David Parland
David Parland | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Blackmoon |
Born | [1] Sweden | 26 September 1970
Origin | Sweden |
Died | 19 March 2013 Sweden | (aged 42)
Genres | Black metal, death metal |
Instrument(s) | Guitars, bass, vocals |
Years active | 1989–2013 |
David Vincent Parland
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
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.[9]
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 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 [again.]"[10]
Beliefs
He was a self-described misanthrope and harbored contempt for organized religion and "
Bands
- Necrophobic guitar – (1989–1995, 2000) keyboards (1993)
- Dark Funeral guitar – (1993–1996)
- Infernalbass, guitar, vocals – (1997–2003, 2008–2013)
- Darkwinds (formerly called Blackmoon) all instruments, vocals – (2009–2013)
Discography
Infernal
- Infernal (EP) (2000) (Hellspawn Records)
- Under Wings of Hell (split) (2002)
- Summon Forth the Beast (EP) (2003) (Hammerheart Records)
- The Infernal Return (EP) (2010) (GoatHorned Productions)
Unreleased recordings
- Hellhymns, 4-track demo (autumn 2010; to be released by Hellspawn)
- The Infernal Return
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 (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 (EP) (1994) (Hellspawn Records)
- The Secrets of the Black Arts (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 (EP) (1994)
- Abruptum – Evil Genius (1995)
- Von – Satanic Blood (1996/97)
- In Conspiracy with Satan – A Tribute to Bathory (1998) (with No Fashion Records)
- Infernal– Infernal (MCD) (2000)
- Dark Funeral – In the Sign... (2000)
- Tyrants from the Abyss – Morbid Angel Tribute (2002)
- Deathwitch – Deathfuck Rituals (2002)
- Maze of Torment – The Unmarked Graves (2003)
References
- ^ Ratsit.se Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "INBORN EVIL". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Official Dark Funeral website bio Archived 2009-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Official Necrophobic website, with band bio Archived 2009-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Garry Sharpe-Young, Sylvia Rochonnat, Anthologie du métal : Tome 2, Camion Blanc, 2012, "Marduk."
- ^ "Official Hellspawn Records bio". Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
- ^ "Ex-NECROPHOBIC/DARK FUNERAL Guitarist Launches New Project, Slams 'Fake' GORGOROTH". blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016.
- ^ "Former NECROPHOBIC/DARK FUNERAL Guitarist Preparing To Record New Demo". blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014.
- ^ "Interview with David Parland (Oct.2012) by Noctir". Morbid Curse Webzine.
- ^ "DARK FUNERAL's LORD AHRIMAN On Passing Of DAVID PARLAND: 'You Will Be Missed Deeply!'". blabbermouth.net. 24 March 2013.