KATLA.: Kunst und Emotionen

I heard  “Villuljós” and “Farg” from your new album. The two songs sound even darker and grievous than the songs on „Móðurástin“. Are all the songs on “Allt þetta helvitis myrkur” like this? Is that why you chose this album title?
No they’re not like this. They’re even darker haha. Farg is actually not on the album it self, it’s on the accompanying EP “Blótar gömlu goðin”
The title and the music stems from the same pot of inspiration yes. Einar writes most of the music and I write most of the lyrics (and came up with the title) but it seems we both had some dark shit we had to work through.

You named the band after one of the most active volcanoes in Iceland. Why after a volcano? And why KATLA? (Is it because it is easier to pronounce internationally than Eyjafjallajökull?) For me volcanoes have tremendous power, but can also be the basis for new life when they are idle. What do you have in common with this volcano? Is there a connection between (making) music and what the volcano stands for?
I was working as a driver/guide when we formed KATLA. (and up until Covid) and travelling in the amazing but harsh, untouched nature of Iceland all the time filled me with inspiration I literally had to get out. So I suggested to Einar we’d name the band either Katla or Hekla (both are volcanos) and he chose Katla.
Haha, yes I’m not sure we would have gotten far with Eyjafjallajökull. Eyjafjallajökull also has a direct meaning (Island Mountain Glacier – the glacier on the mountain by the islands – yeh it’s a glacier, not just a volcano) whereas Hekla and Katla are names (they have some archaic meaning though, but not a literate one).
Both Hekla and Katla are also common female names in Iceland and I found that interesting. Metal is very male dominated, and in ways very “macho” with guys running around pretending to be warriors in some imaginary war (actually just drinking beer). In the duality of human nature artistic creation is a feminine activity. Art and emotions come from the feminine side of the brain. Katla is art and emotions.

Was KATLA a two-man project from the start? How do you divide up the (musical) tasks? How does the songwriting work for you? Are the lyrics all written by you? Where do the ideas / topics come from?
Originally our friend Atli Jarl was going to be our bass player but because of conflicting schedules that didn’t happen.
Einar writes most of the music and I write most of the lyrics, but we both do both.
The inspiration for our music, lyrics and visual art all comes from the same pot. They are different sips form the same glass of water. It’s all inspired by our lives in Iceland, what it means and feels to live here, and especially the emotions which that conjures up.

Ein Gefäß für die Kreativität

Einar and you are both very creative people. You are a visual artist and work among other things with a special form of photography, Einar plays in other bands, has just published a children’s book … What influence do these artistic elements have on your music? Which aspects come together here?
Is KATLA an opportunity for you to focus your creativity in a new or different way?
Katla is literally a vessel for our creativity, a vehicle to bring it out to the world. Or at least for a part of it. That’s literally why we formed the band. And from the start our goal was to bind these things together in one coherent and complete package. Nothing is out of place, the music goes with the lyrics, the lyrics go with the visual art etc…
But Einar surprised even me by his and his wife’s Laura brilliant children’s book. I didn’t know he had that in him. I have a 4 year old boy and I can’t wait to read it for him (haven’t done it yet because I’m saving it for Jól)

Many of your pictures show abandoned courtyards and stranded boats surrounded by a nature that reclaims the space that people have left. As far as I could see, you stayed with these motifs for the artwork for the upcoming album.
What is it that excites you so much or takes your fancy?
I think the fact that these things are so utterly Icelandic but at the same time, or even in turn, so utterly alien to most people is what fascinates me about them. I document the decline of rural living in Iceland and pose the question why farmsteads have been abandoned en masse. What is the connection between the abandonment of vast parts of the countryside and the abandonment of our connection as humans to nature and spirituality?

That’s an interesting question. I am curious which hypotheses you will develop and whether this will change the way you photograph the abandoned sites.

Bilder von Verlassenheit und Zurückgezogenheit

The pictures you made captured a lot of the loneliness surrounding abandoned courtyards and houses. For these pictures you use a special technique (Polaroid camera, peel-apart film, use of the negative side, etc.), which give the pictures their special expression. This makes the impression of loneliness, darkness, ‚incomprehensibility‘ even more intense. And the music amplifies that.
Do you have a place for light, lightness and serenity in your art / in your life? How / how do they find their expression?
By using expired polaroid films which I modify and manipulate manually with all sorts of spray on chemicals I achieve an ethereal feeling, giving the viewer the illusion of looking back in time. But time isn’t linear in my work, rather it’s like a memory of a dream, or of an alternative past that never truly existed.

My total immersion in my practice means that I mostly travel and work alone. My aim is to convey this solitariness to the viewer. And I’d really call it solitariness, rather than loneliness, because I never feel lonely in my art. I feel alone, but not lonely.
An abandoned farmhouse in the vastness of the Icelandic nature thus becomes a reflection of my inner self and my landscapes depict not simply the visually striking nature of Iceland, but more so the actual feeling of being engulfed by it’s wilderness, to be violently kissed by it’s rainstorms and the cold embrace of winter’s snow that caresses every aspect of life up here in the north.
My subject matter is thus, for the most parts, Iceland, it’s nature but also the human touch in nature. I am totally obsessed with abandoned farms, having shot more than a hundred of them. I love them for the sad but beautiful loneliness and mystique that surrounds them.

I juxtaposition the empty houses with the human beings. I’m asking the viewer, are we, like the houses, just empty vessels devoid of spirit in the modern age?
The music as you say, amplifies this, and I hope the visual art also amplifies the music if the listener is looking at the art while listening.
I do see and hear a lot of light in these pieces as well though. It might be subtle and just out of frame, but it’s there.

„It just makes everything more from the heart when it’s something personal“

In an interview you did with metal-heads.de you described KATLA as a holistic project. How do music, texts and images influence each other? What role does it play in having an overarching topic?
Is there a (mental) theme that runs through the new album? Or an aspect, a question that forms the basis for music and texts?
Yes, Katla is very much a holistic DIY-project in the sense that we do everything ourselves. Writing the music, playing it, recording it, producing it, mixing and mastering it, doing the visual art and layout, shooting and editing the music videos. And if we can’t do something we turn to the people nearest to us. Einar did the handwriting on Móðurástin but he didn’t have time to do that now as he was mixing and mastering while I did the layouts, so I asked my girlfriend Yara to do it, she’s an amazing artist, architect and painter, and has done some merch designs for us, as has Laura, Einar’s wife who is also an amazing artist and painter. And Einar’s sister sang on both albums. It just makes everything more from the heart when it’s something personal. Nothing is left up to chance, nothing is outsourced to an irrelevant third party. We don’t hire a random artist to make random art for us, or worse yet, pick something from an already existing portfolio that has nothing to do with our art.
I don’t want to sound condescending though, I realize most bands are not in a position to do this. But we are, so why should we dilute our vision with other people’s handiwork?
So because everything stems from the same exact point of inspiration it all interacts and influences each other.
 The theme of this album is definitely darkness. Darkness in all it’s forms, inner and outer darkness. Even white darkness, which can be darker than black darkness.

The lyrics are in Icelandic again this time. What role does the language / do the lyrics play in the overall concept? Do you have to understand the lyrics in order to better grasp the concerns of the songs? Do music and text complement or reinforce each other?
I don’t think you have to understand the lyrics to get the general feeling and emotion the songs convey, especially if you have the visual art in front of you. But it will of course give you an even deeper understanding if you understand the lyrics too.
And as with the visual art; I can’t depict the feelings of living in Iceland by using visual art from England – therefore it is essential for us to write in Icelandic. This soil speaks Icelandic and so do our souls.

„I don’t think you have to understand the lyrics to get the general feeling and emotion the songs convey“

Will there be a translation of the texts for „Allt þetta hlevítis myrkur“ (e.g. in the booklet)?
No, but we have provided rough English translations of most of our older songs online, I guess we’ll do that again. It would be impossible to translate our lyrics without losing their poetic quality. We put a lot of work into them and a direct translation does not do them justice.

Yes, I can only agree with you. Much would be lost through translation. A transference or some kind of description of what it is about could open up another perspective.
You see KATLA more as an art project than a typical band. You are more concerned with the creativity and the design than with the repetitive performance. Do you think there is a ‚danger‘ in repetition/that something can get lost? Does repetition stand in opposition to creativity? Or. is no creative action possible in the repetition?
Repetition doesn’t have to cancel out creativity, but it certainly reduces it to minor details. I don’t think there is as much a primal creative force in repetition as there is in a new creation. And let’s just be honest, playing live is entertainment. Nothing wrong with that, but when your time is limited you have to chose if you want to entertain or if you want to create.

There is another special feature in the process of creating the new album: You have largely done everything yourself or only included friends and family members. Did you find it easier to convey your ideas and concerns with these (close) people?
Not just easier, but like I said before it dilutes the artistic vision a lot less. The people we cooperate with are really really close to us and they understand us as we understand them and we know exactly what they bring to the table. We are the cooks, but they can bring salad haha.

Iceland is also affected by many drastic restrictions due to the corona-measures. What specific effects did these have on the creation of the new album?
You used to do tours for tourists. Therefore, the restrictions hit you hard in this area too. Do your creativity, music, photography help you to cope better with the situation?
Personally these things, and working out, are the only things keeping me sane!
The covid situation didn’t really affect the album at all, as it was already mostly done when the corona hit. It just meant we had to cancel our summer festivals and Einar had more time on wrapping up the mixing and mastering and the same for me with the artwork.

Right now I’m happy that there is music and art in different forms and I’m looking forward to your new album.

Thank you for taking the time to answer the questions.
Thank you. The support is much appreciated.

Is there anything you would like to give our readers to share?
I’ll just say this, because we’ve been talking about how we created every single aspect of this album. We are masters of none of those arts, it’s just a matter of doing it. Don’t let your self-doubting stop you from creating. You want to paint but you can’t draw a stick figure to safe your life? So what? There is magic in two things in life; sex and creation. Making something tangible out of nothing else than an idea is making something materialize, that’s real magic.

Mehr über die Bilder und Geschichten von KATLA., Guðmundur und Einar unter Kuggur Art und

Dunkel, geheimnisvoll, mächtig und präsent

„Ást orðum ofar“ klingt wie eine Einleitung oder ein Vorwort. KATLA beginnen mit Klängen, die auch im Folgenden wie Geister in den Songs auftauchen. Ein ruhiger Gesang über Angst und Stürme, die Trauer auflösen können, und der Bedeutung von Worten der Liebe. Ausklingend mit wie hingeworfenen Tönen, spricht es von Zerbrechlichkeit.

Darauf folgt „Villuljós“, das die dunkle Atmosphäre aufgreift und vertieft.

„Líkfundur á Sólheimasandi“  geleitet die Seele  mit dumpfen Tommelschlägen und erzählenden  Streichnistrumenten in den Schlaf. Denn so (Schlaf der Seele) kann man  „Sálarsvefn“ übersetzen.

Geheimnisvoll und zugleich mächtig, zurückhaltend und dann wieder unheimlich in einer gewaltigen Präsenz. Der Song führt uns in die dunkelsten Stellen einer Seele, in die schwarze Hölle, in der das Herz zu Stein wird und in die hineingezogen wird, wer dieser Seele helfen will. Im Video zu  „Sálarsvefn“ wird dies durch die Bilder eindrücklich dargestellt.

Leichte Momente und schöne Melodien

Diese Symbiose aus Verletzlichkeit und machtvoller Präsenz setzen KATLA mit „Vergangur“ fort. Hier gibt es neben Einar Thorberg Guðmundssons ausdrucksvollen Stimme, schönen Gitarrenmelodien und leichte Momente. Immer wieder werden die Melodielinien gebündelt, so dass sie mit den Drums energiereiche Passagen schaffen. Es geht um Hoffnung ebenso wie um Tod. All dies wird in und durch die Musik spürbar.

Da sind sie wieder: die Geister. Vielleicht habe ich in den letzten Tagen auch nur zu viele Märchen und Gespenstergeschichten aus Island gelesen. Doch dieser Song, bei dem es um die Idee von einer weißen Dunkelheit geht, schafft genau diese Atmosphäre. Ein Song, der mit seiner Wehmut  ein leichtes Schaudern auslöst.

Und nun zu dem Song, von dem ich bisher nicht genug bekommen konnte: Die Geschichte vom unglücklichen „Húsavíkur-Jón“ umgesetzt in eine kraftvolle und dynamische Musik, in der Energie und Verzögerung eine enorme Spannung aufbauen. Diese Spannung, die  voller Traurigkeit wie Zuversicht ist, bleibt über den gesamten Song bestehen.

Eine Reise in die höllische Dunkelheit

Der Titelsong „Allt þetta helvítis myrkur“ nimmt uns auf eine knapp 12minütige Reise mit in die höllische Dunkelheit. Während Einar uns mit seiner Stimme umschmeichelt, führt er uns in den Sturm. Die Kälte wird spürbar, die Musik lässt uns um den Weggang der Sonne trauern. Sie umfasst die Seele. Doch immer wieder tritt kraftvoll der Wille hervor, sich der Dunkelheit zu widersetzen. Ein großartiges Stück, für das man sich Zeit nehmen sollte.

Angekommen am Ende des Albums und in der schwarzen Nacht „Svartnætti“, geht es um Zwischenräume und Übergänge: von der Nacht in den Tag, um Wunden, die sich noch nicht geschlossen haben. Der Gedanke: irgendwann verlieren wir steht

Einars Stimme sowie das akzentuierte Drumming von Guðmundur Óli Pálmason, das sich nie in den Vordergrund spielt, sondern sich in Dynamik und Variation auf die Melodien einstellt, schaffen eine Welt aus Emotion und Klang, die den Hörer an unbekannte Orte und auch zu sich selbst führt.

Wenn man sich darauf einlässt, kann man in eine ergreifende Klangwelt eintauchen, in der man immer neue Facetten entdeckt.

KATLA.: Ein ganzheitliches DiY-Projekt

Dass bei der Produktion des Albums sowie der Gestaltung des Artworks alles in den Händen von Einar und Guðmundur sowie engen Freunden und Familienmitgliedern, wird dazu beigetragen haben, dass die Musik so intensiv ist und sich mit Lyrics und Artwork zu einem vielschichtigen Ganzen zusammenfügt.

Darüber und über viele andere Dinge habe ich mit Guðmundur gesprochen. Das Interview könnt ihr am Nachmittag hier lesen.

„Allt þetta helvítis myrkur“ gibt es als CD, 2LP Gatefold Vinyl in schwarz und weiß, CD mit 48-seitigem Artbook mit Fotos von Guðmundur Óli Pálmason und 4 weiteren Songs. U.a. mit „Farg“, zu dem es ja bereits ein Video gibt. Es gibt noch weitere spezielle Zusammenstellungen. Dazu findet ihr hier mehr.

KATLA kündigen ein neues Album an. „Allt þetta helvítis myrkur“ wird am 13. November 2020 via Prophecy Productions erscheinen. Drei Jahre nach dem Debütalbum „Móðurástin“ gibt es also Neues von Sänger und Multiinstrumentalisten Einar Thorberg Guðmundsson und Drummer Guðmundur Óli Pálmason.

Die beiden Musiker haben den Namen eines der aktiven Vulkane in Island als Bandnamen gewählt. Und ihre Musik ist durchaus mit diesem Vulkan zu vergleichen: Einerseits ruhig und erdverbunden, dann brodelnd in rockigen, atmosphärischen Passagen, bis hin zu eruptivem Metal.

Gesamtpaket mit weiteren künstlerischen Aspekten

Was mir außer der Musik am Album „Móðurástin“ so gut gefallen hat, ist das Gesamtkonzept. Das Album an sich besteht nicht nur aus der Musik, sondern ergibt zusammen mit handgeschriebenen Lyrics und Bildern, die von Guðmundur stammen, ein mehrschichtiges Ganzes. Als Fotograf hat er eine weitere Form des Ausdrucks gefunden. Seine Motive findet er vorrangig in der Natur Islands. Und seine Themen oft im Einfluss des Menschen auf die Natur.

Die beiden betrachten KATLA daher nicht nur als Band, sondern als ein ganzheitliches Kunstprojekt.
Dazu Guðmundur:

We see KATLA as a holistic art project rather than a typical band…..For us it is all about making art, it’s about creating, not so much about repeated performances over and over again. And because we see the lyrics and the visual aspect of the band to be just as important as the music we say it’s a holistic art project. We do all these things our selves, we write the music, we write the lyrics, we take the photos, we do the handwriting on the albums, we do the layout, we even take our own promotional pictures. (das Interview könnte ihr hier noch einmal lesen).

Dunkel und dennoch voller Energie

Das kommende Album „Allt þetta helvítis myrkur“ wird diesen Ansatz fortsetzen. Es ist wieder von den Eindrücken, die die Landschaft Islands hinterlassen hat, geprägt. Aber auch vom Erleben innerer Dunkelheit.

Dazu Einar:

The outer landscapes are as important to us as the inner darkness. KATLA is as much a product of our environment as derived from our state of mind.

Mit „Villuljós” und „Farg” haben KATLA bereits zwei Songs veröffentlicht, die von Dunkelheit in direktem und übertragenen Sinne sprechen.
Wieder schaffen sie mit Black und Doom Metal Elementen, die im Kontrast zu Einars klarer Stimme stehen, eine wehmütige Atmosphäre, die einen in den Bann zieht.
Während „Villuljós“ auf dem Album enthalten ist, ist „Farg“ ein Bonustrack, der zusammen mit einem Hardcover Buch (mit Fotos) auf einer Bonus – CD zu finden ist.
„Farg“ bedeutet „schwere Last“. Ein Song, den Einar in Erinnerung an einen Freund geschrieben hat.

wie ihr HIER nachlesen könnt

…hatte ich jetzt freundlicherweise die Gelegenheit ein paar Fragen per Email an „Gummi“, alias Guðmundur Óli Pálmason, zu richten.

Da mich nichts mehr langweilt als das übliche Interview zur neuen CD, den Studioaufnahmen, die anstehende Tour, etc. und ich tatsächlich keine Ahnung von der isländischen Metal-Szene habe, deren Texte meines Erachtens ALLE ein international anerkanntes „HUH!“ im Refrain haben sollten, habe ich mir erlaubt ein paar persönlichere Fragen an ihn zu richten.

Denn die Persönlichkeit hinter der Musik…

ist für mich seit vielen Jahren ein wichtiges Kriterium zur ganzheitlichen Bewertung dessen, was die Leute produzieren. Von vielen Leuten kaufe ich aufgrund mannigfacher Ausschlusskriterien nichts mehr… von besonders netten Leuten kaufe ich liebend gerne etwas… geht es doch darum mit seiner Kaufentscheidung bewusst Menschen, Künstler, Unternehmen, usw. zu unterstützen, oder eben nicht…

Im Falle von Guðmundur Óli Pálmason habe ich zu meiner eigenen Überraschung ein Gesamtpaket von bewundernswertem, künstlerischem Output in Ton und Bild präsentiert bekommen, dass ich Euch hiermit ans Herz legen möchte… denn wie ihr lest ist „Gummi“ nebenbei noch herzerfrischend sympathisch.

Lest Selbst!

Hi. Thank you for the opportunity to have a small chat with you guys.

First of all I have to admit, that I know nothing about Katla and the people behind it. I just got the CD by random for a review and pretty much liked it. So I asked a friend of mine, Birgit, for Ideas what I could ask. That means the interview is divided into total goofyness and some tricky Questions.

Let´s start with me

I am not that firm about icelands metal music. So how would you describe it? What´s the soul of it?

I guess the duality of endless summer days (really 24/7 daylight) and long, dark, cold winter nights affects our psyche and finds it’s way into the music.

How does Katla fit into this, what´s special about Katlas Sound than?

I think we fit perfectly into that as our biggest source of inspiration comes from the land we live in, it’s desolate but beautiful nature with huge glaciers, black desert sands, and of course the volcanoes. We are after all named after one of Iceland´s biggest volcano.
I guess our specialty is how we mix metal, rock, pop and even edm/idm into our music.

I asked for some songs to be recorded again with english lyrics in my review, you denied and told that the texts are so specific, that they are “untranslateable”. So I wonder how many people you think are in the target group for a band like Katla?

I think people can enjoy the music without understanding the lyrics. One of may favorite bands is Master’s Hammer, and they sing in Czech. I don’t speak a single word in Czech haha! With Katla. we want to be totally 100% sincere and honest, we’re not trying to “make it big” and we’re not trying to be anything we are not. We could never be 100% sincere singing in any other language. I really, really wish more people could understand our lyrics, because we put a lot of work into them and we are very proud of them. But I do hope that at least this sincerity comes through even though people don’t understand the words.

What do you think what kind of People they are?

The people that like Katla. are people of good taste

Do you have a special message for the people who listen to your music?

Yes. Don’t be assholes to each other. It’s all about the love! Also buy our stuff, we’re poor!

As Katla is just two guys, I think you don´t want to tour?

No we won’t, at least not yet. But one should never say never. We’re just too busy with real life; work, school, families.

How much is it a project? Where do you want to go with it?

We see Katla. as a holistic art project rather than a typical band. Bands make music and play live and tour. For us it is all about making art, it’s about creating, not so much about repeated performances over and over again. And because we see the lyrics and the visual aspect of the band to be just as important as the music we say it’s a holistic art project. We do all these things our selves, we write the music, we write the lyrics, we take the photos, we do the handwriting on the albums, we do the layout, we even take our own promotional pictures.

As we had a small discussion lately in the metal-heads chat about some CDs I thought one of us bought from total assholes I wouldn´t even spend a dime if they were homeless, I wonder what kind of guys you are and if my money gets into good hands, if I buy something from you. So, what are you doing outside Katla? – Do you have regular jobs, family, kids? – What do you care about besides yourself?

No worries, no assholes allowed in Katla. haha. We are both fathers, our children are between the ages of (almost) 2 and 19. Einar works in a factory and studies programming. He also has two other bands; Fortíð and Curse.

I work as a tourguide on so called super jeeps (modified suv’s with huge ass tires – google it). So I drive people up mountains, on glaciers, through rivers, everywhere really. And I publish anolog photography under the name Kuggur. (Redaktion:  https://www.facebook.com/kuggurart)

Basically I’d say we’re pretty nice guys haha.

Iceland had some serious incidents the past years regarding the global finance market, the Panama Papers and actually the government collapses again. I think you´re just 300.000 people living there… what´s wrong with you?

Shit! I ask myself that question every day!! And then we go vote for the same dickbags every time!!

In the meantime you folks learned how to play soccer. As half of Europe learned to shout “Huh!”… what do you think about it? Will you become world champion in 2018 in Russia?

Yeh I don’t know what happened, we used to suck at football, and not surprisingly for such a small nation. I mean we beat England in the Euros! That was the second time England exited Europe that week! Hahaha!
And yes we’ll whoop some serious ass in Russia!

Last goofy question: There are more than 2 million tourists on your island each year… Where do you hide all the trolls and fairies in the meantime? How does it change your way of live?

The trolls hide up in the central highlands, eating silly tourists that venture too far without an Icelandic guide who knows how to fight them trolls off!
Tourism in Iceland has now exceeded fishing as our biggest industry. It is responsible for our miraculous recovery from the financial crash we had in 2008. And like I mentioned before it has affected my life personally big time. I really love travelling around Iceland and getting paid to do so!

Now on with the specific questions from Birgit:

You devoted the album to your families: How did your mothers say to the song Módirástin?

She loves it! Its her grandmother singing at the end of the song, and my mom loves how it fits to the song and adds to the over all feeling and atmosphere.

It became a very familistic album, the grandmother on the cover, Einars sister singing and at the end a record of Gudmundurs Great Grandmother. How did it get to this?

Actually that’s my girlfriend Fanney on the cover. It’s simply because we like to do everything ourselves. I didn’t have an album cover in mind when I took the photos, we just did it for our selves. My girlfriend has worked as a model for other photographers as well, and her being my girlfriend obviously means we work a lot together.

We needed a female singer for the title track because of the lyrics, and Einar knew his sister had a great singing voice, although she has never sang in a studio before. Again it was just a question of using what is close to us. And I had heard the 1934 recording of my great grandmother from my mother and I thought it would be really cool to use one of the songs on the album. It fits the lyrics perfectly and all.

What´s the Role of Halldór Björnson, whom you´ve called the secret third bandmember?

As a producer he added a lot of great ideas, but we also gave him as a super talented musician totally free hands to add what ever he wanted to our music. You really should check out the new album Midnight Champion by his band Legend.

Could you translate or describe the lyrics of “Hreggur”?

The lyrics of Hreggur are about sailors that know they are not returning to land that night. So instead they sail on “home”. It’s an homage to all the sailors that have drowned in the rough, unforgiving North Atlantic ocean around Iceland.

What are the spoken words of Dulsmál about?

You mean the samples? These are old Icelandic farmers, both of them hermits, talking about strange dreams, the afterlife and the almighty – or rather the lack of it-s presence.

The pictures seem to be dark and in seclusion, what do you want to tell us with them?

I shoot these pcitures on old, expired Polaroid films (so called peel-apart films) and then I put them through a chemical process to get all these strange colours and textures. Again you can find more under Kuggur. (Redaktion: https://www.instagram.com/kuggurart/)

How did reactions like “The soul Sólstafir has lost will surely be found in Katla”? effect you personally?

I’m sure these comments bother them more than me haha. I don’t care really. I’m just glad people like Katla. but I ask them not to forget that Einar is a huge part of Katla.

21st February 15 you wrote “Helldriver is dead – Kuggur lives!” on Twitter. What did you mean?

I simply stopped publishing my photography under the name Heldriver and took up the name Kuggur instead.

Uhm. That´s it I think. Last chance to ask the interviewer anything you´d like to know?

Thank you and remember to support your local jarðvarmavirkjun!

Öhm… ja sicher

Echter Kauftipp

Die Photos von Gummi gibt es auch zu kaufen, schaut mal auf seine Facebookseite. http://www.facebook.com/kuggurart/

Für mich ist die CD, die Photokunst, der Mensch dahinter… ein Gesamtkonstrukt, dass ich gerne in mein Leben integriere. Somit ist der Griff in die „Kramkiste“ der zu reviewenden CDs bei den Metalheads für mich ein persönlicher Gewinn gewesen.  Von meiner Seite lieben Dank an Guðmundur Óli Pálmason, ich schätze es auf diese Art und Weise mein Leben bereichern zu lassen! Und von daher an Euch der Tipp… kaufen!

P. S.: Alle Bilder wurden von Guðmundur Óli Pálmason persönlich zur Verfügung gestellt. Ich meine es heißt „provided by“… aber ich hatte keinen Bock mehr das zu ändern. :-*

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