AVATAR Death Metallers a Milano

Gli svedesi death metallers, saranno la band di support degli Evergrey!

Ottimo debutto per questo giovanissimo quintetto, età media 18 anni, proveniente da Göteborg. La loro missione è quella di diventare il più importante gruppo METAL svedese da esportazione. I cinque sono già stati in tour con gruppi quali Hardcore Superstar e Arch Enemy. In Svezia il disco ha raggiunto il terzo posto nelle classifiche di vendita Hard Rock.

24.10 München - Metropolis
25.10 Milano - Rainbow
27.10 Madrid - Caracol
28.10 Bilbao - Kafe Antzoki
29.10 Barcelona - Apolo
30.10 Lyon - Transbordeur
31.10 Paris - Nouveau Casino
2.11 Strasbourg - Laiterie
3.11 Weert - De Bosuil
6.11 London - Dingwalls
7.11 Dudley - JBs
8.11 Bolton - The Soundhouse
9.11 Bradford - Rio
10.11 Zaandam - Kade
12.11 Bochum - The Matrix
13.11 Köpenhamn - The Rock

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Decline of the mortal world - The tale of a Death Metal band

It all began in the summer of 2001, when drummer John Alfredsson joined forces with vocalist Christian Rimmi and formed the first reincarnation of Avatar. In those days the name was Lost Soul. Guitarists Viktor Ekström and Daniel Johansson teamed up with the band together with bass player John Isacsson in an early phase. The band got their first rehearsal room and everybody was happy”¦ but not for long. Drummer John had to face the facts. Viktor actually wanted to play funk. John Isacsson (who also preferred funk) HATED metal and didn’t have any idea of what he was doing in the band in the first place. Daniel didn’t seem to have any idea either of what he was doing there since he barely showed up to any rehearsals. Furthermore the rehearsal room sucked ass!

The change of members had begun. The first one to be fed to the fishes was Daniel whose place quickly was taken by John’s old tennis ’pal Jonas Jarlsby, a true metal head. They made the strategic move to disband Lost Soul since it had all fallen apart anyway. Lost Soul was killed with an axe and buried in Jonas garden. At the very same time Avatar was born (although Lost Soul also was called that for a while).

After some searching guitarist Kim Egerbo was found. Together with bass player Niklas Green and vocalist Johannes Eckerström (who sang in former members John and Viktor’s band Classic Molly) they were the second reincarnation of Avatar. The quintet found a new place to rehearse in Gothenburg and started immediately. The band had a complete line up, at least for a while”¦

Niklas soon turned out to be way too lazy and was kicked out of the band. The vacant place was taken by musical prodigy Björn Risberg (also in Seminarium) and Avatar kept on playing for a few months when the band had a major setback when Johannes leaved the band. He had some troubles with things like talking, drinking and even breathing because if his lack of singing technique. Without Johannes in the band Björn decided to jump off the sinking ship too. It seemed like the whole world had turned against the band. Once again they stood without singer, bass player but with Kim, who despised the music almost as much as John Isacsson did back in the days

Despite of all the setbacks there never was any doubt when it came to continuing the band. Kim quitted but John and Jonas carried on. They tested about a million members of which only a few stayed more than a few weeks. But the suddenly it all started to work out. Johannes had explored and developed his voice and was able to return to the job. With him came Björn, this time on guitar. It all started to look brighter. But like history has told us, nothing gold can stay.

October 2003, Björn told the band that he wouldn’t be able to stay in the band. There simply was no time for all of his projects. Luckily, Jonas starts on a new school and finds the perfect members. First it was Henrik Sandelin, just the kind of bass player and person John had had wet dreams about for years. A few weeks later they found Simon Andersson, shredding wiz kid just the way God meant them to be.

Now it all finally started to look like it was supposed to. The songs came out the right way and were played like they were intended to. They made they first demo together and started to get an audience in the end of 2003. 2004 was a year of rocket like growth and now in the year 2005 it all starts to move faster than ever. The music is growing, the response from the audience is growing and Jonas hair is surely as hell growing its way to the world records. These are all signs of a very bright future for Avatar and...

... they have a great story still to be written!

"Non tanto per vincere, quanto per far perdere chi se lo meritava"
"Non to win, but to make lose whoever deserved to lose!
Paul Simonon (The Clash)

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