brand new ones from the upcoming album. The PRKL Club stage was small and very dark (I always say that? But it´s always true.), I didn´t bring my flash and I only stayed at one side of the stage. I also got some crappy vids and realized once more that it´s not a great idea to stay too close to the speakers when filming. Still I love the clips:)
Many thanks to the nice staff at PRKL Club and to my brother Jarmo and his gf Niina for having me!!
Hope it´s not going to take some 20 years again…;) Hoping to catch up with COFFINS in Tokyo later this year and heard there´s already plans for gathering some great bands in october:D
GENERAL SURGERY – Photo shoot in Stockholm 2012-03-18
Very well organized surgeons with meetings before and after the actual malpractice taking place.
Featuring Johanna in the (very important) role of the assistant/light stand.
I happened to forget the light stands at home so she got upgraded.
Dr. Carlsson – guitar
Dr. Eriksson – bass, backing vocals
Dr. Sahlström – lead vocals
Dr. Mitroulis – drums, backing vocals
Dr. Sillman – guitar
Photo shoot with SERPENT OBSCENE ( 1997 – 2006) in April 2005. Shot the outdoor pics at an old (abandoned) tuberculosis hospital and some sandpits. For the indoor shots we occupied the local youth centre. We also used their smoke machine…
Additional note: The pizzaplace where we went for lunch made pentagrams in bearnaise on the pizzas m/.
One of the smoky pics ended up on the album “Chaos Reign Supreme” (cover art made by the great Joe Petagno) and the whatever pics on the album are also by me.
The band split up after releasing the album and I´m still not over it!!
Got a home delivery of some albums for a week or so ago. Klas from DESULTORY came by and gave me a copy of the “Counting Our Scars” LP and also a couple of CD:s, “Into Eternity” with the “From Beyond” (demo ´90) as bonus. I also got “Bitterness” with “Death Unfolds” (demo ´90) & “Visions” (demo ´91) as bonus. Great stuff indeed!!:)) The CD version of “Counting Our Scars” HERE.
Sebastian (Rojas) in TERMINAL PROSPECT contacted me for a few months ago and we started talking about finding a date for a photo shoot.
We had already booked a day in November last year, but for the first time I had to cancel due to my trip to Japan. But we made it finally and had a fun afternoon at their rehearsal studio and the nearby surroundings. Of course with food and coffee breaks!!
The guys were great fun to work with so it was a good day:) No albums yet, only a few “Making of…” pics. Some by me and some by my wonderful assistant Johanna.
No sleep ´til HELLsinki.
Photo shoot with SERPENT OBSCENE ( 1997 – 2006) in April 2005. Shot the outdoor pics at an old (abandoned) tuberculosis hospital and some sandpits. For the indoor shots we occupied the local youth centre. We also used their smoke machine…
Sebastian (Rojas) in TERMINAL PROSPECT contacted me for a few months ago and we started talking about finding a date for a photo shoot.
