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| Origin | Strömstad, Sweden |
| Genre(s) | Melodic black metal, blackened death metal, melodic death metal |
| Years active | 1989–1997, 2004–2006 |
| Label(s) | The End |
| Website | www.dissection.nu |
| Former members | |
| Jon Nödtveidt Set Teitan Brice LeClercq Tomas Asklund |
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Dissection was a Swedish black metal band formed in 1989 by guitarist and vocalist Jon Nödtveidt.
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Biography
In 1988, a thrash metal band by the name of Siren's Yell was formed in the Swedish town of Strömstad. Its members were Jon Nödtveidt, Ole Öhman, Peter Palmdahl, and Mattias Johansson. The group recorded a single demo before breaking up in 1989. Nödveidt and Öhman continued on to play in the band Rabbit's Carrot, in which they claim to have never felt quite at home. Nödveidt was increasingly leaning towards death metal and other forms of dark extreme music. Dissection was officially formed in the autumn of 1989 by Nödveidt, who had since left Rabbit's Carrot. Dissection's line-up, however, was not complete until early the next year when John Zwetsloot joined. In 1990, Dissection played their first live show with death metal act Entombed. In the same year, they also recorded and released their first demo, The Grief Prophecy. It contained three songs and featured illustrations by the artist known as Necrolord, who has since created nearly all of Dissection's album art. A special edition of The Grief Prophecy was later released in memory of Dead, the former vocalist for the notorious Norwegian black metal group Mayhem, who committed suicide in 1991. The special release featured album art drawn by Dead himself. Dissection also played a live show in his honor, at which they performed the Mayhem song "Freezing Moon". The Grief Prophecy was soon spread through the underground, and the French record label Corpsegrinder Records offered Dissection a deal to record an EP. Later that year, Dissection accepted the deal and recorded Into Infinite Obscurity. The band continued to tour. In 1992, Dissection began work on a full-length album, The Somberlain. Because of coordination problems among members, the entire band moved to Gothenburg, Sweden (where they shared a rehearsal space with At the Gates) in the summer of 1993. The album was finished and released the following December. It was formally dedicated to Euronymous, the then-guitarist of Mayhem, who had been murdered earlier that year. During November of 1994, Dissection signed a record deal with the German record label Nuclear Blast. In 1995, the band's second full-length album, called Storm Of The Light's Bane, was released. The following year, Dissection also released a short EP entitled Where Dead Angels Lie. It was compiled from previous rare and import releases, and contained only cover songs and demo tracks. In 1997, Jon Nödtveidt was convicted for helping to murder a 38-year old homosexual man in Gothenburg. He was released in the autumn of 2004. Since then, Nödtveidt has formed a new line-up for Dissection with none of the previous members participating. Subsequently, Dissection recorded one two-track EP entitled Maha Kali and toured heavily with the "The Rebirth of Dissection" tour. In 2006, Dissection released their third full length album "Reinkaos" through their own label, in association with The End Records. Shortly after the release, in May 2006, in an online chat interview, Dissection announced plans to split following a short tour, including only two US dates (Though the US dates were cancelled due to Nödtveidt's incarceration, forbidding him from entering). The band played its final European concert in Stockholm on Midsummer (24 June) 2006. On August 16, 2006, frontman Jon Nödtveidt committed suicide. Nödtveidt's death was confirmed by the Swedish distributor Sound Pollution, whose staff has worked with Dissection throughout the band's career. A posting on the Sound Pollution web site [1] reads: "RIP Jon Nödtveidt 1975-2006. Condolences from Sound Pollution & Black Lodge." The band also made an official statement upon Dissection's official website.[1]
Members
Final line-up
- Jon Nödtveidt (June 28, 1975 – August 16, 2006) - Lead guitar, Vocals
- Set Teitan - rhythm guitar
- Tomas Asklund - drums
Former members
- Erik Danielsson (also in Watain) - bass guitar (on live occasions)
- Ole Öhman - drums
- Peter Palmdahl - bass guitar
- Mattias 'Mäbe' Johansson - guitar (session)
- Tobias Kjellgren - drums
- John Zwetsloot - guitar
- Johan Norman - guitar
- Bård 'Faust' Eithun - drums (session)
- Emil Nödtveidt - bass guitar (session)
- Brice LeClercq - bass guitar
- Hakon Forwald - bass guitar
Discography
Full length studio albums
 (Re-released by Nuclear Blast in 1997, and by The End Records in 2006.) |
 (Re-released by Nuclear Blast in 2000, and by The End Records in 2006) |
Live, EP, and compilation releases
- Into Infinite Obscurity - (7" EP, 1991)
- Where Dead Angels Lie - (EP, 1996)
- The Past Is Alive (The Early Mischief) - (1997)
- Live Legacy [Live] - (2003)
- Maha Kali - (EP, 2004)
- Gods of Darkness - Live Legacy bonus disc [Live] - (2003)
Demos
- The Grief Prophecy [Demo] - (1990)
Videography
- Live & Plugged Vol. 2 [VHS] - (1997)
- Rebirth of Dissection [DVD] - (2006)
Related bands
- The Black - A black metal band which Jon Nödveidt contributed to in 1992 and 1993.
- De Infernali - Electronic music project of Jon Nödveidt together with Damien (Midvinter).
- Satanized - A side project of Nödtveidt's.
- Ophthalamia - A black metal group in which Jon Nödtveidt played, as well as his brother Emil Nödtveidt.
- Deathstars - a band in which Nödveidt's younger brother Emil plays guitar/keyboards and former Dissection member Ole Öhman plays drums.
- Dawn (metal band) - A blackened death metal band for which Tomas Asklund also plays drums
- Cardinal Sin - John Zwetsloot's own band.
Notes
- ^ Dissection's Official Website, "Official Statement about Jon's Death", at Dissection.nu; last accessed September 9, 2006.
