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January 24 2006
Reviews
A bunch of promos are on their way to different magazines now, but here are a few reviews highlights so far:
Vergangenheit reviews:
Monster Magazine (5/6): "Norwegian thrash metal classic".
Metal Shuffle (5/6): "Angry, aggressive and highly exciting thrash metal".
heavymetal.no (9/10): "Genius (...) Dares to move in new terrain, constantly".
Hellfrost (99/100): "The most unique thrash band I've heard in a long, long time".
Zukunft Reviews:
heavymetal.no (9/10): "Norwegian metal and noise at its best".
Dagbladet (5/6): "Dirty, monumental and sick".
Monster Matgazine (5/6): "Goddamn raw and aggressive! (...) Not to be missed!".
Aberration Online (6/6): "Categorization is impossible - wonderful!".
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January 23 2006
Radio clips
A couple of mp3s from NRK P3 for you guys. The first one is Harald Are Lund inteviewing Espen Hangård, broadcast early in november right after the release of Zukunft.
The second one is from NRK P3's Tinitus show. Every week they invite a metal star to act as a music police officer. A few weeks back Bullet for my Valentine vocalist Matthew Tucker was on, and he got pass out judgment on noplacetohide's Capisce among others. Check it out, he actually quite liked it!
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January 19 2006
No future
noplacetohide has disbanded. Debut album Vergangenheit (1995) rereleased on Entartete Musik.
On October 16 2005 noplacetohide's second album Zukunft was unleashed on the world. noplacetohide played four final shows that week to celebrate the long awaited release of the album, but few knew that this would also be noplacetohide's last shows ever. Four months earlier the band had agreed to split up, sick and tired of dealing with amateurish underground labels. The band had simply had enough. Business bullshit had drained the creative force from the band, and the band had long since stagnated due to its lacking media outlet. A 16 year uphill battle had taken its toll. However, determined not to fade away, the band decided to play those final shows and document all recorded material from their 16 year long "carreer". This meant the band once again had to dig deep in their pockets, as well as getting involved with the Italian Mafia, to finance the release of two full albums on CD and LP.
noplacetohide's debut album Vergangenheit has been long sold out and out of print. Originally released in 1995, the album received rave reviews all over, but it
seemed that the metal labels of the world, still caught up in the black metal hysteria of the early nineties, were not yet ready for originality or individuality. Thrash metal was not trendy in the underground anymore. The self financed product met no interest from international labels or distributors. They simply did not know how to market a Norwegian band that hadn't jumped on the BM bandwagon, and consequently the band remained Norway's best kept secret, despite the critically acclaimed debut. The album only found its way to the most adventurous of metal fans.
To celebrate the ten years since the original release, the new version includes a full CD (titled "From the Remains") worth of extra material. The bonus CD includes all four demos the band made, as well as live version of unreleased songs, a remix by Martin Horntveth of Jaga Jazzist, and cover songs of Depeche Mode and Cloroform. That's 77 minutes of hard-to-find material that was for the most part originally released on cassettes and CDRs.
It is in other words high time the world gets to experience Vergangenheit. Now that people actually confess to liking thrash metal and progressive music again, the world seems better prepared for Vergangenheit than in 1995.
Post noplacetohide:
Anders Hangård has joined Nidingr. Nidingr released their debut album "Sorrow infinite and darkness" in 2005 and will start playing live this spring. Espen Hangård plays in the up and coming band Point Shirley and with the highly acclaimed noise metal project Killl (with members of JR Ewing, Jaga Jazzist and Single Unit). Both Killl and Point Shirley will have their debut releases out this year.
www.nidingr.no
www.b-o-r-g.org
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December 14 2005
Holiday shopping tips
If you're gonna give away presents this year, make sure there are some Zukunft CDs under the tree!
Ravi and NRK's Lydverket agree, check out their present recommendations on tonight's show at 2310.
www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/lydverket/
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November 2 2005
Interview on Harald Are Lund show
The legendary Harald Are Lund features noplacetohide in this week's show. There will be a live interview and some songs off our records.
NRK P3, Thursday November 3rd at 20:00-23:00.
www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/harald_are_lund/
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November 1 2005
Number One on Metall-Svisj
Capisce was last week's most wanted video on NRK's Metal Svisj. Everyone load up and get ready tonight, as well! Fuck work on Wednesday and stay up all night in the name of Heavy Metal, or be a poser forever!
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October 24 2005
Capisce 3rd most wanted video
The video for the song Capisce entered the list as this week's 3rd most requested video on the NRK (Norwegian national television) Metal Svisj show. Capisce is taken off our brand new album Zukunft, and the video premiered on TV this week. Thanks to everyone who voted for us, and stay tuned to NRK2 with your cell phone in hand this coming Tuesday night!
www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/svisj/3536473.html
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October 18 2005
Radio appearance tonight
If you are unable to get to tonight's show at Garage in Oslo, be sure to check out noplacetohide on national Norwegian radio. There will be an interview with Birger, who will be presenting the new album among other things. NRK P3, tuesday 2200-2400.
www.nrk.no/petre/
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October 6 2005
Zukunft release parties
We're holding a few release parties around the release date for Zukunft. We'll be playing a great show of new and old songs, as well as selling the album and other stuff. So don't miss it!
Friday Oct 14th : Tønsberg / Haugarock w/Isilma
Tuesday Oct 18th : Oslo / Garage w/Diskord
Friday Oct 21st : Tønsberg / Rivals w/Next Life
Saturday Oct 22nd : Tønsberg / Rivals w/Next Life
www.diskord.net/
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October 5 2005
Zukunft press release
For immediate release
10/05/2005
noplacetohide unleashes second album Zukunft on Entartete Musik.
October 17 2005 sees the long awaited release of noplacetohide's second album, titled Zukunft. Zukunft is released on Norway's Entartete Musik label and distributed through Chewin' Pine Records/VME. Five years in the making, and another five years in exile, Zukunft picks up noplacetohide's fearless and shining style heard on their 1995 debut album Vergangenheit, and blows all preconceptions to bits. Written during the absolute creative low of the heavy metal genre's 35 year history, Zukunft focuses on the individual song as the fundament of the genre, and dares to explore different stylistic approaches and expressions. Thus Zukunft promotes versatile music that retains the original power inherent in the heavy metal genre while avoiding the pathetic christian duality, binary dynamics and tedious cliches of most of noplacetohide's contemporaries.
Released to the day ten years after its predecessor, Zukunft points to the future where Vergangenheit dealt with the past. The two albums form a perfect line in time and a conceptual whole discussing different ideas surrounding the human perception of time. Vergangenheit is the past enslaving the present, while Zukunft is the future maiming the present. Zukunft laughs at the naïveté in the futuristic. Zukunft hails the individualist and mocks the self-fulfilling fatalism of believing in the future. Zukunft is the Eric Blair Witch Project reality show featuring the haunting ghost of Adolf Hitler imprisoned by Arthur Koestler and the Ghostbusters. Zukunft greets the revolution and waves goodbye to the Empire's extreme negligence and apocalyptically arrogant optimism. Zukunft is the exploration of space. Zukunft is your property. Zukunft is weapons technology. Zukunft is your children. Zukunft is taking action. It's just a question of time.
www.entartetemusik.com
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August 31 2005
New album out in September
So, the album is gonna be out, finally. Entartete Musik releases the record, and Chewin Pine/vme is taking hand of the distribution.
And we're gonna play some shows.
Plus lots more stuff. Check back soon for details.
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June 30 2005
npth at slottsfjellfestivalen
npth will play 2 gigs at slottsfjellfestivalen this year.
one with a hardcore npth set at dolby friday july 22th
the next day we do a seigmen tribute thing with red7productions at baglerscenen right after Jahn Teigen .
/rock on
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February 15 2004
noplacetohide week at www.heavymetal.no
Yngve at www.heavymetal.no published two noplacetohide articles this week, first a (p)review of Zukunft, and secondly an interview done right after the Entombed tour in December.
www.heavymetal.no/
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February 12 2004
Scream review
There is a review of the Entombed/noplacetohide gig in Oslo in the latest issue of Scream Magazine. Buy the magazine or read it in our reviews section.
www.screammagazine.com
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January 3 2004
Happy New Year
2003 was probably the best year for noplacetohide ever, and we are hoping for even more activity and brutal music in 2004! Our album WILL be out soon, and more gigs will follow.
The Entombed tour in late November was great, even though we drove 2600 km in 5 days. It was cool hanging out with Entombed, and we got to play Bergen and Trondheim, where we have never played before. The reception in those towns was phenomenal.
Read the links below for a review (Norwegian only) and Entombed's tour diary!
www.groove.no/html/article/7805569.html
tomb.wtdbrotherhood.com/Submeny/tourreport03.htm
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November 7 2003
Mini tour with Entombed
We are proud to announce that we will support Entombed on four of their Norwegian gigs in late November. Here are the dates:
November 26th - Folken / Stavanger
November 27th - Hulen /Bergen
November 29th - John Dee / Oslo
November 30th - Blæst / Trondheim
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September 23 2003
Entombed + noplacetohide November 29th
Allright, another smashing killer evening: John Dee (Oslo),Saturday the 29th of November. Witness Scandinavia's finest Death Metal Rock; Entombed & noplacetohide.
www.entombed.org
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August 27 2003
Oslo gig w/The Locust September 6th
Well here's a gig you don't wanna miss. On Saturday September 6th Fabrikken (next to Blå) will be infested by the wonderful Locust. Orthrelm, Single Unit (hey buddy!) and noplacetohide are teaming up for the night of the year, so get your pathetic ass down there.
www.thelocust.com
www.singleunit.net
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August 19 2003
Vergangenheit mp3's
Go to the discography/mp3 section of the site and download four songs from our debut album, "Vergangenheit". And be sure to check back later. Some songs from the upcoming "Zukunft" album, as well as all our demos, will be available eventually!
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August 14 2003
Photo update
We did two nice gigs at So What June this summer, and someone (Kristian Harding Hansen) documented the first (June 10th)with a camera (angle far right) see it here:
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August 12 2003
Gig August 22nd
We have a new gig coming, August 22nd at the Royal Oak in Tønsberg. Next Life and Fuzzgun will also play, so don't miss it!
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30.07.03
GIG
Yo ppl, were back older and more focused than ever :)
First up is gig at Slottsfjellfestivalen TOMORROW (little short notice) sometime around midnight.
more news to come...
more info:
www.slottsfjellfestivalen.no
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