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Plåtning i Salem, nån gång innan julen 2017 med ett av mina favoritband: GRÀ. Det hela blev lite improviserat i små utrymmen så det blev lite knepigt med ljussättningen. I slutändan vart det bra ändå tycker jag. Med lite trix och fix:) Killarna i bandet har jag jobbat med förut så annars gick allting väldigt smidigt. Bra folk helt enkelt.
Green screen är inte att leka med xD

 

En bild för plattan (Väsen 2018), ett par promos och nån singelbild var målet. Ska återkomma med lite fler bilder senare.

Dimman Drums, Keyboards Heljarmadr Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
Maugrim Guitars Vediger Bass

http://www.grahorde.com
https://www.facebook.com/graofficial
http://www.carnalrecords.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Carnalrecords.sweden/

 

Ett par toningsalternativ

Random greenscreen bild ur högen.L jussättningen var knepig i små utrymmen
men man fick bara anpassa sig bäst det gick..

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Photo shoot In Norrköping during the Black Christmass festival.

 

A. Impaler Bass
See also: Mefisto, Naglfar (live), Persuader, ex-Necrophobic, ex-Trident, ex-Shining, ex-Jaggernaut, ex-Karneywar
Matte Modin Drums
See also: Defleshed, Offerblod, Skineater, The Hidden, Necrophobic (live), ex-Embalmed, ex-Sportlov, ex-Dark Funeral, ex-Nonexist, ex-Sarcasm, ex-Infernal, ex-Usurpress, ex-Raised Fist
Fredrik Folkare Guitars
See also: Dead Kosmonaut, Hellbutcher, Unleashed, ex-Incardine, ex-Scudiero, ex-Soxity, ex-Firecracker, ex-Eclipse, ex-Necrophobic, ex-Siebenbürgen
Victor Brandt Guitars
See also: Witchery, Dimmu Borgir (live), ex-Dominion, ex-Necrocide, Cemetery Skyline, Totalt Jävla Mörker, ex-Aeon, ex-Akani, ex-Entombed, ex-Satyricon (live), ex-Six Feet Under (live), ex-The Haunted (live), ex-Entombed A.D.
L-G Petrov Vocals
(R.I.P. 2021) See also: ex-Entombed A.D., ex-Nihilist, ex-Entombed, ex-Morbid, ex-Comecon, ex-Black Satan, ex-Blasphemy, ex-Infuriation

 

https://www.facebook.com/firespawnofficial


 

 FIRESPAWN – THE REPROBATE
Release:  Century Media April 28th, 2017

TRACKLIST

1. Serpent Of The Ocean
2. Blood Eagle
3. Full Of Hate
4. Damnatio Ad Bestias
5. Death By Impalement
6. Generals Creed
7. The Whitechapel Murderer
8. A Patient Wolf
9. The Reprobate
10. Nightwalkers

 

CREDITS

Paolo Girardi Cover art
Lawrence Mackrory Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
Soile Siirtola Photography
Joakim Sterner Design

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[April 2024]  Ett litet bidrag till Eskilstunas ALFAHANNE!! Ett av dom bättre livebanden och supernajsa grabbar. Inte metal men befinner sig definitivt på samma “sida”. Dom frågade ifall jag ville bidra med en liten livebild (Nicke)  för plattan så jag gjorde det såklart. Dom andra bilderna är från Marco Manzi, Krissy Pederson och Jarle Moe. AlfaPehr fotade av och skickade mig ett par mobilbilder (nedan).
Senare blev samma foto på Niklas omslaget för ALFAHANNE  Alive! i samarbete med Rhinorat Recordings från Norge:))
Bilden ifråga är från första giget jag nånsin såg med bandet (på Garage i Bergen, Blastfest 2015). Hade inte lyssnat på dom så mycket heller så tänkte att jag bestämmer mig efter giget vad jag tycker om dom.
Har varit ett stort fan sen dess :D

 

“Formed in 2010, ALFAHANNE’s debut release came in 2013 with the appearance of the “Grym” split 7” with Sweden’sSHINING.
Playing what the band calls “Alfapocalyptic Rock”, which mixes Black Metal with Classic Rock and Punk, and topped off with some Goth influences, ALFAHANNE has created a style of music that is powerful and beautiful, yet raw and ugly at the same time.“

 

Dom har sen början samarbetat med en massa metalfolk så på denna platta gästar dom här kungarna
Erlend Hjelvik (Djevel, Kvelertak) Vocals (track 3  Skallerormsgift)
Nattfursth (Sorhin) Vocals (track 1 Alfa kropp alfa blod )
Niklas Kvarforth (Shining) Vocals (track 9  Slutdestination Eskilstuna)
Spellgoth (Horna) Vocals (track 6   Hora (tills du dör) / Huora kuolemaansa)

Av och till när det är möjligt så dyker  gästvokalisterna även upp på scen på  spelningar.

R. Fjäll (Ofermod, Nefandus och senare Mephorash) gästade ALFAHANNE på scenen @ Sthlm Copperfields i februari 2016. Det närmsta till “bandfoto” jag tagit så den får vara med bara därför:))

 

» ALFAHANNE livefoto @ extremmetal.se
https://www.facebook.com/alfahanneofficial
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Blod Eld Alfa
September 11th, 2015 Dark Essence Records KAR093CD CD

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Bilder för FIRESPAWNs första platta!! Vid den trevliga, dock jävligt nerklottrade tunneln på Söder i  augusti 2015.
(Bilderna på Girardi är snodda från FIRESPAWN Facebook)

Day out (again) with FIRESPAWN guys. Photo shoot for the upcoming album “Shadow Realms”.

 

https://www.facebook.com/firespawnofficial
discogs.com/Firespawn-Shadow-Realms

“Shadow Realms”   Released 13th of November 2015

Bass – A. Impaler
Vocals – LG Petrov
Drums – Matte Modin
Lead Guitar [Lead Guitars], Rhythm Guitar [Rhythm Guitars] – Fredrik Folkare, Victor Brandt

 

Producer [Produced By], Engineer [Engineered By], Mixed By, Mastered By – Lawrence Mackrory
Co-producer [Co-produced By] – Fredrik Folkare
Graphic Design, Layout – Joakim Sterner
Photography By Soile Siirtola – ExtreMMetal.Se
Artwork [Background Images Originally By] – Goatus – Corey Urlacher
Artwork [Cover Artwork] – Paolo Girardi
Artwork [Logo Artwork] – Costin Chioreanu, Sebastian Ramstedt

 

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The street metal crazies Mr. Violence, Rob Stringburner, Charley Knuckleduster and Hellcop of GEHENNAH were in town to record the new album with Martin Ehrencrona / Studio Cobra.

We took some photos both in the studio and in the surroundings. Tobias from ENFORCER was there also and helped me to try out some blue lights I was planning to experiment with, but we spent quite a lot of time outside so in the end we were a bit in a  hurry to get the final indoor pics done.
They had found a couple of really cool locations close by for the outdoor shots so we took our time.
Pictures for promotion and for the album.
(The featured image (top pic) is a collage some one made for the GEHENNAH webpage. Well made so snatched it xD)

“Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die”  was released February 12th, 2016. Recorded at Studio Cobra in Stockholm, Sweden in July 2015
(Metal Blade Records)

 

» Snapshots (Photo of me shooting: courtesy of Knuckleduster/GEHENNAH)

 

» GEHENNAH live etc @ extremmetal.se
https://www.facebook.com/gehennah.metal
http://gehennah.8merch.com/services/store

 

 

“Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die”  released February 12th, 2016  CD & Vinyl.
Recorded at Studio Cobra in Stockholm, Sweden in July 2015
(Metal Blade Records)
Reissues  January 2023 by Osmose Productions

Mr. Violence Vocals, Songwriting (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13)
Rob Stringburner Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 2, 5, 7, 9, 10), Vocals (backing)
Charley Knuckleduster Bass, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11-13), Vocals (backing)
Hellcop Drums

Peter Wallgren Cover art, Logo
Soile Siirtola Photography
Martin Ehrenkrona Producer, Engineering, Mixing

 

 

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Had a good time and some great company with CURSED 13 guys and the fantastic staff at Br. Olssons Garlic & Shots. Especially Matti Into, who worked at the place and was the golden guy who  fixed everything needed. Took some pics for the upcoming single “Into Ashes”, and we stayed afterwards for some food and beers.

 

[January 2024] CURSED 13 are basically the same guys as in GRÁ and it´s still black, but kinda different black.
The band played their last ever show at Mörkaste Småland – Slaktmånad October 2023.
BO G&S got new owners for some time ago and is now run by some guys from CANDLEMASS etc.

www.facebook.com/cursed13official
http://www.carnalrecords.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Bröderna-Olssons-Garlic-Shots

 

“Into Ashes”  released by Carnal Records 16/12 2016.
Limited edition 300 copies “7 vinyl with gatefold cover.

Band: 
Heljarmadr vocals/guitars
Maugrim bass
Dimitri Jungi drums
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David Kareketo plays the double bass on this one
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The great outdoors with Unleashed. (very) Icy & (very) cold.

Pictures for promotion & the album “Dawn of The Nine”

Thankful for warmers & coffee:) The semla season starts way too early these days but we didn´t mind. So we had those also.
It was a shit cold day, so some hours outdoors required some Viking genes for sure. Pro guys! We tried out a couple of locations but forests and lakes didn´t win this time.
Lovely bunch of ppl but it was way too cold to spend any time for goofing about. Just a little bit:)

Nuclear Blast are huge and still one of the most photographer friendly labels out there. They sent me first a care package with a couple of CD versions and a T shirt, and later on the vinyl:)

 

» UNLEASHED live @ extremmetal.se
» UNLEASHED @ The Works
https://www.facebook.com/unleashed
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Unleashed/Dawn_of_the_Nine/492817

unleashed

Dawn of the Nine is the 12th studio album by Unleashed. It was released on 27 April 2015 by Nuclear Blast Records.

Recorded September 2014- January 2015 at Chrome Studios, Stockholm
Producer Fredrik Folkare

Johnny Hedlund – Vocals, Bass, lyrics
Fredrik Folkare – Lead guitar, music
Tomas Olsson – Rhythm guitar
Anders Schultz – drums

Fredrik Folkare – Engineering, Production
Pär Olofsson – Cover art
Erik Martensson – Mastering
Soile Siirtola – Photography
Joakim Sterner – Layout

 

“With their blend of melody and brutality, the warriors of UNLEASHED are credited as the founding fathers of the Viking death metal movement from their inception back in 1989. Twenty-six years later, they have managed to unite the spirit of the Viking tradition with their merciless riffs and epic choruses – melting uncompromising brutality with hymns to Odin.”

 

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October 2014. Karlstad. Pics for promotion & album “Forensic Nightmares” 2015

Travelled to Karlstad for a shoot with CUT UP. The new band of Tobias and Erik, guys i knew from VOMITORY. A rainy october day in the Karlskogian (?) woods. But Tobias brought a huge thermos with coffee so all good. Got presents also!! CD´s and DVD´s. The pics turned out alright and overall it was a day well spent:)

The debut album will be out in the end of June 2015 (Metal Blade Records) and they are available for bookings!!!

 

The new band of Tobias Gustafsson and Erik Rundqvist (ex-VOMITORY).
Andreas Björnson – guitar & vocals | Erik Rundqvist – bass & vocals | Anders Bertilsson – guitar | Tobias Gustafsson – drums


https://www.facebook.com/cutupband
https://www.cutupofficial.com/
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GOATESS photo shoot Stockholm April 5th 2014 on the grounds of a former lunatic asylum where they also have their rehearsal studio. Makes sense:D
Great guys to hang out with for a day and after the shoot we had a couple of beers and I got myself a private show when they had the last rehearsal for the upcoming gig at Roadburn. The full setlist from the beginning to the end. Pretty awesome:)
Pictures for promo & album “Purgatory Under New Management” 2016 / Svart Records

 

Niklas – Guitar, Kenta – Drums, Chritus – Vocals, Findus – Bass.

 

https://www.facebook.com/baldersounds

» Some extras

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Photography for PURGATORY UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT – CD/LP March/April 2016 / Svart Records
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Ett av dom plattorna som jag inte har själv så snodde (dom flesta)  bilderna på nätet. Bidrog med en livebild på Joseph (Toll) som togs på Muskelrock 2012. Gillar den bilden rätt mycket själv och hade flera liknande, men speciellt en av dom hade jag postat omkring rätt mycket så antar att dom ville ha nån som inte hade synts redan till överdrifter. Dom andra livebilderna är tagna av Maija Lahtinen (nuförtiden Ajomo) och Rui Soares. 
ENFORCER inspelningar har jag inte lyssnat på sådär galet mycket, för håller mig rätt strikt på den extrema sidan när det kommer till hårdrock/metal, men har sett flera gigs och dom är alltid ett satbra liveband! Bra folk i bandet också så hade inga problem att medverka i detta:)

 

https://www.enforcerofficial.com
» ENFORCER @ extremmetal.se

Enforcer – Death By Fire Released Feb 1, 2013 by Nuclear Blast

TRACKLIST
A1 Bells Of Hades 0:28
A2 Death Rides This Night 3:37
A3 Run For Your Life 3:21
A4 Mesmerized By Fire 4:02
A5 Take Me Out Of This Nightmare 5:00
B1 Crystal Suite 3:56
B2 Sacrificed 5:36
B3 Silent Hour / The Conjugation 6:30
B4 Satan

 

CREDS
Bass Guitar – Tobias Lindqvist
Drums – Jonas Wikstrand
Guitar – Joseph Tholl
Vocals, Guitar – Olof Wikstrand

Cover, Artwork – Jonathan Hultén
Layout – Ardia Bodh
Mixed By, Mastered By – Jonas Wikstrand
Photography By [Band Photo] – Gustav Öhman Spjuth
Photography By [Live Photos] – Maija Lahtinen, Rui Soares, Soile Siirtola
Recorded By [Lead Vocals] – Rikard Löfgren
Recorded By, Producer, Written-By, Arranged By, Performer, Cover [Concept] – Enforcer