Past sins I

When I was in 9th grade I was a dedicated metal guitarist, really into black/death metal and similar stuff. Favorite bands were At The Gates (still a favorite), Dissection and doommetallers My Dying Bride. I played in a band called Obscured, wich changed name to A Funeral Pyre (still proud of that name, referencing the Doors and all…). Expect more about those bands in a future Past Sins post.

But at the same time another genre had caught my interest – folkmusic. There was something alluring with that music, something mysterious and magic. I had heard dronerockers Hedningarna and Garmarna, old 70th bands like Kebnekaise and some modern World Music like Enteli, and I soon got into the solofiddlers. It really spoke to me. And then some guys from a band called Blackburning Evening wich we shared rehearsal room with approached me about starting a new band wich would merge folkmusic and metal in a really cool way. And so Otyg was born.

After a few years we were signed by Austrian record label Napalm Records and recorded two cd:s for them. Around the year 2000 we moved to different cities and rehearsal got hard to pull of, and the band slowly dissolved. The third album never got recorded.

We didn’t play alot live – we did a nice tour in the Netherlands and played some smaller festivals, but we did get lots of people from all around the world who really liked what we did. And there’s still modern folkmetal bands citing Otyg as a major influence. So I’m kind of proud to have been a part of that whole thing. And we had a blast!

Myspace-fanpage:
www.myspace.com/otyg

Napalm Records:
http://www.napalmrecords.com

This was a repost from the blog of my current band Pettersson & Fredriksson