Not so Eek

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Anders Eek is a Norwegian drummer , guitarist and singer born on March 5, 1974 .

Career

Eek names Metallica , Iron Maiden , Black Sabbath , Paradise Lost , My Dying Bride and especially the first Cathedral album Forest of Equilibrium as a major influence on his own music career. At the beginning of the 1990s he became known as the drummer, guitarist and singer of the group Funeral . The beginning of his musical activity was in the heyday of the Norwegian black metal scene , which led to the fact that he did not see himself as part of the national metal following and viewed himself as an outsider to the metal scene . He describes this self-image as an important impulse for a free use of style elements that are unusual for metal. He mentions the death of two band members as a further influence for his music, which is constantly oriented towards Death Doom , Gothic Metal and Funeral Doom .

"I write from the heart and the heart is really hit when things like this happen."

- Eek according to Metal.de

In addition to Funeral, Eek is the initiator of the band Fallen and the last remaining member. For traps as well as for funeral, he is considered the head of the band. He has also been involved in various music groups since the beginning of his career. As a drummer in particular, he appeared with performers such as Odium and Clouds .

In 2012, Eek suffered a myocardial infarction but recovered quickly.

Discography (selection)

With funeral
With traps
With odium
  • 1995: Odium
  • 1998: The Sad Realm of the Stars
With clouds
  • Live 2016 to 2019
  • 2017: Destin

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Travis Bickle: EXTREME DOOM PART VII: Anders Eek of Funeral. We Wither, accessed October 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Olvido: Funeral. Metal.de, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Konstantinos Vertzizis: Interview with Funeral. doom-metal.com, accessed October 21, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Nils Macher: FUNERAL: INTERVIEW WITH ANDERS EEK. powermetal.de, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Reini: Interview with Anders Eek (Funeral). neckbreaker.de, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Graham Hartman: FUNERAL DRUMMER ANDERS EEK SUFFERS HEART ATTACK. Loudwire, accessed October 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Eek, different
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 5th 1974