David Parland (26 September 1970 – 19 March 2013) was a Swedish metal guitarist, best known for his work in the bands
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-C ...
,
Necrophobic
Necrophobic is a Swedish blackened death metal band.
History
The band was formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and now-deceased guitarist David Parland. It is believed that the band named themselves after a Slayer song from the 1986 semi ...
and
Infernal, all of which he was one of the founding members.
Biography
He was a member of Necrophobic from its inception in 1989, but quit the band in 1995 to concentrate on Dark Funeral, which he was one of the main founding members of in 1993. Prior to leaving Necrophobic he had, however, written most of the material for the next album. The album ''
Darkside'', with Parland's material intact, was released by Necrophobic in 1997, although Parland himself did not participate as a musician on the album.
Parland also ran the
independent record label Hellspawn Records (also Hellspawn Studio) from 1994 to 2002 in
Johanneshov
Johanneshov () is a district in Stockholm located at the intersection of national road 73 and national road 75 in the borough of Enskede-Årsta-Vantör, southern Stockholm, Sweden.
The icehockey arena Hovet is located in Johanneshov, it ...
,
Stockholm, releasing albums from bands such as
Abruptum
Abruptum is a Swedish black metal and dark ambient solo side-project band. It is run by Evil (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) of Marduk, but the band was formed in 1989 by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä). All (a.k.a. Jim Berger), Ext and Evil joined ...
and his own
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-C ...
, with distribution by House of Kicks, VME and Sound Pollution. After leaving Dark Funeral in 1996, Parland founded the bands War and
Infernal. While having kept a low profile and not being actively involved in any bands since the second line-up of Infernal broke up in 2003, Parland announced in January 2009 that he was working on new material with drummer
Tomas Asklund (
Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. It was formed in 1992 by guitarist Infernus, who is also the only original member remaining, and the band have since released nine studio albums. Gorgoroth are a Satanic band and have ...
,
Dissection, ex-
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-C ...
). Demos and a full-length album were to be recorded during 2009. An EP from the band was finally released on May 1, 2010, entitled "The Infernal Return".
In an interview from October, 2012, David Parland explained the reasons why Infernal went inactive right after the new EP, which included bad financial circumstances, Parland getting arrested, and being sent to a psychiatric district for "detoxification purposes". According to the interview, Parland got a neck injury in a car crash several years before and only resorted to using painkillers. He eventually became addicted. Also, Parland revealed that Infernal had parted ways for good with drummer Tomas Asklund. Parland was planning on searching for a pro black/death/heavy metal drummer for the recording of the long planned and long-awaited full-length ''The Infernal Retribution''. The album was intended to be released in late 2013 according to this interview.
Infernal never recorded the long-awaited full-length album and was ultimately terminated. On March 19, 2013, at the age of 42, David Parland died by suicide. In reaction to the news of Parland's death, former bandmate
Lord Ahriman
Mikael Svanberg (born 13 November 1972), better known as Lord Ahriman, is a Swedish musician and composer best known as the primary guitarist, songwriter and sole founding member of black metal band Dark Funeral. He is also the rhythm guitarist ...
said, "During the last couple of weeks, I was in close contact with David. He was going through an extremely difficult time of life, whereof he contacted me to ask for my help. Even though the two of us had a bit of a complicated relationship over the years (much excessive in the media though), he knew that he could ALWAYS call or visit me when needed, which he also did once in a while. Last time I talked to him was when he called me on March 15. From what I could understand, things were going in the right direction... What happened after that I simply can't understand... I cant understand WHY he didn't call me
gain.
Beliefs
He was a self-described misanthrope and harbored contempt for organized religion and "
political correctness", as well as "
slave mentality
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" and other mindsets which oppose
individualism
Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology and social outlook that emphasizes the intrinsic worth of the individual. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and to value independence and self-reli ...
. He agreed with many aspects of Satanic thought, but did not consider himself religious.
Bands
*
Necrophobic
Necrophobic is a Swedish blackened death metal band.
History
The band was formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and now-deceased guitarist David Parland. It is believed that the band named themselves after a Slayer song from the 1986 semi ...
guitar - (1989-1995, 2000) keyboards (1993)
*
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-C ...
guitar - (1993-1996)
*
Infernal bass, guitar, vocals - (1997-2003, 2008–2013)
*Darkwinds (formerly called Blackmoon) all instruments, vocals - (2009-2013)
Discography
Infernal
* ''Infernal'' (MCD) (2000) (Hellspawn Records)
* ''Under Wings of Hell'' (Split) (2002)
* ''Summon Forth the Beast'' (MCD) (2003) (
Hammerheart Records
Hammerheart Records (known as Karmageddon Media between 2004 and 2010) is a Dutch independent record label specializing in death metal, black metal, doom metal and folk metal bands from around the world. The label was founded in 1995 and is current ...
)
* ''The Infernal Return'' (E.P) (May,2010) (GoatHorned Productions)
Unreleased recordings
* ''Hellhymns'', 4-track upcoming demo (autumn 2010; to be released by Hellspawn)
* ''Untitled album'' (upcoming album)
Darkwinds
*''Demo'' (unreleased demo) (1994) (as Blackmoon)
*''Demo'' (2009)
*''Untitled album'' (2010)
Necrophobic
*''Slow Asphyxiation'' (1990) (demo)
*''Unholy Prophecies'' (1991) (demo)
*''The Call'' (EP) (1992) (Wild Rags Records)
*''
The Nocturnal Silence
''The Nocturnal Silence'' is the first studio album recorded by Swedish death metal band Necrophobic. It was recorded and mixed at Sunlight Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in March 1993. It was produced by Necrophobic and Tomas Skogsberg and engin ...
'' (1993) (Black Mark Production)
*''
Bloodfreezing'' (1994) (unreleased demo)
Now available for download*''Spawned by Evil'' (MCD) (1996) (Black Mark Production)
*''Satanic Blasphemies'' (2010) (
Regain Records) (Special CD box set with the two first demos and the first EP)
Dark Funeral
*''
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-C ...
'' (EP) (1994) (Hellspawn Records)
*''
The Secrets of the Black Arts
''The Secrets of the Black Arts'' is the debut studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral, released in January 1996, by No Fashion Records. It was re-released on 31 July 2007, with a bonus disc consisting of the album original recordi ...
'' (1996) (No Fashion Records)
*''
In the Sign...'' (2000) (Hellspawn Records) (re-release of the self-titled 1994 MCD with 2 Bathory covers as bonus tracks)
War
*''Total War'' (1996/1997) (Necropolis Records)
*''We Are...Total War...'' (2001) (Hellspawn Records) (compilation CD including ’’Total War’’ and 7 tracks from the unofficial "We Are War" album/session released by Necropolis Records)
Hellspawn Records releases
*
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-C ...
– ''
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-C ...
'' (EP) (1994)
*
Abruptum
Abruptum is a Swedish black metal and dark ambient solo side-project band. It is run by Evil (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) of Marduk, but the band was formed in 1989 by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä). All (a.k.a. Jim Berger), Ext and Evil joined ...
– ''Evil Genius'' (1995)
*
Von
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Nobility directories like the ''Almanach de ...
– ''Satanic Blood'' (1996/97)
*''In Conspiracy with Satan – A Tribute to Bathory'' (1998) (with
No Fashion Records No Fashion Records was a Swedish record label (a sublabel of MNW Music) which focused on extreme metal. It was located in Stockholm and was active from 1992 to 2004. It was founded by the Swedish zine editor Tomas Nyqvist.
Bands
*A Canorous Quint ...
)
*
Infernal – ''Infernal'' (MCD) (2000)
*
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-C ...
– ''
In the Sign...'' (2000)
*''Tyrants from the Abyss –
Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida, formed in 1983 by guitarist, primary composer and sole remaining original member Trey Azagthoth, vocalist and bassist Dallas Ward, and drummer Mike Browning. Widely considered ...
Tribute'' (2002)
*Deathwitch – ''Deathfuck Rituals'' (2002)
*Maze of Torment – ''The Unmarked Graves'' (2003)
References
External links
Swipnet.se (old website)Official Infernal MySpace profileOfficial Darkwinds MySpace profile
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Black metal musicians
Swedish heavy metal guitarists
1970 births
2013 suicides
Dark Funeral members
Suicides in Sweden
Critics of religions