Lifelover Interview HMHTV

The Video-Metalzine www.hmhtv.de did an interview with Lifelover before the show in HELVETE Club, Oberhausen, Germany, Nov 27th, 2009.
We were hanging around backstage with the Band Tavaron that played before Lifelover at this night. So backstage we came in contact with Lifelover and spontaneously we decided to do an interview with the guys. In that situation i remember B. as a polite guy. Shure, he seemed to be a litle bit fucked up. But in a likeable way. In the past we broadcasted a part of the interview on HMHTV. Now i decided to put the complete Interview online.
I don´t know if death is really the reason why pepople start to create a cult on a dead person but honestly i have to say, that it was a strange feeling editing the footage by knowing B. is dead. I don´t know if you get my point but watching this video today... to me it makes his words sound different than in those days.

[@Cr500666]

20 cigarettes in 9minutes

[@familiaandradeherederodelr2320]

the more cancer the better

[@PianoInPainAmongtheRuins]

Cancertid

[@sewerslidemg]

shorting life span... savor the suffering

[@luisubillus470]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@JJ-Toreddie]

Dying slowly is so delightful

[@friendlyenemy2314]

It's tragic B died, he has such an interesting way of speaking, I could listen to him talk for hours

[@familiaandradeherederodelr2320]

i think they want the fans to relate to their music and let them know that the fans are not alone when it comes to that level of depression and shock

[@AtrocityEquine01]

I think that's what some DSBM bands miss that point, since they seem to just wanna copy the imagery stuff.

[@mentealienari7293]

Call me edgy, but self-therapy isn't the point of DSBM.

[@nattdal]

Exactly, and that's what beautiful about lifelover, and apati, or eskapi, or hypothermia, etc... finding the joy in happiness and misery together all the time, bipolar emotions, that's the base for this things, in this case, narcotic metal, this is not DSBM btw, same with hypothermia, dsbm is waay far from this, there's suicide thoughts all day... and this, a form of expression so good that you can feel even anger, pain and joy at the same time

[@cummywummy2896]

@@mentealienari7293 Not in a lot of cases. I think for the most part though dsbm bands are apathetic to how their audience responds to the music. You either cry and cut yourself or you just vibe to it

[@gianlucamai]

Non solo...all in a swamp..

[@Joeyd1184]

This band had lots of ambition and went ahead of their time. You don’t ever really find black metal-adjacent bands like this that were this creative

[@ThePandE]

RIP B

[@Jhosk95]

+Anonymous you must have been the guy to call him a life lover

[@wolfofhell77]

"We destroy ourself with this band."

[@TurkMan35]

Battleborn Destruction i was just scrolling through comments when b just said that i saw your comment...

[@delhidelirium9091]

@@TurkMan35 Welcome to other levels of human communication we were indoctrinated to disparage as " coincidences " .

[@c.p.8689]

Well, there may not have much else to do in Sweden.

[@wayfarer5227]

my mother supports what i do ... when she's drunk

[@nattdal]

"I think this band has always stood for paradoxes between diferent bipolar emotions like happiness and joy and everyday missery and melancholy and sometimes finding the joy in this things, it's always been a lot about different paradoxes in everyday life", still loving the way he described it, it's pretty accurate, (Felix Öhlén)

[@jaydavvg]

It wasn't Felix who said that. lol.

[@ketsuppi1984]

it was Non who said that, but anyway it's a damn good quote

[@zoranagavrilovic9403]

"We're life lovers in our own sense, our personal sense" - this is a sentence to learn a lot from

[@puro52]

well thats a general swedish winter sense. dont be to high up,keep shuggin. alwats tugg along. he Finns will accept my swedish winter depression. and its the reason we make sugh goo depresses music.

[@rytkosenjussi]

This dude who has this covid mask was a head of its time.

[@beachdeath632]

lmaoo for real

[@FlashmanVC]

One of the great bands of the 2000s. Konkurs is one of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard.

[@notaacreativehandle]

facts!

[@jamesfleisher4107]

There’s something about this band and this interview that gets me every time and I just started really getting into this kind of music. It’s some of the more potent form of musics in my playlist that has become the go to whenever my disconnect becomes absolute

[@kyranstoecklin726]

It's funny how the yt auto translator writes "life flowers"

[@PianoInPainAmongtheRuins]

This is like the 1000th time I'm watching this...

[@WOLF4957]

Same for me, even after all these years)

[@PuNkIsNoTdEaD01]

Glad I'm not the only one this is like the 10th time and I don't know why ahaha. Same with niklas kvarforth interviews

[@davidrockrsz6545]

Jajaja... 99% of the views are mine

[@n8wolf575]

back then i was like "how the fuck can kim have that many scars" ,...............nowadays im like "wtf i have way more". lifelover destroyed and safed me.

[@leon3672]

@@n8wolf575 i hope you heal from what you are going through🙏😔

[@AtrocityEquine01]

I do love the final statement: I love hearing Lifelover's sound since it gives a fun like vibe despite all the negativity their music oozes.

[@dominichowell6896]

"Lifelover" is no more satirical than "Joy Division" as a name

[@markzhitchenko5029]

Yeah, you right, but personally I think this band reflects a dependence of grief and happiness in songs. Listening to it gives an existential feeling, its like pure nudity of emotions. Without pain we won't appreciate life and therefore will never love it.

[@dominichowell6896]

@@markzhitchenko5029 I just recently read that the name Joy Division was a euphemism for a district in the concentration camps reserved for sex slavery. So that name is even darker than I thought

[@markzhitchenko5029]

@@dominichowell6896 Just checked it out, thats nasty 😳

[@dominichowell6896]

@@markzhitchenko5029 but on your comment, I agree. Listening to Lifelover brings me back to being an addict where disappointment crushes you and pleasure takes you to unimaginable joys. Boredom was an abyss, every feeling was at it's most intense. I get that feeling from this band, Peste Noire and also Shock Therapy, (the electro punk band from Detroit, there are two.) Sometimes I like an uninterrupted gloomy feeling that some bands are great at, but the emotional palate these guys paint from is very diverse

[@markzhitchenko5029]

@@dominichowell6896 Oh man, its great to hear you are talking about addiction in the past tense, proud of you. Will check the other bands that you've send now.

[@6enxd]

I miss you B, I miss you a lot

[@IDKyoudk]

What happened?

[@6enxd]

@@IDKyoudk where have you been in this 11 years man?

[@leopegoraro.assessor]

Really a nice thing to NOT find hate in the comments. Their music is great, but it's not for everyone of course. It's cool too that they were not focused in being included in a category of music, so they could explore other aspects that they wanted to express. Hail Black Metal and it's influences

[@triplesixmafia]

Lol just found my old comments on this vid from 10 years ago, one of them says "no one knows fix's real name". used to be obsessed with this band, crazy to think there was once a time when there was some members whose real names were never revealed (now they all are)

[@adiptabiswas9811]

honest drunk confessions

[@inthevoid6506]

We are lilfelovers, we love drugs.

[@Snarl616]

I thought he said "Low drugs!" probably to say "oh shut up" in an amusing way.

[@eoncatalystalbums]

Awesome interview! Esspecially I like that all of the band members were talking not just one of them. And they gave adequate and smart answers to each question.

[@notaacreativehandle]

so glad this exists, great band such a shame they couldn’t make more music RIP B

[@iostinadreamlike7269]

hahahahahaha "us two" "two us"

[@MrIkesimba]

This looks like a Spinal Tap outtake

[@grinsworn3696]

Lifelover yo te amo!!! Es mi banda favorita! Aaaaaa son tan cool! LIFELOVER este Mexicano te ama!

[@LARRY-MAYHEM]

Yo tambien los amo

[@mg4430]

Cállate, we. Das pena.

[@chelseasolis9106]

@@mg4430 😂😂😂

[@attarybab]

Same

[@Baard5Szomoru]

Man I wish they recorded more interviews they're so fkin interesting to listen I love this band Never forget B, R.I.P.

[@Seasofdesolation]

Everyone talked except H,that sucks,R.I.P B ,your music will never be forgotten! \m/

[@gasmaskestore8018]

Believe me, that guy has NOTHING interesting to say

[@teresasalvador]

​@@gasmaskestore8018why you said that?

[@gasmaskestore8018]

@@teresasalvador hes an uninteresting moron

[@Baard5Szomoru]

​@@gasmaskestore8018 I also wonder, why?

[@softcocoa7794]

@@gasmaskestore8018 Yea bro I gotta know

[@KillallWhores]

Thank you very much for your answer. :) And you´re right.. I found lifelover in the time, they made their last album... Now i´m so happy that they decided, to make a new Band 'Kall'. And their first track is really, really great for a (lifelover)-Comeback

[@losamadosmuertos7725]

Me hubiera encantado verlos en vivo :'(

[@TotaltLivsnekad]

At 5:20 B looks fucking missearble holding the mic for Kim uhuh.

[@LuciferCrowOfficial]

For those who know, this interview was...pretty niiice!!!

[@Yannivanhalen]

Bergqvist: "This person I hate.." Then goes back and corrects himself "This *gay* person I hate"

[@Matacuri_666]

I'm gay and i love LifeLover, idk how to feel

[@Yannivanhalen]

@@Matacuri_666 it dont matter brah

[@giggora8521]

Rip my love /b/rother!

[@henriquec8848]

lol when 4chan was still relatively unknown to most people

[@polko59]

I actually agree with that last statement. I much prefer doom, black metal, atmospheric black metal, dsbm and different stuff like that, but the fans at those shows tend to be very static. Death metal can be great but far less appealing to me, but goddamn death metal shows are a lot more fun. Folks go crazy and that's a big part of extreme metal shows imo. So while I'll only sometimes go to black metal/ doom metal / dsbm shows, I very frequently go to death metal shows (even of bands I don't know at all) just because of the energy that's always there. I mean shit, even deathcore (yuck) shows are practically insane parties sometimes, and while the music is often very shit, the fans know how to have a good time.

[@Tha3rdworldghost]

+Bigby Wolf not all deathcore is shit though, just saying

[@polko59]

Tha3rdworldghost Animosity impressed me, and I always had a soft spot for "The Goswell Divorce". But honestly, even after being to many shows, I haven't brought myself to re-listen to anything else.

[@swagsukeuchiha7599]

thrash metal?

[@mfm6]

totally agree, also thrash metal bands are awesome live.

[@VJnarcoticvizion]

Sorry, but perhaps you meant to say "not all shit in metal is deathcore"?

[@WailLmo3enkich]

Consuming drugs everyday i dont think i would still have the right amount of brain cells to express myself like they do

[@astronautprm]

Thank you a lot.

[@shaunhill817]

I got cancer just by watching this... Great band btw

[@douglasquaid7550]

I got AIDS so you are lucky.

[@_ghost831]

[@thatsoobguy]

"it would be nice if more than just metalhead showed up and watched us" .. yeaaa I don't think thats ever going to happen. Lifelover and all DSBM is way too extreme for even most metalheads. I feel like you have to be really conditioned for years before your musical taste can appreciate this type of music.

[@crimsonghost3912]

NSBM? They are DSBM, they aren't nazis

[@thatsoobguy]

@@crimsonghost3912 right that was my mistake, I meant DSBM

[@RobotPilots]

@@crimsonghost3912 DSBM >>>>>>NSBM Fuck NSBM

[@ivyluna3057]

horrible take

[@iheadbuttwindows]

id beg to differ honestly lifelover was one the first dsbm bands i listened to

[@trapJoezki]

Rest In Paradise B

[@xxLonniExx]

i wish i could feed them vegetables :(

[@Anonymoussssse]

For all my live ive desired to do that! Glad im not alone!😅😢

[@JJ-Toreddie]

A true trend setter with the 😷 whoda thought

[@delhidelirium9091]

Suicidal dark dance Metal Pop . " if you have a brain " that is how you perceive Lifelover . Legend B !

[@semi788]

well i'm a more of a electronic music person but i had a metal teen years and i was very into dsbm so you have that fan guys

[@Philakor]

Yes and the project "life is pain" is still running

[@BathoryMcClemont]

i thought the guy with the mask was Jonas?

[@TheDepressed100]

Have you actually heard what they have said in the beginning. B is a guy with a Ski mask - a founder of this band.

[@Nazgul094]

R.I.P. B.

[@Betonoszlop]

art is art

[@nurkaya3058]

kim sounds like skwisgaar skwigelf

[@krapnek9169]

Anyone of these guys behind "Eskapi"?

[@morbidhime]

Rest well, B

[@ilkererdem7992]

How my mom Thinks i will end up after Listening to blackmetal

[@wmbpounder6840]

I didn’t know the dude from Alaskan Bush People started a band?

[@thetruemusichead]

They just really love life

[@wdna1]

I'd like to know what is an 'EMO" for you.

[@valtieldarkambient]

r.i.p. B :/

[@KillallWhores]

I´m not really good with the english language.. Can anyone write WHY B wear his mask? Thank you

[@abdotalaat7287]

KillallWhores This very late, but I'll say it anyway. He says he used to put on makeup on his face but he would sweat very quickly and it would ruin his makeup after only two songs, so he started wearing a mask that looks the same instead.

[@triplesixmafia]

Yes

[@sith6375]

fucking amazing band. RIP b.

[@B4o2b]

good band

[@FranSilver10]

Can someone translate a bit of this interview in Spanish please? 2 years I listen to lifelover, I liked it a lot and always wanted to know what they say

[@juanvazquez5836]

Jk L They are talking in English and you seem to understand it :P

[@FranSilver10]

I am Spanish, it is so that the visitors of the video can understand

[@maksmadman]

And that’s why You Humans should respect......

[@daltonplaysthesax]

He is the guy with the full ski-mask.

[@southernpuma166]

Yes.

[@bungurzor]

Is everyone still alive exept B?

[@kodama4351]

hurr durr Yes, they're all still alive except B.

[@Katechon1349]

Rorschach's alcoholic uncle

[@user-wk4ix6fb6e]

Lifelover любовь с 2010 года❤❤

[@user-qb7tq5oc5v]

R.I.P B

[@tobiasinkelstein666]

I think kim has to get a price for being the fastest smoker haha

[@LARRY-MAYHEM]

Amo a LIFELOVER gran inspiración para mí, algún Peruano por aquí?, diga yo!!!

[@pulvercity]

5 años tarde pero aquí estoy. Soy peruano y me encanta Lifelover

[@vegasss_]

rip b, lova yall guys

[@jdeezy3202]

dude my man wearing a face mask WAY before it was cool

[@MalzLVoidWither]

Not funny

[@AgentArmadillo]

@@MalzLVoidWither lol

[@TheLifeloverOwl]

Lifelover means "life l over".

[@triplesixmafia]

No one knows Fix's real name. =\

[@sewerslidemg]

thoes are some big beer bottles gotta get me one of thoes...

[@unknown.mp4]

Rip B 🙏

[@Ethan-ue2xb]

rip b

[@Behemardimm]

Germany has the best beer :3 they're drinking Warsteiner, if i saw that right

[@PuNkIsNoTdEaD01]

German and portuguese beer. I am from Portugal xD

[@Blacksun1984]

beer in europe nowadays same as cigarettes

[@Kasparow]

oh yeah, the sweet smell off success!

[@BNK2442]

I get It, It is an ironic name because It is a suicidal Black metal Band. Briliant! :-P

[@noaurelle]

R.I.P. B

[@hulel]

Their music speak more than them

[@ilovesabbath8752]

rip B🖤

[@crystalnacht3730]

sau geil wie marius

[@thetruemusichead]

Woah, was not expecting it to be in american

[@Daluser_Not_Found]

In american?

[@ManWalkingStraight]

As far as he sais the mask is nothing more than his original make-up that he puts on his face when he plays. But because of the sweat the make up goes of so he decided to wear a mask with exactly the same make up... oh well such a same he is dead and the band broke up i was really hoping i could hear more music from them in the future :(

[@daphne1065]

I love Kim so so much

[@Trollberg]

corona ready with those masks 10 years earlier

[@chaoosmic]

btw why did he wear a mask?

[@Chrisdoesntlikenoisecore]

3:22 aw

[@sonnyking1990]

Is the bassist the guy from Black Witchery?

[@maksmadman]

I think it’s all about being Swedish... nobody will understand

[@Nachtgeyst]

right, it was warsteiner ;-)

[@Trevor9849]

How did B die? And what drugs do these homies do

[@AtrocityEquine01]

+Trevor Sobierajski Overdose on prescription medication. Ironic huh? Judging from the drugs they mentioned, cocaine and *lots* of beer.

[@Blvck_Wizard]

Trevor Sobierajski he died on an overdose of Benzo!

[@basedsouljah]

Marv Vader its so astronomically hard to OD on benzos. He was probably drinking with it.

[@Joeyd1184]

Heroin was my guess

[@sdavesda]

They probably inject some hard shit like heroin, fentanyl maybe morphine

[@GalvanicGearAkaPicao666]

Rip B

[@alteredstate4320]

so fucking sad... RIP B

[@giggora8521]

SO RLY?

[@obtuserin]

Non seems chill

[@Chrisdoesntlikenoisecore]

B 💔💔💔