Event 1349 & Kampfar - Live 2024 - WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: AFSKY in Kalender Kultur- und Veranstaltungszentrum Backstage München
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Einlass: 19:00 Uhr
1349Norwegian black metal titans 1349 have returned with their long awaited seventhfull-length: 'The Infernal Pathway'. The album promises a journey through chaosand madness, darkness and peril, terror and annihilation.1349 is AURAL HELLFIRE. That has been, and continues to be, the primary conceptsince the band first rose from the ashes of Alvheim in 1997. Conceived around thefounding members - vocalist and former drummer Ravn, guitarist Tjalve, andSeidemann on bass - 1349 completed their line-up with the addition of guitaristArchaon in 1999 and SATYRICON drum-legend Frost in 2001.When their debut 'Liberation' was unleashed in 2003, the Norwegians took theworld by storm with their intense blend of old school black metal soundscapesand ultra-fast aggression. Further assaults followed in rapid succession. 'Beyondthe Apocalypse' (2004) and 'Hellfire' (2005) cemented the band's reputation asone of the strongest acts in the scene.Upon the departure of founding member Tjalve, who decided to focus on his bandPANTHEON I, 1349 have since continued as a four-piece – occasionally addingguest guitarists. Extensive touring aided the growth of their now massive followingwhen the four piece opened for reunited metal legends CELTIC FROST in NorthAmerica in 2006.Impressively demonstrating that holding true to the principles of the genre do notmean nostalgia and stagnation, 1349 widened their sonic palette with'Revelations of the Black Flame' (2009), which was co-mixed by CELTIC FROSTmastermind Tom Gabriel Warrior Fischer. This inspired a newfound ambientdarkness from the band, which was further explored on 'Demonoir' (2010).'Massive Cauldron of Chaos' (2013) was the next milestone in the Norwegiansmerciless advance, scoring excellent reviews and a nomination for a NorwegianGrammy (Spellemannprisen). The release sparked more festival shows as well asextensive touring, bringing 1349 to Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, theMunch Museum and Innovation Norway chose 1349 as one of four bands to createa song based on the paintings of Edvard Munch. As a result, the single 'Dødskamp'was released earlier this year.After performing a fiery show at Norway’s Inferno festival this year, 1349 startedrecording in Amper Tone studios and Studio Nyhagen with engineer JarrettPritchard. Thus, 'The Infernal Pathway’ was born, a sonic parallel to summoningand unleashing the beast of the abyss in all its fearsome, ferocious and powerfulsplendor.Gearing up for a full U.S. tour in the fall, and a European tour with ABBATH andVLTIMAS in 2020, more events will unfold, making this a banner year for 1349. KAMPFARApproaching 30 years of existence and having grown to become one of extreme music’s premierlive outfits, while releasing albums that would dominate year-end lists and even bagging aNorwegian “Spellemann” Grammy award for their ‘Profan’ album, Kampfar looked ready to go anddominate for years to come. But behind the music, disguised during the intense live shows,underneath it all, was a clarity that the road’s end was nigh.Founded back in 1994 by Dolk, who recruited Thomas to take care of strings and keys while theformer focused on drums and vocals, the band was an underground gem for years. A band whosefirst records are spoken of with reverence to this day, perhaps helped by the low profile they keptat the time. It was ten years before the first live show was performed, at this point bassist Jon anddrummer Ask Ty had joined the ranks and this line-up released another three albums beforeThomas departed the band, 2011’s ‘Mare’ the last release with his stamp so solidly placed on it.This recording marked a shift in the style and expression of the band, becoming the leading starfor the records to come, now with the new guitarist and songwriter Ole who quickly developed intoa key force of the group. With the albums ‘Djevelmakt’ and ‘Profan’ Kampfar established a new erafor Norwegian Black Metal, proving that while some may have lost their passion for the fiercestmusical exploits, these men had a hunger that was as ravenous as ever.Except that life has a knack for surprise. Health issues caused the band to slow down and duringthe summer of 2017 it was decided that there would be no more Kampfar, unless somethingradically changed. The guys didn’t see each other for a year, didn’t really speak or keep up anykind of contact, just focusing on their own personal lives. “It was time to just heal, to not cause anymore damage, to just see if one could get back to a point of strength again” says Dolk. It was ayear that culminated in ‘Ofidians Manifest’.Though demos were written by Ole during the spring, shaped massively by him losing his father inthe same period, the main song writing was done over the course of two months in the fall of 2018,with another month spent recording the album in Bergen, Oslo and Pärlby, Sweden. The bandspent intense weeks together in their creative home of Hemsedal, moulding and shaping the songs,surrounded by mountains and forest that turned from summer green, to autumn yellow, to winterwhite as they worked extensively on what was to become this testament to the band themselves.As part of the healing process of creating this collection of songs the decision was made to involveAgnete Kjølsrud on the track ‘Dominans’. Her contribution to the song lifted the atmosphere of thewhole album, and the duet is one of perfect harmony between two very different yet familiar voices bonding to create an excellent song. Marianne Maria Moen’s contribution on album closer ‘DetSorte’ similarly brings to light the realisation that all life is fragile and that our voices must be allowedto bellow through the world for as long as there is air left to bellow with.The madness of Medusa was chosen as a visual clue to the record’s themes, represented by twodifferent paintings to be explored on the physical releases. And again, the band decided to travelto Poland to record a music video, this time with director Dariusz Szermanowicz of Grupa 13. Thevideo, hinting at the many underlying stories of the album, is a chaotic depiction of the road backto equilibrium, a place no one knows yet all walk towards. According to Ask Ty, the choice of songproclaiming the band’s return was made because “it tells you everything you need to know aboutKampfar today, distilled down to four and a half minutes of intense breaks and turns, it is thebeginning and the end and the new beginnings after that, and it is the sound of a band that is aliveand well.”‘Ofidians Manifest’ represents Kampfar anno 2019. 25 years on from their foundation, only willingto release new music if they felt it would surpass all they had done before, it is a condensation ofthe immense struggles of the last few years. Everything that has been hidden behind the musicand the live performances is laid bare, though told in the only way the band can portray themselves,through songs. It is immensely honest yet wrapped in their own folklore, the snake tongues splittingevery truth into two deeper truths, every word sung dominated by the weight of all those sungbefore.To Ofidian.
Veranstalter: Backstage Concerts GmbH
Beginn der Veranstaltung: 16.10.2024, 19:30
Ende der Veranstaltung: 16.10.2024, 21:29
Ort der Veranstaltung: BACKSTAGE CLUB
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