Jon Nödtveidt/DISSECTION commits suicide

[Erik]

DISSECTION frontman Jon Nödtveidt has committed suicide, informed sources have told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. More details will be made available shortly.

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.

DISSECTION's most recent album, "Reinkaos", was released in May on The End Records.

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[skeptik]

lol

 

[Zeralon]

That sucks.. if it's true, that is.

 

[-Demonium-]

What. The fuck.

 

[skeptik]

COMMENT |
posted by : Blabber Basher
8/18/2006 9:24:04 AM

R.I.P.



COMMENT |
posted by : Blabber Basher
8/18/2006 9:25:59 AM

i remove my rip, the man killed someone....what a moron, go to hell

 

[fat bastard]

shitty. i think he had plenty of good music left in him.

 

[Thanatopsis123]

shitty. i think he had plenty of good music left in him.

Really?

 

[skeptik]

He already said he was finished with Dissection and had no plans to do anything else musically.

 

[-Demonium-]

Maybe its one of those plans to sell more albums.
But i'm not going to believe it until i see it on the Dissection site or forum, which is down at the moment...

 

[Dr. Abner Mality]

If there was any guy in the current metal scene who was going to off himself, Jon was the one. Looking at his statements in interviews and the lyrics of his music, there were plenty of clues.

A sad situation, nonetheless. They had some classic material.

 

[CF87]

Jon is a great musician. r.i.p

 

[Teh Grimace]

i like sotlb...

he was prolly a dickhead IRL...

lots of people kill themselves and nobody gives a fuck...

still sad tho...

 

[Killbot]

I never really liked Dissection, but it's always sad to hear about a loss of life, even if they are a murderer.
r.i.p

 

[unknown]

wow...uh......wow...

 

[Unwanted-Soul]

R.I.P Jon Nödtveidt

You owned. -Salutes-

 

[Guthrum]

Never listened to Dissection, but that's still a shock to hear.

 

[Todd Jaymz]

To bad, the first studio record in like 13 years. Maybe could have been a comeback for them. There are alot of bands putting out new music after extended breaks-TJ

 

[CAIRATH]

He was a rather huge idiot and Dissection wasn't in any danger of releasing something that was actually worth listening to anymore at this stage.

No great loss I guess.

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[Eyes Of The Insane]

fuck

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

That's what you get for killing another man.