"SVARTEDIKET" WORLD’S FIRST BLACK METAL-MUSICAL!
Not since the Black plague(“Svartedauden”) in 1349 sailed into the harbor of Bergen, a new black plague shall be spread in Europa. The Norwegian black metal capitol Bergen has with great success been hiding for its tourists the fact that the towns drinkingwater Svartediket(” Blackgulch”) is the “golden gate” for suicides.
In 2006 a local plague broke out and over 1000 people got very sick. The local authorities told the citizens that it was bacteria called ‘Giardia’ that they had found in the drinkingwater of Svartediket. Desperately they tried to hide the fact that this bacteria is caused by decaying of corpses.
The citizens of Bergen has been ‘Drinking the dead’ for a long time and its the main inspiration behind SVARTEDIKET...a true norwegian black metal musical. Historical evidence indicate that until late 18th-century they used to drown unwanted children in the water. With this grim plot in their minds Arild Brakstad and Arne Longvastøl in 2005 set out to make a project that could challenge both the theater and Black metal scene.
Having the ambition to rise above local theater scene the artist found as they ‘drowned” themselves into the making of Svartediket that the story had profound parallel’s with japanese horror style and also could give an deeper explanation to where all this black metal kids from Bergen has risen from (....the dead).
Shipping the finished play of to Danish and German theater agencies gave the answers we where hoping for..: "this is an musical that can have a big crowd in Europe. Not only because of Black metal but because it raises an important question..How the hell are we treating our children in this sick world?”
We therefore proudly present you this CD containing 19 songs with Norwegian lyrics being the soundtrack to the future theatrical piece SVARTEDIKET...a true norwegian black metal musical!
Genres: Black/Folk Metal
Lyrical theme: Svartediket
Country: Norway (Bergen)
Official Homepage: http://www.svartediket.no/
Official Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/svartediketmusical
