Dissection (band)

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Dissection

Dissection line-up, circa 2004
Origin Strömstad, Sweden
Years active 1989 – 1997, 2004-2006
Genres Melodic death metal (later)
Blackened death metal
Labels The End Records
Members Jon Nödtveidt
Set Teitan
Bryce LeClercq
Thomas Asklund

Dissection was a well-known Swedish blackened death metal band formed in 1989 by guitarist and vocalist Jon Nödtveidt.

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[edit] Biography

Cover of "Storm Of The Light's Bane"
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Cover of "Storm Of The Light's Bane"

In 1988, a thrash metal band by the name of Siren's Yell was formed in the Swedish town of Strömstad. Its members were Jon Nödtveidt, Ole Öhman, Peter Palmdahl, and Mattias Johansson. The group recorded a single demo before breaking up in 1989. Nödveidt and Öhman continued on to play in the band Rabbit's Carrot, in which they claim to have never felt quite at home (especially Nödtveidt). Nödveidt was leaning more and more towards death metal and other forms of dark extreme music. Dissection was officially formed in the autumn of 1989 by Nödveidt, who had since left Rabbit's Carrot. Dissection's line-up, however, was not complete until early the next year.

In 1990, Dissection played their first live show with death metal act Entombed. In the same year, they also recorded and released their first demo, The Grief Prophecy. It contained three songs and featured illustrations by the artist known as Necrolord, who has since created nearly all of Dissection's album art. A special edition of The Grief Prophecy was later released in memory of Dead, the former vocalist for the notorious Norwegian black metal group Mayhem, who committed suicide in 1991. The special release featured album art drawn by Dead himself. Dissection also played a live show in his honor, at which they performed the Mayhem song "Freezing Moon". The Grief Prophecy was soon spread through the underground, and the French record label Corpsegrinder Records offered Dissection a deal to record an EP. Later that year, Dissection accepted the deal and recorded Into Infinite Obscurity. The band continued to tour.

In 1992, Dissection began work on their first full-length album, The Somberlain. Because of coordination problems between members, the entire band moved to Gothenburg, Sweden (where they shared a rehearsal space with At The Gates) in the summer of 1993. The album was finished and released the following December. It was formally dedicated to Euronymous, the then-guitarist of Mayhem, who had been murdered earlier that year.

During November of 1994, Dissection signed a record deal with the well-known German label Nuclear Blast. In 1995, the band's second full-length album, called Storm Of The Light's Bane, was released. The following year, Dissection also released a short EP entitled Where Dead Angels Lie. It was compiled from previous rare and import releases, and contained only cover songs and demo tracks.

In 1997, Jon Nödtveidt was convicted for helping to murder a 38-year old man in Gothenburg. He was released in the autumn of 2004. Since then, Nödtveidt has formed a new line-up for Dissection with none of the previous members participating. Subsequently, Dissection recorded one two-track EP entitled Maha Kali and toured heavily with the "The Rebirth of Dissection" tour. In 2006, Dissection released their third full length album "Reinkaos" through their own vanity label, in association with The End Records. Shortly after the release, in May 2006, in an online chat interview, Dissection announced plans to split following a short tour, including only two US dates.

The band played its final European concert in Stockholm on Midsummer (24 June) 2006.

On August 16, 2006, frontman Jon Nödtveidt committed suicide. Nödtveidt's death was confirmed by the Swedish distributor Sound Pollution, whose staff has worked with Dissection throughout the band's career. A posting on the Sound Pollution web site, http://www.soundpollution.se, reads: "RIP Jon Nödtveidt 1975-2006. Condolences from Sound Pollution & Black Lodge."

The band also made an official statement upon Dissection's official website. [1]

[edit] Members

[edit] Final line-up

[edit] Former members

  • Erik Danielsson - Bass guitar
  • Ole Öhman - Drums
  • Peter Palmdahl - Bass
  • Mattias 'Mäbe' Johansson - Guitar (session)
  • Tobias Kjellgren - Drums
  • John Zwetsloot - Guitar
  • Johan Norman - Guitar
  • Bård 'Faust' Eithun - Drums (session)
  • Emil Nödtveidt - Bass (session)
  • Bryce LeClercq - Bass
  • Hakon Forwald - Bass

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio releases

[edit] Live and compilation releases

[edit] Demos and bootlegs

  • The Grief Prophecy [Demo] - (1990)
  • Into Infinite Obscurity [Demo] - (1991)
  • Night's Blood [Live Bootleg] - (1998)
  • Dissection / Immortal - [Split Bootleg] - (1999)
  • Frozen In Wacken [Live Bootleg] - (1999)

[edit] Videography

  • Live & Plugged Vol. 2 [VHS] - (1997)
  • Rebirth of Dissection [DVD] - (2006)

[edit] Related bands

  • The Black - A black metal band which Jon Nödveidt contributed to in 1992 and 1993.
  • De Infernali - Electronic music project of Jon Nödveidt together with Damien (Midvinter).
  • Satanized - A side project of Nödtveidt's.
  • Ophthalamia - A black metal group in which Jon Nödtveidt played, as well as his brother Emil Nödtveidt.
  • Deathstars- a band in which Jon Nödveidt's younger brother Emil plays guitar/keyboards and former Dissection member Ole Ohman plays drums.
  • Dawn - A blackened death metal band for which Thomas Asklund also plays drums

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Dissection's Official Website, "Official Statement about Jon's Death", at Dissection.nu; last accessed September 9, 2006.

[edit] External links

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