Sign Of An Open Eye

Here is some more photos from the amazing Blekk Metal Event this year in Bergen, Norway. These are from one of my favourite shows, Gaahls Wyrd. More shots and alternative versions can bee seen on my photo blog HERE

Unholy Night

Using these holidays to post some stuff on these here old blogs. I guess it is about time and waaaaay overdue.
In November I was a part of a very special and historic black metal and tattoo event in Bergen, Norway... Blekk Metal. Go check out the site to see more about what you missed out on. And miss out you did if you weren't there. This was a once in a life time kinda thing!
Besides being there to tattoo I also brought my camera to capture a few of the bands playing there. Some of these photos have been posted on my photo blog and more will follow soon. Go HERE to see them.
Here is a couple of alternative versions of some of the shots.

Vater Und Sohn

A couple of weeks ago, Kinga and I went to Hamburg to see friends and to go to my friend Sascha's shop, (re)opening party. He has, together with two other great guys, made a name for them selves with this shop, that offers everything you need to be a well groomed urban lumberjack. Everything from moonshine, beard wash, hand made knives and pens to fancy Japanese denim and hand made leather boots. All a true son of Mumford desires. 

They had moved a few stores down, from their previous location, to this spacious beautiful corner shop. 

Congratulations guys.    

If you are in Hamburg go see their fancy... I mean manly shop, 

Vater Und Sohn.

My good friend and co owner of Vater Und Sohn, 

Sascha Kampmeyer.

Black Easter

It has been a while since easter already but better late than never right? So here is how I celebrated easter... Evil style!!

Our friends in Cancer Bats came to town and Stanley brought them here in his van. Stanley is an awesome guy and he is also the one who introduced us to the guys in Cancer Bats when he got us in at the Roskilde Festival 2 years ago. Needless to say, good times were had. New friendships were made and the rest is history. We have talked about doing a satanic bible on him for a long time so since there was a bit of spare time before the bats had to play we figured that now was the time! So done and done! One satanic bible of DOOM!
I took some pictures of the bats the night before when they played Odense. Check them out on my photoblog.

Satanic after show rites at The Rock

(photo by the EVIL princess Inferno)

Max, our Russian comrade, came back to get a satanic crow. And that is what he got.

He brough presents from mother Russia. Good stuff...good stuff indeed.

The Russian gift basket incl. the flowered scarf.

In all this unholyness we had to get Martin in as well. The original plan was to start 2 new pieces on him but I decided to finish the chest piece of evilness instead and just start one piece the next day. Pictures of that next time.

One of the few painting that I actually did get done on my vacation was time little thing.

With all this black art comes a soundtrack as well. A lot of headphone time so I wouldn't drive Amalie crazy. I actually kinda like being in my own little world of headphones. Keeps me more focused. The problem is that it can be really antisocial at home. But it works.

Uncle Allans Black Easter playlist

Trap Them: Darker Handcraft

Gaza: He Is Never Coming Back + I don't Care Where I Go When I Die.

Electric Wizard: Black Masses

Red Fang: Red Fang + Murder The Mountains

Ghost: Opus Eponymous

Graveyard: Hisingen Blues

Kvelertak: Kvelertak

Purified In Blood: Under Black Skies

Burzum: Fallen

To end this blog post of evil, here is a little video.

The Mel and The Klaus

Looking through the next pictures to post from the last trip to California I realized that this post would have to be about two of my favourite people, Amalie (Mel, among friends in California) and my evil twin Klaus. I guess we were on our way to the Queen Mary this day. More photos from that later.

A day at the beach

The one day we decided to use our day of to go to the beach the weather decided to be cold and grey...well for California standard, but still. Not warm enough to go swimming. We walked around for a while anyway. You can go back in time and see what my wife had to say about that day on her blog...right HERE

Where everyone knows your name

Back at Sid's in Orange County. It's the shop we always go to when ever we go to that side of the world and the peeps hanging there and working there is kinda the reason why we go in the first place. Sid was a source of inspiration even before I knew him.