STURMGEIST's CORNELIUS VON JACKHELLN Interviewed; Video Available

January 18, 2010

Imhotep's Roy Kristensen conducted an interview with STURMGEIST mainman Cornelius von Jackhelln (also of SOLEFALD) last fall in Oslo, Norway. Watch the chat in three parts below.

On November 7, 2007, STURMGEIST got the worst phone call a musician can get: a news reporter stated that a young Finn using "Sturmgeist89" as his YouTube login had killed nine people, including himself, at his high school in Jokela. As a result, STURMGEIST considered giving up music entirely. When confronted with such an example of real evil, the extreme metal fascination with imaginary evil seemed shallow and shameful. However, STURMGEIST decided to persevere. Giving the critics right would be equal to admitting guilt for a crime committed by a deranged kid alien to the band. In a press release the same day, Von Jackhelln retorted that "although extreme metal as a genre deals with topics such as isolation, misanthropy and despair, blaming the musicians is both wrong and unfair. It is people that kill people. Not music." The furious song "Sturmgeist_89" is a message from the real STURMGEIST, with the short question "Why did you do it?" as its desperate chorus.

When STURMGEIST now returns after three years of silence, it is with an album that screams with fury and vengeance. STURMGEIST has adopted the extreme expression of Norwegian black metal and evolved beyond the eclectic black/thrash/industrial style of the band's two previous albums, "Meister Mephisto" (2005) and "Über" (2006; both released through Season of Mist).

"Manifesto Futurista" was recorded in desolate surroundings in Sofia and Berlin, and masterfully mixed by Stamos Koliousis and Vangelis Labrakis at 210 Studios. Released on STURMGEIST's own Berlin-based Inhuman Music under the motto "I speak of war but pray for peace", "Manifesto Futurista" is set to enthuse and to infuriate, to alienate and to arouse. The album cover displays Norwegian artist Pushwagner's monumental work "Dadadata I".

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