An Interview with Heljarmadr of Dark Funeral

There is black metal royalty and there is Dark Funeral. Our black metal obsessive Stewart Lucas has pulled rank on usual interviewer supreme Matt Fraser and made it clear he only can interview Heljarmadr (Andreas Vingbäck) in the Manchester Academy kitchen. So set sail for tales of hot gigs, fluctuating setlists and how death and black metal are perfect bedfellows, no matter what us journos think.
Interviewer : Stewart Lucas
Video/Sound : Johann Wierzbicki
Sorry about the occasional mishap of keeping the mic out of the frame and not hitting the low ceiling. Harder than you think.
Recorded at the Academy in Manchester on April 21st 2023

[@echobutcher7027]

Heljarmadr is great guy and a great vocalist..i got a picture with him in Oklahoma,USA..Thank You Heljarmadr

[@christianwinstanley5190]

Gutted I missed this concert in my hometown , hopefully next time 🔥🔥😈😈🤘🤘🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@residentevildeadspace5729]

Heljarmadr does not want to admit, but he listen music on tour and that is music which he is makes and playing and that is black metal music and he makes music which he is love to make, listen and play like every other normal musician !!!

[@Heljarmadrofficial]

That day I listened to loads of Willie Nelson and VNV Nation ;)

[@johnwilliamscoffin]

Is there someone taller than this dude? So cute

[@didiervancampo9384]

Great interview 👍🤘

[@coveredinkevins9445]

Yeah if you like Mr Potato

[@antoniomachado8782]

​@@coveredinkevins9445 How old are you, 11? 🤔

[@MetalConfederation]

It's kinda hard 2 understand not RP accent especially when you're not a native speaker....

[@residentevildeadspace5729]

Heljarmadr is wrong. Having 2 bands sounding exactly the same on the same festival does make a lot of sense, the point is because 2 bands sounding exactly the same and because of that is completely normal that those 2 bands are on the same festival and that is metal festival and also all metal bands with all metal genres: black metal, death metal, thrash metal, groove metal, grind metal, deathcore, metalcore, power metal, nu metal, alternative metal, pop metal, glam metal, doom metal, gothic metal, industrial metal, hardcore punk, sludge metal, speed metal, progressive metal, viking metal and symphonic metal bands also make a lot of sense, the point is because all of those bands are metal bands and because of that is completely normal that all of those bands are on the same festival and that is metal festival !!!

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

Exactly, metal is my primary genre... like 75% of what I listen to. And, the other quarter is everything else.
I dont want to go to a show and for example hear the offspring, dark funeral, sum 41, amon amarth, the misfits, etc...
Nothing wrong with those bands but you need cohesion and a theme. I cant bond with a sum41 fan on the same level as i can a metal fan who knows marduk, carcass, metallica, fear factory, behexen, etc....

[@Heljarmadrofficial]

Perfect example of taking things out of context and not listening to what I said ;) I never talked about festivals but tours. And I don't think it's revolutionary to have death metal on the same tour package. It's been done since the 90's.

[@Heljarmadrofficial]

@@NAT-turners-Revenge Another perfect example of not listening to what I said. I never spoke of festivals but tours, I never spoke of Sum41 or Offspring but the combination of death and black metal on a tour, which is nothing new.

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

@@Heljarmadrofficial it's not that serious.... whatever I said was *2 MONTHS AGO* ... it's a dead topic. I'm not even going look at the context of your post and my post. Have a nice life 😃

[@Heljarmadrofficial]

@@NAT-turners-Revenge I didn't read it 2 MONTHS AGO but now ;) It's still there.

[@coveredinkevins9445]

OMG you could of got a better host, how embarrassing 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@antoniomachado8782]

​​@Covered in Kevin's How old are you, 11? 🤔

[@danielkelly1913]

That's not nice,he did a great job he's really informative guy