Svensk gothrock med cover av Billy Idols hitlåt.

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Scheitan slipper album 27. oktober, i morgen, 'Songs for the Gothic People' vil bli sluppet via The Circle Music. Tipset kom fra  Dominic@3nation.  'White Wedding' er tredje singel fra det kommende slippet. Gitarist, multiinstrumentalist og vokalist Pierre forteller om bryllupssangen: 

" Billy Idol has always been one of my favourite artists. It was the same for Oscar, Scheitan’s drummer who tragically passed away some years ago. And I think Oscar would have approved of this version of White Wedding. We talked many times about recording Rebel Yell with our other band Helltrain but I think this one will do equally good.

I tried to go for a bit more goth than rock in the soundscape and vocals. Billy is an excellent singer so it would just have been stupid to try to replicate some of the stuff he does in the track. I know my place and capabilities."

Du sjekker ut de andre to singlene under her.

Og vi snakker mange år siden sist Scheitan var aktivt. Mulig noen husker albumet 'Nemesis' fra 1999? (Century Media).

"Scheitan was formed in 1996 by Pierre Törnkvist (guitar/bass/vocals) together with Oscar Karlsson (drums). The duo started out as a black metal band but transformed during the musical journey into the fields of gothic/ambient rock. Both members had previous musical experience mainly from death and black metal such as The Moaning, Defleshed, The Everdawn and Gates of Ishtar to name a few. They established themselves as respected musicians in the 90s underground scene.

Scheitan released its first album Travelling in Ancient Times on Invasion Records in 1996. The album was an 8-track blast of intense black metal except for the last track Portals of Might which was the first indication of Scheitan wanting to explore other musical realms. The second album Berzerk 2000, also released on Invasion Records in 1998, was divided into different styles, to say the least. The first four tracks show a gothic/ambient Scheitan while the last three saw Scheitan bid a final farewell to its black metal roots. The first four tracks of Berzerk 2000 saw a digital re-release in 2021 as the Deathgoth EP.

Century Media signed the band after the contract with Invasion was finished and in 1999 the band recorded and released Nemesis. The musical style was now completely devoted to the gothic/ambient/dark domain except for the vocals of Pierre Törnkvist who were still kept in the harsh style present on earlier albums. The Nemesis album has in later days been hailed as a hidden gem and predecessor to many bands today with a similar style. When it was time to write new Scheitan material after Nemesis both Pierre and Oscar felt that it did not fit into the project and therefore Helltrain was started, which is a completely different story."