Dissection Frontman Jon Nödtveidt Commits Suicide
Dissection frontman Jon Nödtveidt has 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, www.soundpollution.se, reads: "RIP Jon Nödtveidt 1975-2006. Condolences from Sound Pollution & Black Lodge."
Nödtveidt formed Dissection in 1989 and released two full-length albums with the group ? "The Somberlain" (1993) and "Storm of the Light's Bane" (1995) ? before he was convicted in Sweden of felony murder of 37-year-old homosexual Algerian Josef Ben Maddour in 1997. He was released from prison in 2004, at which point he restarted Dissection.
Dissection announced in May that it would split up imediately following its final performances in support of its recently released CD, "Reinkaos". The band was subsequently forced to cancel its two previously announced appearances in North America (Sept. 1 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA and Sept. 6 at B.B. King Blues Club in New York City) after Nödtveidt was denied legal entry into the United States as a result of his conviction.
Nödtveidt formed Dissection in 1989 and released two full-length albums with the group ? "The Somberlain" (1993) and "Storm of the Light's Bane" (1995) ? before he was convicted in Sweden of felony murder of 37-year-old homosexual Algerian Josef Ben Maddour in 1997. He was released from prison in 2004, at which point he restarted Dissection.
Dissection announced in May that it would split up imediately following its final performances in support of its recently released CD, "Reinkaos". The band was subsequently forced to cancel its two previously announced appearances in North America (Sept. 1 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA and Sept. 6 at B.B. King Blues Club in New York City) after Nödtveidt was denied legal entry into the United States as a result of his conviction.
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| Aghahowa Posts: 110 From: France  |
R.I.P. Jon. I will regret your humanism after your band shows.
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| enixtm Posts: 79 From: Romania  |
R.I.P.
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| Valar IndianSteel Posts: 828 From: USA  |
R.I.P damn!
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| Endoftherainbow Posts: 1168 From: Canada  |
R.I.P. Made some great muisc.
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| Aghahowa Posts: 110 From: France |
I've forgotten ... Even if he has done really bad things (kill - prison)
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| RavenLord Posts: 651 From: Ireland  |
Shit...this was pretty sudden...I suppose it guarantees 'kvlt' status for the band now, though... While I would like to respect his memory, I cannot deny that he has some definite problems. He committed murder, and that cannot be excused. I am still not clear whether he ever regretted that, or simply the fact that he was put into prison. However, I believe that, as a Christian, I must acknowledge the death of a great musician, and a fellow human being. R.I.P. Jon Notveidt...I know not where you are now, but here on Earth your memory and your music will live on...
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| Arian Totalis The Philosopher Posts: 3351 From: USA  |
Oh, it's a sad thing, I don't even listen to them, but when you really think about these things, it doesn't matter, because you can only imagine the kind of self distain he must have felt, sometimes I get so depressed and pissed at myself that I just want to abandon and hurt all kinds of people, including myself, because ultimately there many things about myself which I hate, these kinds of thought patterns can lead to suicidal tendancies if not carefully monitered, luckily I have enough self control not to do something stupid and leave the people who love me. But this guy must have felt some kind of remourse that was to great for him to bear, Maby that murder weighed on his mind, I don't know, All I can hope is that his soul rests well and is in a better place.
---- "For the Coward there is no Life For the hero there is No Death" -Kakita Toshimoko "The Philosopher, you know so much about nothing at all." _Chuck Schuldiner.
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| Daru Jericho Posts: 2098 From: UK  |
Dissection were so amazing and I never had the pleasure of seeing them live (and never will now). I'm gonna give SOTLB a rinsing through these next days. R.I.P.
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| Jason W. Razorbliss Posts: 3523 From: USA  |
certainly not what I was expecting to come home to... RIP
---- "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
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| Passenger Lost To Apathy Posts: 1464 From: Portugal  |
Pretty fucked up...this puts his recent life into a whole new perspective. A distorced person, but may he rest in peace.
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| matos Posts: 511 From: Slovenia  |
WTF ?!? no! i can't believe this :O  god damn! Jon you idiot ! fuck! i've never seen them live  What is that good for !???!
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| Raiden Down Under Staff Posts: 8292 From: Australia  |
Fuck... This sucks. It was only the other week that they were touring, and he made a statement himself about not being allowed into America. Now all of a sudden he's dead :-S Are there any other details?
---- "Scream for me Melbourne!!!!" - Bruce Dickinson "I don't see any god up here" - Yuri Gagarin (while in orbit, 1961)
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| Thrash666 Posts: 217 From: USA  |
R.I.P. Jon you will be missed and so will your music
---- LONG LIVE THASH!!!!!!!!! R.I.P. "Dimebag" Darrell Abott Drink a "blacktooth" for Dimebag
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| Damnated Churchburner Posts: 4943 From: Romania  |
"The Satanist decides over his own life and death and prefers to go with a smile on his lips when he has reached his peak in life, when he has accomplished everything, and aim to transcend this earthly existence. But it is completely un-Satanic to end ones own life because one is sad or miserable. The Satanist dies strong, not by age, disease or depression, and he chooses death before dishonor! Death is the orgasm of life! So live life accordingly, as intense as possible!" [Slayer magazine, 2003] So he was preparing this. Still, every death is bad. RIP
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