Sarcophagic | Only Death Is Real

Only 15 days until Maiden hits the stage in Gothenburg, got my ticket today. Last time I saw them (2005) they delivered a great show and I am sure they will not dissapoint me this time either. How could they? Check out the setlist from the gig in Italy, it speaks for itself.

“Aces high”
”2 minutes to midnight”
”Revelations”
”The trooper”
”Wasted years”
”The number of the beast”
”Can I play with madness”
”Rime of the ancient mariner”
”Powerslave”
”Heaven can wait”
”Run to the hills”
”Fear of the dark”
”Iron Maiden”

Extras:
”Moonchild”
”The clairvoyant”
”Hallowed be thy name”

Need some new art on your walls? then i think you should check out Tom Gabriel Fischer’s Death Masks. Cast from concrete and mounted on an anodized black aluminum frame. Handpainted by Tom in a variety of technics, numbered and signed. very cool indeed.

Each life-size death mask is cast individually by hand by Tom Gabriel Fischer. The mold used in the process was made from the artist’s face by Josh Turi (special makeup effects artist), Tom Denier, Jr. (special makeup effects artist), and Eli Livingston (sculptor for, among others, HR Giger), in New York in May 2007.

More pictures and info at selfdeceased.blogspot.com.

Metaltown is over for this year and I had a great time. My brother came all the way from the north of Sweden to visit me and see some great metal. My highlight of the festival was to finally see Nifelheim live, they did a great gig. Their final words before leaving the stage… “Fuck off”.

Other good gigs I checked out was Graveyard, Satyricon (filled in for Opeth who cancelled), Dimmu Borgir, Amon Amarth, In Flames and Witchcraft. An important improvement at this years feast was that they had a better system in the bars and more personel, no 20 minutes wait to get a beer this time.

If I have to complain on anything it has to be the soundlevel on the concerts, tooooo fucking low!

The mighty Nifelheim is playing at the Metaltown festival in Gothenburg Sweden this friday (27th June). I haven’t seen them live before but I am sure they will deliver a hellish gig.

Metaltown got a great lineup 2008, this is the bands I will (try) to see. In Flames, Cavalera Conspiracy, Dimmu Borgir, Dark Tranquillity, Tiamat, Amon Amarth, Clutch, Opeth, Witchcraft, Graveyard and Torture Division.

The American artist Ed Repka has done many cool album covers over the years. He has done amazing work for bands like Megadeth, Death, Nuclear Assault, Possessed, Venom, Toxic Holocaust, Municipal Waste and many more. Here are some of my favourites…

…and of course the Megadeth mascot Vic Rattlehead.