Dan Swano – extreme metal legend

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Dan Swano for additional personal pictures.

Thanks to Vic Records for the promo picture.

Dan Swano is a very busy man but he had the kindness to do this interview with metal-rules.com despite his busy schedule. As every one probably already knows, Swano is an icon within the extreme metal genre and the founder and owner of the studio Unisound Studio. REINVENTING THE PAST is the name of the new Odyssey album where Swano have covered his favourite songs into metal versions. As an extra bonus have he also threw in the Odyssey mini CD from 1999 along with the disc.

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‘Bloodbath Over Bloodstock’ out April 25th on Peaceville Records

Bloodbath Over Bloodstock

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Sweden’s uncompromising death metal group Bloodbath has joined forces with Noisecreep.com to premiere a track from the band’s forthcoming live DVD Bloodbath Over Bloodstock. The decimating performance of “Eaten”, filmed during Bloodbath’s August 2010 set at the famed Bloodstock Festival, is online now at: http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/04/22/bloodbath-eaten-video-premiere/.

Bloodbath Over Bloodstock will release next week on April 25th, courtesy of Peaceville Records.

The deluxe mediabook-packaged release will feature Bloodbath’s full performance from Bloodstock 2010, one of the UK’s leading metal events. The set consists of songs from the critically acclaimed tornado of blasphemy, The Fathomless Mastery (2008), as well as other classics and fan favorites.

The full DVD package will also include a 16-page booklet and a wealth of extras, featuring bonus footage taken from PartySan festival in 2008, as well as extensive band member interviews.

Stay tuned for more information on Bloodbath and Bloodbath Over Bloodstock.

Bloodbath online…

www.myspace.com/bloodbathband

www.peaceville.com

Bloodbath is…

Mikael Åkerfeldt – lead vocals

Anders “Blakkheim” Nyström – lead guitars

Per “Sodomizer” Eriksson – guitars

Jonas Renkse – bass

Martin “Axe” Axenrot – drums, percussion

DVD release due out April 25th on Peaceville Records

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Swedish death metal supergroup, Bloodbath, has released a short video trailer in anticipation of the band’s forthcoming live DVD release, Bloodbath Over Bloodstock.

The deluxe mediabook-packaged release will feature Bloodbath’s August 2010 set from the famed Bloodstock Festival – one of the UK’s leading metal events – consisting of songs from the critically-acclaimed tornado of blasphemy, The Fathomless Mastery (2008), as well as other classics and fan favorites.

Bloodbath Over Bloodstock

The full package will also include a 16-page booklet and a wealth of extras, featuring bonus footage taken from PartySan festival in 2008, as well as extensive band member interviews.

Bloodbath Over Bloodstock will hit stores on April 25th on Peaceville Records.

Stay tuned for more information on Bloodbath and Bloodbath Over Bloodstock.

www.peaceville.com

Bloodbath is…

Mikael Åkerfeldt – lead vocals

Anders “Blakkheim” Nyström – lead guitars

Per “Sodomizer” Eriksson – guitars

Jonas Renkse – bass

Martin “Axe” Axenrot – drums, percussion

Dan Swano

Dan Swano is one of the living legends in the extreme metal genre and he has always been a hero for me and many more. I got in touch with Swano and asked him if he was willing to do an interview with metal-rules.com which he was. So here come the final result, it’s a long interview with Swano that includes all you need to know about Swano’s career which includes numerous releases with Nightingale, Edge Of Sanity, Bloodbath and Total Terror to mention a few. Swano is also a highly acclaimed producer and mixer which we also talked about. Swano has also released the debut album with crust punk band Total Terror this year which is an album that he originally recorded back in the late 90′s. Here is the first official interview with the amazing Dan Swano in metal-rules.com.

Interview by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks so much to Dan Swano for doing this interview with me, and for providing me with the promo pictures of himself.

Thanks to Vic Records for providing me with the promo pictures of Total Terror.

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Opeth & Fireball Ministry
Friday, October 14, 2005
The Commodore Ballroom
Vancouver, BC  Canada

**Live Review & All Photos By Lord of The Wasteland

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Dan Swan? of Bloodbath

I had the pleasure to interview the legendary Dan Swan? from the band/project Bloodbath about their upcoming album NIGHTMARES MADE FLESH and about the band in general. I?ve also asked Dan about what they are up to right know, about the line-up changes, and if he was content with how the new album has turned out, read on to get his thoughts on these and other topics.

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