Ghaal, homosexual do ano en Noruega

Hmm ainda que o título pode non ser moi acertado na súa traducción ó jallejo (serei eu o único que terá tan mal pensar?), pois así é, como podemos ler no seguinte artículo:

La semana pasada se llevó a cabo la Gala anual de la comunidad Gay de Bergen, donde se entregan varios premios a las personas e instituciones que han contribuido en la comunidad gay en Bergen, Noruega.

El premio más prestigioso fue entregado a Espedal Kristian (conocido por todos como Gaahl). El ex vocalista de GORGOROTH fue nombrado "homosexual del Año" y aceptó el premio en persona.

"No necesito un premio para ser yo mismo. Pero si esto puede ayudar a otras personas de la misma forma que a mí, es algo positivo", dijo Gaahl al perdiodico local Bergensavisen. Gaahl, de 34 años, mantiene una relación con el joven Robin Jakobsen.

Cuando se le preguntó cómo conoció a su actual pareja, Gaahl dijo que: "Fue después del cierre. Yo estaba en Fincken (bar gay de Bergen). Robin llegó al club en busca de su ex novio. Yo estaba borracho de vino blanco, y de pronto ví una figura brillante en la puerta. Eso fue Robin. Pensé que debía ser mío. "

¿Fue amor a primera vista?

"No ... tuve que trabajar un poco para ello".

¿Se sorprendió la gente cuando reconocistes que eras homosexual?

"Creo que fue extraño porque no se sabía antes, pero nunca tuve la necesidad de hacerlo público. Al final, un periodista alemán tuvo el valor de preguntarmelo, y yo le contesté. No fue nada más doloroso que eso".

Fuente

E aquí digome eu... ¿Ghaal bebendo viño BLANCO??? E eu que pensaba que sólo lle daba ó tintorro e á sangre....
.. en canto ó de traballar... non sei pero non mo imaxino moi activo coas suas famosas .....
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pausas
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Satan
glups
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Grande Ghaal

Surprises 2009: Hammer Horde - Under the Mighty Oath

Band: Hammer Horde
Album: Under the Mighty Oath (first album)
Genre: Viking Melodeath
Country: USA

Conceived in the winter season of 2007, the idea of HAMMER HORDE was brought forth by guitarist Derik Smith and drummer Jayson Cessna. After the departure of their previous band (Forever Lost,) Smith and Cessna reunited to write another chapter in their musical careers, both new in direction and in sound. Originally intended as a two-man studio project, HAMMER HORDE was now considering expanding their ranks. This path ultimately led to guitarist Ryan Mininger (A Gruesome Find) for the rightful position on second guitar. Around this same time, another former band-member had returned to claim the throne of lead vocalist: Tom Sturniolo (Ex-Forever Lost), bringing with him a much-needed range in barbaric growls, melodic clean vocals, and Viking-like war-cries.

Almost a year had gone by and the eager quartet had finally begun to collaborate on new material. By the winter of 2008 they had completed songs for nearly half of what would soon become their debut album. As the summer reared its head, the pursuit of a full-time bassist commenced. After several tryouts, Ben McGeorge (Ex-Terminator guitarist) eventually obtained the proper role on bass guitar. HAMMER HORDE began to strengthen into a stabilized band and soon developed their unique and heroic style, formed by the various influences of five musicians, each rooted in diverse metal styles and backgrounds. The band had successfully refined enough material to assemble a full-length release and shortly after embarked on the throes of recording. Autumn of 2008 signifies the turning point in HAMMER HORDE’s musical endeavors as the band set their sails for Dimmworks Studios. With the final mastering done by Mika Jussila from Finnvox Studios, the album was at last complete. Spring of 2009 marks the release of their debut achievement “Under the Mighty Oath,” an epic soundscape; dominant in both blackened ambiance and pagan might. Sound the horns of war, for HAMMER HORDE has forged an unforgettable debut release.

In the last decade we have lived an increase of the Viking-Folk Metal genre even till the point of reaching some kind of mainstream audience between metal fans. After bands from Sweden and Norway mainly, started to get more attention by media and fans in the 90's, soon vikings started arising from each point of the world claiming the "folk of the north". This is the case of Hammer Horde, young band from USA that takes influence from the north-european bands of viking metal and mix with good taste melodic death, folk, and nice rythm changes in quite large songs in the average. Melodies and riffs lay mostly in guitars, they use sometimes ocarina in the folkest parts and voice changes between usual growls and blacker with good style, with the "obligatory" male viking choirs from time to time... but it was fun to listen to those falsettos in some songs that made me think about a hidden Daniel Heiman (ex-Lost Horizon) somewhere in the studio.
Probably to give a more northeuropean feeling, they hired Mikka Jussila and the Finnvox studios for mastering, and I must say that they got it. At first sight their sound is enough close to the scandinavian' one to think about a norwegian band.
The result is a good album with scandinavian atmosphere from far lands.
Interesting.

http://www.myspace.com/hammerhorde

1. Storm of Pagan Skies-prelude / 01:07
2. Pierced by Odin's Spear / 07:03
3. Under the Mighty Oath / 04:44
4. In the Name of Winter's Wrath / 07:19
5. Howl of Himinbjorg / 06:51
6. Farewell to the Fallen / 04:10
7. Triumph of Sword and Shield / 06:09
8. Through Celestial Seascapes / 07:47
9. Of Legends and Lore / 06:18
10. Seafarer / 08:57

Total playing time 01:00:25

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Surprises 2009: Elenium - Eccentric Soul's Anatomy

Band: Elenium
Album: Eccentric Soul's Anatomy (first album)
Genre: Symphonic Death Metal
Country: Poland

Elenium's music is the mixation of various styles. Not only connected with metal music but the most important elements of their work are guitar constructions connected with keyboard background. In fact, the strongest side of Elenium is their opennes to the variety of sounds, what fruits surprising solutions of their work.

Elenium, not the band from Finland but from Poland, started already 10 years ago as a project of Martyr (guitar, vox) and Kacper (keys) releasing their first demo "Martyria" in 2001. After many line-up changes, they just released their first album, and only Martyr remained since they formed the band. I must admit that this album was stucked here for a long time while I was listening most of the other music stuff I had. Probably it's because first minutes of "Eccentric Soul's Anatomy" are difficult to class, or maybe cause I had found some interesting things that would demand my whole attention for later. Few time ago I played again this album and I got quite surprised about the mix. It's not that they are creating a whole new style through mixing different genres... but they have very different songs, in some you can recognize an average technical death metal, others have a kind of psychedelic touch, others jazzistic piano background, others are proper heirs from the Therion' some years ago sound, with catchy operatical choruses and fine rythm changes. My conclusion is that it is a varied yet imprecise and irregular work. Anyway, it was great to listen to fresh new and awesome ideas though they were a bit messy at first sight.
I will wait with high hopes their next album.

http://www.myspace.com/eleniumspace

1. Aeoneurosis / 02:11
2. Contemplation / 04:17
3. Martyria / 04:17
4. Internal Whiteness / 05:30
5. Towards Dismal Ecstasy / 04:42
6. Anxietranquillity.Error /06:49
7. Mediterranean Past / 05:20
8. Psychotic Entrails / 06:48
9. Via Puritiva / 05:53
10. Impeccable Rain / 02:01

Total playing time 47:48

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Surprises 2009: Black Sun Aeon - Darkness Walks Beside Me

Band: Black Sun Aeon
Album: Darkness Walks Beside Me (first album)
Genre: Melodic Doom-Death-Gothic Metal
Country: Finland

Black Sun Aeon was born in the beginning of 2008 to reflect more darker personal side of the founder and sole member Tuomas Saukkonen (Before The Dawn, Dawn Of Solace, The Final Harvest).
Even after 2 written and produced album in 2008 (Before The Dawn "Soundscape Of Silence", The Final Harvest "The End") there was something stirring beneath the surface and from that abyss rised the BLACK SUN AEON debut album "DARKNESS WALKS BESIDE ME".
Beside the solo nature of the band a session live line-up is already gathered amongst the few and honoured that are giving their voice to the album as guest vocalists:
- Tomi Koivusaari / Amorphis
- Ville Sorvali / Moonsorrow
- Mynni Luukkainen / Sotajumala
- Mikko Heikkilä / Sinamore

I can't explain to myself what happens in Finland. There is such a big amount of bands, and so good bands, side-projects, great and creative minds with just 5 million people living there...
Black Sun Aeon is one of those projects that comes from the dark side of Tuomas Saukkonen. They play a deep and emotional death-doom that can recall to his other band Before the Dawn. The first we can notice is the Great production. Last years one release from a Suomi band automatically means perfect sound. I have heard even some demo of rookie bands that could sound even better than CDs released by any other band with a contract in a decent records company.
In the vein of the "finnish feeling", music and melodies are mainly melancholic and guitars sound deep and powerful. The mid-tempo is dominating the album, and keyboards are joining just in an atmospheric way, creating a perfect ambient for lonely moments in the dark of the night. As you can notice by the name of the songs, the album is divided in parts of a whole one concept of melancholy and inner darkness.
The last song, 'Chapter IX: A Song for the One Who Passed Away 4.9.2008' is dedicated to a friend of Saukkonen's who passed away.

http://www.myspace.com/aeonoftheblacksun

1. Chapter 1: A Song for the Introduction / 01:24
2. Chapter 2: A Song for My Wrath / 04:56
3. Chapter 3: A Song for My Demise / 05:58
4. Chapter 4: A Song for My Sorrow / 06:01
5. Chapter 5: A Song for My Weakness / 04:47
6. Chapter 6: A Song for This Winter / 05:39
7. Chapter 7: A Song for My Illness / 04:46
8. Chapter 8: A Song for My Funeral / 06:17
9. Chapter 9: A Song for the One Who Passed Away 4.9.2008 / 04:13

Total playing time 44:01

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Surprises 2009: Elegy - A Voice Will Call

Band: Elegy
Album: A Voice Will Call (first album)
Genre: Melodic Death-Power Metal
Country: Germany

First named Elegy, and afterwards re-named as Riddare Av Koden, this band from South Africa (!!) plays melodic death metal that sometimes could be confused with power metal if there wasn't any vocals. So, what we have here is a young band with several influences from the scandinavian way of melodeath, sometimes more gothenburg, many other times like finnish melodeath with that kind of melancholic feeling. Vocal work is fine, there are almost no clean vocals, which is strange nowadays in new bands playing melodeath, as well as the fact of not having keyboards. Guitar players are also good, it's clear they are young but talented, the only bad thing I could say it's about the sound that could be better. Even you can notice that there are some songs that seem to be recorded in different studios!
These guys have listened a lot to old Children of Bodom, In Flames, Kalmah, Ensiferum, Eternal Tears of Sorrow and so on and they show it without prejudices but also creating an own way of making songs.
Interesting debut album.

http://www.myspace.com/riddareavkoden

http://www.myspace.com/elegytheband

1. Elegy / 05:18
2. Priory / 04:37
3. Esoteric Visions / 03:20
4. The Black Rider / 05:33
5. Time Distilled / 02:52
6. Forsake Not / 03:22
7. Impure / 03:42
8. Ad Nauseum / 04:36
9. Sacred / 04:23
10. A Voice Will Call / 05:01

Total playing time 42:44

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Como houbo algunha xente que me preguntou pola foto que teño en facebook, aquí deixo o link, que por un tempo estivo morto ou non sei, pero eu non daba entrado.
No estilo de cando fixeran o de simpsonízate, McDonalds é outra vez o autor da aplicación para facerte a túa propia fotomontaxe.
Nin vín a peli esta, pero fíxome certa gracia o de poñerse na piel dun destes bichos XD

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Surprises 2009: The Mistral - When The Evening Crowns The Day

Band: The Mistral
Album: When The Evening Crowns The Day (second album)
Genre: Atmospheric Melodic Death Metal
Country: Germany

The band „The Mistral” was formed in 1997 and completed various appearances in the space.. of Emden and environment. From this time the CDs „Embraced by dark Emotions” and „Storm Quiers” were produced in the sound studio “Audiocheck”, and offered in the Emden area.
Through various cast changes the band was, however forced to that, main to work up available, and compose new songs. In the summer 2004 was at last the new cast so far, to produce a Demo CD with 5 selected songs.

Stylistic can the music direction be classified as „Melodic-Death-Metal”, however through the different Influences and the music taste of the individual band members every song ..keeps his own touch.
10 years theatrical experience, which were collected in Germany-far appearances, unite to an explosive mixture. Hard guitars, which are carried of atmospheric Keyboardparts. Dark sounds, in-usual melodies and fat Grooves are here at the agenda.

Somehow, I didn't expect too much from this band, so when the first time I played the music of The Mistral, I just had it like background while doing other things and thinking... well.. another band of melodic death metal with some keyboards, like many others in the last times...
Little by little my head started banging and in the second song Careless, I had to stop what I was doing cause my mind was already flowing with the music. Then I payed whole attention to The Mistral and I realized the great band it was sounding through speakers. The Mistral plays a kind of ambient melodeath with some groovy moments and catchy melodies. Ok, it's not so original, death metal fans and even melodic death metal ones would say that it's too melodic, even others can say that there is nothing so special, but somehow I was captivated from the first moment by their atmospheric way of melodeath.
They surprised me doing melodic death metal, and this is not so usual last years.

http://myspace.com/themistralgermany

1. When the Evening crowns the Day / 04:50
2. Careless / 04:23
3. Reset my Mind / 04:42
4. Last Thoughts / 04:31
5. The Carnage / 03:40
6. Pain + Misery / 05:02
7. Neglected / 04:04
8. Contemplation Inwards / 05:01
9. Banished / 05:47

Total playing time 42:00


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