Dead Trooper Bastard Squad

Wild Metal Fest - Wild, Wet, Burnt To The Ground!

2011-06-08T14:15:00.000-07:00

To sum it up:

We rehearsed relentlessly for this show, our biggest and most important gig so far. We traveled from Norway with fantastic expectations and in good spirits. We got to Cancun, drove to the stage, got on stage, played for about 6 min 35 secs when the skies opened. Blistering sun for days, and then lady Fortuna decided to play a nasty trick on us. The power was cut so that nothing would short-circuit, and the rest of the festival was cancelled. We play one and a half song. Enslaved, Wild Demise and Sepultura did not get to play at all... We waited for a couple of hours, waiting for everything to hopefully dry (which it did not), and when the audience realized nothing was happening they decided to go ballistic, riot and burn the stage. By that time, all expensive equipment and all staff was driven away though...

Yeah.

HOWEVER!

The short time we where on stage only left us hungry for more. This is Mexico, and the passion and intensity of Mexican metal fans is just insane! The rain sent both us and them into a soaked frenzy, eyes rolled white, blind circle pits all round! We headed straight for the local biker club, Route 666, where a local band was shredding. Apparently, Cancun still wanted Dead Trooper to play, and by golly we did! 300 maniacs in a tiny club got served Norwegian Thrash Metal by the frustrated and slightly inebriated bastards. We thought we'd treat Cancun to some Brazilian bikini wax mayhem as well, and delivered Territory and Refuse/Resist by you know who. During our last song of the night (we thought) none other than Derrick Green himself appeared in the crowd! Pointing and smiling, he agreed to join us on stage(!!!) for a couple of awesome, yet slightly stumbling renditions of some immortal Sepulclassics, performed on a busted PA, a measly drumkit and a 15-watt guitar "amplifier". Holy crap, the crowd went apeshit!!

Mexico blew us away, totally. What an experience!! Beautiful girls, crazy fans, hangin' out with Sepultura, DRI, Enslaved, Keep Of Kalessin.... Words are futile in describing this trip.... Harald O is crazy, btw.

Mother Nature fucked us over, the metalheads of Cancun saved us!!!!

A wee update!!

2010-05-16T07:08:00.000-07:00

Scheisse what a weekend! Three brand-spanking-new songs demoed and drinks all round!
Bokn & Birger attended Keep Of Kalessin Saturday and ran into the KoK-VIP! :D He loooves Dead Trooper and has a nice bowtie! Here are the results of the boys' celebrity hunt:

Note the difference in skin tone. I'd blush too if I met Didrik Solli Tangen!

On another note, we will be rounding up the recording of our snassy little EP very soon. Only vocals and some guitars remain, and we will enter the studio in two weeks! Watch out for nasty lyrics and some fantastic bastards on guest vocals.

Also, you HAVE to check out Dead Trooper @ Oslo Musikkfest Saturday, 05 June! We will perform 16 o'clock at Jacobskirken! The bill also includes fantastic friends of ours, Shot At Dawn
(www.shotatdawn.net) in addition to Waklewören, Breed and others!! Check it out here:

http://musikkfest.no/nor/venues/127;Metalscene

and here:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=119335281431032&ref=ts

So take of your morning gown, come on down, don't go in the water if you know what's good for you, and try not to get shit on the sheets.

And by the way, if you haven't gotten a hold of Cynicist yet, send us an email right hear, dere;
ORDER@DEADTROOPER.COM

Yours un-faithfully, Meister

Some pics from Geilo

2010-03-10T04:06:00.001-08:00

Hamar and Geilo - Mini roadtrip!

2010-03-06T06:35:00.000-08:00

So, last weekend we hit Hamar and Geilo! The trip to Hamar was free of problems, we arrived, set up our gear with the boys in
Wyruz, and had a great night. The place was packed, loooud crowd :D, a lot of chicks (Bokn had a hard time focusing his already short attention span with that many smoking females breasting about). This was our first gig with Wyrus, those guys are great! THE RED TRAIL! :D We played Reaping for the first time in a long time, and it felt good. The locals turned a little shy when we whipped out our version of the best Norwegian Punk-folk-necro-accordion-based-blues-pop song ever, XXL by DDE!! But they got stronger, chorus by chorus ;) Awesome!
This gig was fucking hot, both bartenders, bartendees and musicians sweated pretty good, the backstage was totally packed and cramped as usual, and the beer flowed free! What a night! Tnx Hamar, we love you! :D (Special tnx to Hein with the cock)

Next stop - Geilo

The trip was fucking cold and late and the night driving took its toll on drivers as well as vehicles, but we made it to Geilo at 6:30 in the morning, got a couple of hours sleep, and started rigging the drums. The stage was outside, in the freezing Norwegian winter, on a truck... The PA-system was like your average car-stereo, but soundman Rolli worked his magic, and did his best despite dastardly distortion and frantic feedback. Of course, it didn't take long for the skys to open and "bless" us with a long, snowy kiss. The white magic filled the TWO monitors we had, thus restricting movement of the speakers, thus removing any presence of instruments as well as vocals on stage. Yeah. If it wasn't for the gang of ten year-olds occupying the stage with their relentless dancing, headbanging, interrogation about guitars and plectrums between songs, (throughout the entire set!!!) I am not sure what I would have felt about this one... But THE KIDS SAVED US!!!! Gotta love the kids!!! By the way, this was not a "traditional" Trooper-gig, we played 50/50 covers (including Jokke, AcDc, Twisted Sister and Bon (never again) Jovi) and originals. So now you know...

All together, this weekend kicked ass! Rolli and Bokn even expanded our vocabularies with the following words: Kwegga, Schlubb and Møs. Contact Bokn for translation.....

Last, but not least; Bokn is the best drummer ever..... Tnx Bro.

Till next time!

Der Meister

CYNICIST OUT ON DIGITAL RELEASE

2009-12-13T22:34:00.000-08:00

Finally the bastards have landed with their supreme debut album!

Search for Dead Trooper - Cynicist at the following sites:

http://www.itunes.com
http://downloads.cdon.com/
http://www.amazon.com/
http://free.napster.com
http://www.emusic.com
http://www.deezer.com/
http://www.7digital.com
http://www.tunetribe.com/
http://www.lala.com
http://meteli.net/
http://peoplesmusicstore.com

Also available on Spotify.
Keep supportin' the Norwegian Bastards!

http://www.deadtrooper.com
http://www.facebook.com/deadtroopermetal
http://www.youtube.com/user/DeadTrooperOfNorway
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dead_trooper_bastardsquad/

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Photo gallery heavily updated

2009-10-27T15:00:00.001-07:00

Flickr page updated, check out many old & new pics here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dead_trooper_bastardsquad/4050543849/

Roadblog, Entry #7 - Kosy Kristiansand :-)

2009-10-03T09:09:00.000-07:00

The trek with Pantheon I is over, and we hit Kristiansand all on our own. Man, we wiss you guys already! Mörve, Næggis & Knæggis and Live!!! Gotta admit it was a little weird playing without these guys after all the fun we had! See you again anytime freaks!!! :D

The gig went great, we played great, and everything rocked! Our first time in Kristiansand, and neither we or the local freaks disappointed! Thanks a lot for showing up! And a special tnx to drummerboywunderkid Are for recording the whole fuckin' thing!

The support and feedback on this tour has been mindblowing, see you next time!!
Signing out.... Morten

Roadblog, Entry #6 - Kaos In Kopervik!

2009-09-29T10:49:00.000-07:00

Now, this was probably the most diverse crowd we have ever played for! Middle-aged Chinese woman, some pretty Milfs (much to Bokns joy), members from Bokns extended family, straight-looking business guys, slighly psychopathic christian women, the usual leather-clad drunk metal guys, and a bunch of girls!! Fuck yeah, awesome! Freaks all round! Probably the smallest stage ever, too! To mark the end of the tour, we joined Pantheon I for a massive, crowded rendition of Whiplash!!! 9 people on a stage that was big enough for 2!
Met a bunch of old friends, seems like a lot of people know us all around Norway.

Kopervik, You Kick Ass !!

:D

Roadblog, Entry #5 - No sleep till' Bergen!

2009-09-22T05:59:00.000-07:00

The smell of....

Playing at a festival for youth was definitely a wise choice. The kids ALWAYS go crazy, and this was no exception!!! The boys and girls up front were rabid, stagedivin', headbangin', tootin' and a'hollerin' Bergen motherfuckers!! WE LOVE YOU!! Don't ever change!! We wish from the bottom of our hearts that we could play more than a mere half hour, but that's what it's like playing a festival with 10 other bands, so that's what we had to deal with... There is no doubt in our minds however, that we will be back to Norways Metal Capital!! Bergen gave us an experience we will never forget.

Been a little short on pictures lately, but we will post them here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadtrooperbastardsquad
as soon as we get'em!!

Stay sick, freaks!!!

Roadblog, Entry #4 - Pulverizin' Porsgrunn

2009-09-13T10:31:00.000-07:00

We, the bastards....

Another great gig! The positive feedback is just overwhelming! Especially when it comes from friends we really respect and look to for inspiration!
Porsgrunn ripped on a Saturday night, and gave us a really good time! We love you! Special tnx to Tove, who let 8 ugly (and one pretty) bastards sleep at her house, AND made the best breakfast ever! Thank you for your enormous hospitality!!
Next weekend we will be visiting Bergen and Kopervik, the latter will include a bit of surprise treat, since that will be Pantheon I's last gig with us! So Kopervik, beware! :-D

By the way, check our new picture gallery at flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadtrooperbastardsquad

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadtrooperbastardsquad/sets/72157622357928664/

Roadblog, Entry #3 - Obliterating Oslo

2009-09-10T17:10:00.000-07:00

Shit! Rock In was packed! 150 crazy rockin' maniacs! Best Oslo-show ever! Probably the best show we have ever played! Nice chants: "Elt! Elt! Elt! Elt!" That's a first, hopefully not a last ;) Yes, the crowd slammed, Dead Trooper slammed and Pantheon I slammed! And man, this was a hot one. We were all pouring sweat like waterfalls (sweatfalls)! Gotta hand it to soundman Petter, making so much out of so little. And Tor, whose combined efforts in both bands are just mindnumbing, there is NO stopping this guy! And of course, seeing our good buddies in Shot At Dawn among the audience is always a pleasure.
Sold a whole bunch of shirts, they are really popular! :-D
Bokn was really happy with this gig, seems like we are getting really tight and comfortable on stage, finding are own, nice spaces, so to speak.
Oslo, we love you! Especially you maniacs up front! Keep it up! :-D ELT!

Pics coming soooooooooon, my love...

Roadblog , Entry #2 - Trippin' in Trondheim!

2009-09-07T08:06:00.000-07:00

We arrived at Trondheim sometime after lunch, hooked up the gear, did the soundcheck, a little bit of ELT, and a massive show to top it of! First band out were locals Shotgun Rodeo, nice guys that churned it up good. We altered our setlist a bit, just to try out some different shit! This was definitely one of our best shows ever! Great mood, great performance by all the boys, and funny as hell!
Bokn adjusted his drum-setup in accordance with soundman Petters advice with awesome results! Bigger venue this time, and that means bigger P.A. and better sonics! And fuck yeah, sound was waaaay better than last night.
It also seems like we nailed it with our new "Norwegian Bastards" T-shirt. People can't get enough of them! :-D Met some old friends, made a bunch of new ones and, not surprisingly, drank a lot of beer! One particularly nice fan would not get of our backs, and kept asking and asking about when we will hit this beautiful town again!?? When? Dunno, but we will, no doubt! (not the band) Thankz and hailz goes out to the beer-drinkin', hellraisin' partypeople of Trondheim!

More pics coming soon!

Roadblog , Entry #1 - Hammered in Hamar!

2009-09-07T03:36:00.000-07:00

And we were off! Hamar and Trondheim never knew what hit'em! Tor could not make it to this two first gigs so Jon from Pantheon I did bass for us, and Birger vice versa for them! It turned out great, huuuuge tnx to Jon for incredible shreddin'! However, Tor will be back in time for the gig in Oslo this thursday, and of course for the rest of the tour!

Hamar : free drinks and huge toenails! Despite some minor technical issues, we kicked ass! Sound was so and so, but what can you expect in a rather tiny bar!? The mood, on the other hand, was smashing! We are really psyched with touring again, meeting a lot of new and beautiful people, and the people of Hamar were, and hopefully still are, gorgeous! Turns out that both bands carry a "tiny" torch for Metallica, and the result of this casual, modest attitude (extreme, brainwashing worshipping) is that we will, as a special treat to our Norwegian fans, perform St. Anger in its entirety, every night!!! No, we are not actually (haha) but we will jam a lot! :-D

Tour!

2009-09-03T11:39:00.000-07:00

I morgen starter Norges-turneén med Pantheon I! Vi kommer til å slenge ut oppdateringer her, bilder og greier, mens vi kverner oss fra by til by! Vi gleder oss som bare faen til å vise Norge hva Dead Trooper duger til! For å finne ut når vi harver i din by, sjekk ut www.deadtrooper.com

Hail fra alle gutta!

So, tomorrow is the first official date of our Norwegian tour with Pantheon I! We will update the bastard-blog with pics and shit as we churn through the barren wastelands of good ol' Norge! So stay tuned! To find out when we will thrash your city, visit www.deadtrooper.com

Hailz and hugz from the boys!

Big balls on Radio Tango!

2009-06-30T08:16:00.000-07:00

Pics from Sandvika!

2009-06-14T09:33:00.001-07:00

Phötös by Aslak Liestøl

Sandvika got hit!

2009-06-14T04:35:00.000-07:00

Damn, the show on Friday was killer! Sandvika never knew what hit'em! Lots of familiar faces, and a bunch of new ones as well. The mood was sky-high, and apart from my amp heading for oblivion, the whole evening turned out great! I had to let my guitar go for the first two songs and jump around with only the mic there for a while, but we kinda fixed it :-S
The boys from Shot At Dawn were there, Jonathan joined us for Seek & Destroy! Oohyeah! 'Tallica baby! And I kicked Chris' ass later by leading him head-first into a lightpole, knocking that suckah cold ;-)
Pulled of Territory (Sepultura duh...) live for the first time, turned out great!
This was also our first show with the new permanent lineup! Tor crushed on bass, and Bokn was insane! Argh, the groove onstage was just immense!!! I can't wait to do more shows, damn!
Got some pics coming soon! And Are (that's right, Ex-drummerboy) recorded the whole fucking thing! So some audioproof is likely to pop up as well.
Respect goes to Twilight Arise and Kabraahl, you guys are tight! "#¤%#¤

Ya'll kicked ass! Tnx for supporting!

Herr Müller

Das Blog

2009-06-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

So, this is the new Dead Trooper blog! Here we will post misc. pictures and notes from live shows, tours, rehearsals, elting, and whathaveyou... Anything slightly Trooper-oriented! Leave comments, and stay crisp, you freaks you! :-D

Herr Morten Müller

www.deadtrooper.com

Bastard Test

2009-06-05T05:29:00.000-07:00

This is a test, freaks!