SUSPERIA Vocalist Returns To The Stage; Video Footage Online
July 4, 2009, 15 years ago
As previously reported, SUSPERIA vocalist Athera (Pål Mathiesen) was due to return to the stage at the Steinkjer Festival in Norway on Friday, June 26th following his recovery from a heart attack, which require open heart surgery. Norway's Trønder-Avisa has posted live footage and an interview snippet conducted backstage at this location.
Athera recently gave his first interview since the heart attack to Belgium's Metal Nose. Talking about his new perspective on life he said, "I haven't seen the light or anything but things are certainly different. I would never ever dare to touch any kind of drugs anymore and I don't understand now how people can pull smoke into their lungs and stuff like that, even though I used to love it. I guess you must go through something like this to realize the dangers and insanity of some of the bad things in life."
Read the full interview here.
Susperia's fifth studio album, Attitude, was released last month via Candlelight Records, entering the official Norwegian Album Charts at #28, whilst in the USA it was the #3 most added album on specialist Rock Radio Playlists.
Attitude is the band's debut for the Candlelight label and features guest appearances from Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT) and Shagrath (DIMMU BORGIR).
Recording took place at Strand Studio and Studio Cyrus, Norway, with the mix being completed at Studio Fredman in Sweden by Henrik Udd and Fredrik Nordstrom (Dimmu Borgir, ARCH ENEMY, OPETH).
More on Susperia, including their live itinerary, at this location.
