4 Apr 2021
Obscure Radio - Ep. 3 - Ode to Petrov the Great
Greetings everyone (and no-one)!
In today's episode, you're gonna hear me say that I was ''sawing'' something at some point, but that's of course my brain playing tricks on me and my abilities to speak english with respect to its proper grammatical rules. I wasn't sawing anything (luckily!), I just meant to say ''saw'' but in the meantime, while I was saying it, I was also thinking of ''seeing'' so... yeah. That.
MAKE A CHOICE, brain, for fuck sake!
Anyhow...
This episode is dedicated to the late great Lars-Göran Petrov, that half-slav/half-swedish giant and drunkard.
I'm quite sure he lived his life to the fullest, so (even though the fairly dark tone, at times, of this particular episode of the podcast) I'd like to stress on celebrating the fact that he lived: his life, his works, his accomplishments and his persona.
He seemed to always bring a positive energy with him, whenever and how-ever he went, so let's just rejoice all together for his life, instead of mourning for his death.
He is (NO DOUBT) in a better place, right now. Whether he is caressed by the peace and gentle embrace of the void or is he asking for more beer and turning tables over in the best pubs of hell, laughing and having fun, surrounded by friends and in the greatest of companies... with Pelle, Bill Hicks and all the best ones.
No disrespect to George Fisher (which is a cool lad), but LG Petrov was the first real death metal frontman that generated the stereotype of the ''neanderthal barking into the microphone'' in death metal bands. A standard against which any subsequent death metal vocalist had to be measured against.
I don't want to lie or make things greater than they are, so remember that the origin of things is always shared between a lot of different entities, in different spaces, times and forms. But still, Petrov was one of those who set the standard, not by following a trend, but by doing what he did best: being himself.
I'm sorry, Corpsegrinder: you were more or less 8 years late!
The songs are from the following records:
- Written Destiny (2020)
- Ancient Blasphemous Fire (2018)
- Fakt (1985)
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (19-6ty-fuckin'-8)
- December Moon (1987)
- LHP Recording Sessions ('89/'90)
- Arizona Bay ('92/'93)
Final words: Lars-Göran Petrov loved black metal, so I guess he wouldn't have minded being remembered for Morbid as well! Check the whole record out, if you don't know it! GOOD stuff!
This is it.
As people spits around today... ''Happy Easter''... whatever does this strange phrase mean to you, happy that!
Bye and remember to have fun, sometimes (every once in a while, or that gets boring too)!
