Abbath Doom Occulta
My random wallpaper of the day, Immortal’s main man Abbath Doom Occulta, from last summer’s Getaway Rock Festival in Gavle, Sweden.
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Posts tagged getaway rock festival
An Oni (鬼) in Sweden
Tattooed Swedes enjoying the sun at the Getaway Rock Festival
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is set in Sweden. If you visit Sweden you’ll see a lot more than dragon tattoos though. I doubt anyone tracks these things, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Sweden has the highest per capita amount of tattoos. The largest tattoo conventions tend to happen in Sweden, in part, because of this.
The guy in the middle, adding a sunburn to his tattooed body, has a Japanese Oni on his back. Japan probably has the lowest per capita amount of tattoos in the world so it’s a bit ironic that Japanese things (like the kanji on the right guy’s left leg) are a frequent piece of tattoo art.
Apollyon (Ole Jørgen Moe) of Norway’s Immortal
Immortal's Apollyon (Ole Jørgen Moe)
I was a casual fan of Immortal before the Getaway Rock Festival. I had heard several of their songs on Pandora and had given them a thumbs up. However, I only vaguely knew what they looked like and who their members were before photographing them. So when I saw a band called Aura Noir earlier in the day, I thought it was strange that their bass player looked (sans the makeup) quite a bit like who I thought would playing bass for Immortal. As it turns out, he plays for both bands so my suspicion was correct.
Happy Birthday Mille Petrozza!
Mille Petrozza of the German metal band Kreator
Mille Petrozza of Kreator turns 45 today. I’ve been listening to him since he was 19. Does that make me old?
Mark Tornillo and Wolf Hoffmann of Accept
Today’s random desktop image takes me back to Sweden and to summer. Good times.
“Icicle brains
Bicycle chains”
Happy Birthday to Ivar Bjørnson!
Ivar Bjørnson of Enslaved at Getaway Rock Festival 2011
Born on this day in 1977, the great guitarist for Enslaved, Ivar Bjørnson. Ivar started Enslaved when he was just 13 years old and Enslaved recently celebrated their 20 Year Anniversary.