- Jon Nödtveidt
Infobox musical artist
Name = Jon Nödtveidt
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jon Andreas Nödtveidt
Alias = Shadow
Born = birth date|1975|6|28
Died = death date and age|2006|8|13|1975|6|28
Origin =Sweden
Instrument = Vocals, Guitar
Genre =Black metal Blackened death metal Melodic death metal Doom metal
Occupation =Musician
Years_active = 1988–1997, 2004–2006
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Associated_acts = Dissection,Nifelheim ,Ophthalamia ,Siren's Yell , SatanizedJon Andreas Nödtveidt (
June 28 ,1975 –August 13 ,2006 [Dissection.nu [http://www.dissection.nu/ DISSECTION Official Website] ; retrieved 13 September 2008.] ) was a lead guitarist and vocalist of the Swedishblackened death metal band Dissection, which he founded in 1989.Nödtveidt also performed in several other projects, including The Black (as Rietas), De Infernali,
Nifelheim ,Ophthalamia (as Shadow), Satanized, Siren's Yell, and Terror, agrindcore band which featured members ofAt the Gates .He also appeared as a journalist in "Metal Zone", where he was responsible for keeping track of the growing
black metal -scene.He was an initiate and co-creator of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order, now known as Temple of the Black Light, and the Werewolf Legion, a Swedish gang, not to be confused with the Russion Werewolf Legion.
Nödtveidt was convicted of being an accessory to murder [Rock Detector [http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,2631.sm;jsessionid=5F5A8147F967FA47D6F665E0886AF683 DISSECTION: Rockdetector Biography] ; retrieved 6 July 6 2008.] , in the killing of the 38-year-old homosexual Algerian Josef Ben Meddour, in 1997. He was released from prison in 2004, and restarted Dissection.
On the 16th of August 2006, he was found dead in his apartment in Hässelby, a suburb of
Stockholm by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a circle of lit candles. [Metal Storm [http://www.metalstorm.ee/events/news_comments.php?news_id=3051 Dissection Frontman Jon Nödtveidt Commits Suicide] ; retrieved 6 July 2008.]Early reports indicated that he was found with an open copy of the "
Satanic Bible ", but these were later dismissed by Dissection's guitaristSet Teitan . According to him, "it's not any atheist, humanist and ego-worshiping 'Satanic Bible' byAnton LaVey that Jon had in front of him, but a SatanicGrimoire . He despised LaVey and 'The Church of Satan'." [Blabbermouth [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=56947 DISSECTION Guitarist: JON NÖDTVEIDT Didn't Have Copy Of 'The Satanic Bible' At Suicide Scene] ; retrieved 9 September 2006.]The said "Satanic Grimoire" is reputed to be the "Liber Azerate", one of the publishings of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order, from which Jon Nödtveidt apparently was influenced, his last album
Reinkaos 's lyrics being co-written by the very same man who wrote the Liber Azerate.On August 19th, 2006, Jon's website publicly announced his suicide.
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External links
* [http://www.templeoftheblacklight.net/ Temple of the Black Light]
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