![]() ![]() "SLAYER, BATHORY and CELTIC FROST where our main infuences. We didn´t care which country they came from."ĭo you agree, that your main influences were rather SLAYER, HELLHAMMER, POSSESSED and KREATOR than BATHORY? Music we could bang our heads into pieces with. ![]() We only listened to bands that we thought were great. We didn´t listen to bands because of the nationality. I think it was an international thing going on. "BATHORY was the first Swedish band who opened the doors of possibilities for the Swedish bands. Would you say that OBSCURITY was the first Swedish Thrash / Death Metal band, were you the pioneers of this genre that opened the doors for bands, such as GRAVE, NIHILIST, GROTESQUE, TREBLINKA etc.? ![]() Except for a few Punk bands, we were the only band from Malmo who played brutal Metal." Absolutley not a Black / Death / Thrash Metal scene. "In the 70s and early 80s their was a Rock and Heavy Metal scene in Malmö. So we got over there and watched concerts with SLAYER, VENOM, KREATOR, EXODUS back in 1985."ĭid Malmö play an important role in the establishment of the Swedish Metal scene? Are / were Gothenburg and Stockholm always the centers of the Swedish (extreme) Metal scene? But Malmo is close to Copenhagen in Denmark. In Malmo there was only some BON JOVI lookalikes. You came from Malmö, what do you remember from the local scene at the time? Were there any Metal clubs, pubs etc.? Me and Janne did the drumwork on the first demo "Ovations To Death."ĭid you know guitarist Janne Johansson and bassist / vocalist Daniel Vala earlier already? What about their earlier musical involments and passions? Was OBSCURITY a three piece act back then? It showed me that these two guys were serious about the whole thing." But they got practical things fixed already, like rehearsel room and stuff like that. I´ve also tried to find some members on my own to start a new band. I brought a lot of my old ideas into OBSCURITY. If I hadn´t shown up the whole OBSCURITY thing would have never happened. This was useful for the future."ĭo you still remember how and when you got into the picture exactly? Were there other guitarists auditioned besides you? "I was the only member in the band who had played with other people and bands before OBSCURITY. You joined the band in 1986, was OBSCURITY your first act or did you earlier play in other groups as well? I have alwas loved to listen to diffrent sounds. When I was twelve a started to play drums, and 15 I begun to play guitar. Why did you choose the guitar? Do you play perhaps other instruments as well? Since then I just wanted the music to become more brutal and dark." ![]() "When I started to play drums at the age of twelve. What influenced you to become a musician? I always tried to make songs at an old piano at home." When did you decide to become a musician? How did you turn from fan / listener into musician? I´ve always tried to find my own musical ways." After that it was MOTÖRHEAD for a couple of years until VENOM and later SLAYER arrived to the scene. On my request of course, I supposed I was nine. The "Love Gun” Album had been released and my mother bougth it to me. So Lindhe, how and when did you discover Metal? What did you find so exciting in this untrendy music? Here’s an interview with original OBSCURITY guitarist Jörgen Lindhe… The latter gained themselves a diehard following with their two demos "Ovations To Death" and "Damnations Pride" and still have a lot of supporters because of them nowadays. When it comes to real cult acts from Sweden there’s at least three names that should get a mention: MEFISTO, MORBID and OBSCURITY.
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