Frode’s Metal Magazine ROCKSCALIBORGH (English translation) Cover Frode's Metal Magazine Rockscaliborgh Nr. 1 2009/2008 Page 2 NORTH'S METAL GEOGRAPHY AND MIDDLE NORTH MILIEU AND FESTIVALS MAKE ME MORE ARTISTIC Page 3 Welcome to MEFISTO Page 4 - HI STEIN ROGER - HI KJARTAN.. - ARE YOU WAITING FOR… - IMMORTAL? - LOOK AT THOSE SWEDES… - ARE THEY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT TOO? Page 5 Kjartan and Stein Roger are sitting down at Mefisto dream venue. The year is 2056. And it shows its beauty in the city of Faust, the capital. Kjartan and Stein Roger are greeting each other and speaking about metal and wild gigs as usual. They're having a great time. Kjartan has got cigarettes but Stein Roger has got liquor with coca cola with sugar and a straw. They are sitting in the corner of the bar as usual. Now they're talking about Immortal. The Swedes is also a topic of discussion. Page 6 Foreground, left to right: - I'M COMING - ARE YOU COMING - I'M HUNGRY LETS EAT - LET'S SIT WITH THE NORWEGIANS… - OVER THERE - MUM, I'M HUNGRY - HI CAN I HELP YOU Background: - IMMORTAL ARE PLAYING… - ON FRIDAY - COOL, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT Page 7 Stein Roger and Kjartan continue their conversation but the Swedes get a table for themselves. Hans Willheim Olsen, Jörgen Lindgren, Morten Delin, Niclas Jörgenson, Astrid Erikson and her son Thomas Ericson are saying they are hungry and they order dinner from Arn Karlson the waiter. Now they're going to enjoy themselves. MEFISTO BAR CAFE… OPENS SATURDAY 6TH OF MARCH 2056 Page 8 METAL COMIC Mefisto is one of many countries in the north’s metal geography alongside other countries like Sound of Noise, Tribute, Amfest, Scream, Inferno, Holy in the Sky and many more. I have also made Film Planet, but it’s not finished yet. So far I’ve only got a gold angel that goes on the top. Page 9 Mefisto is names after the shop with the same name that is situated in Løkkeveien in Stavanger which is a city in Norway. Mefisto is originally the devil in the story of Faust. That has given name to the shop that was opened in 2004. The shop manager is Øystein other people who have worked there are Per and now Morten. Page 10 The country Mefisto I have placed I the north along with other countries like Tribute, Sound of Noise, Inferno and many other fictive countries from the real world. It's Mefisto I am focusing on now, The Comic Nemi inspires me the most, and I really enjoy living in Stavanger city. I've started to draw a story and I add things on a daily basis in the Mefisto capital Faust. Page 11 Here is a city in Mefisto. Welcome to the lake city Faust. Page 12 Here's the map of Mefisto as country. This is located at the most southern tip between Hellion and Sound of Noise. It's a small country but it's big enough for this project. I haven't decided on a colour for the flag of Mefisto but it shall be identical to the Swedish flag just reversed. OK Here are Mefisto's cities Page 13 MAP. COUNTRY. COUNTRY FLAG Page 14 People live good lives and have a positive attitude to life and a good mood. In the real world the shop lies in Stavanger/Norway, but here Mefisto has become a country with different cities and nature. Mefisto lies in Løkkeveien in Stavanger whilst here Mefisto lies at the bottom of the map above Tribute which is the last man in the northern hemisphere. Page 15 MEFISTO'S LANDSCAPE AND NATURE/MOUNTAINS Page 16 MEFISTO MONASTERY Page 17 MEFISTO'S FLAG AND HISTORY The Mefisto shop opened in Stavanger in Norway august 24th or? It was opened by Øystein former member of the music association at Folken. Øystein's dream was to open a metal shop and now it's here. Fine. Have a rotten Day. Page 18 TRIBUTE Welcome to Tribute Page 19 WELCOME TO FRODE'S WORLD AND SCENE. HERE IS A CITY IN TRIBUTE. ROCK ON MAN. THINK POSITIVE ABOUT IT. Page 20 TRIBUTE'S FLAG Tribute is the name of the Sandnes rock club and blues club and I'm the 159th member. So soon I'm gonna draw and write about this too it's something you can look forward to. I’m a lucky member who’s welcome that’s why they deserve to have the country named after themselves. Page 21 TRIBUTE COUNTRY FLAG Page 22 TRIBUTE'S FLAG AND LAND/NATURE Page 23 Tribute is the place where I’m a member of the rock club. Kreator, Lowdon, Vital Remains, Gehenna, Melvins etc. have played at Tribute. Tribute is the country at the bottom and is the last country in the whole North and Middle North. The word Tribute means praise and shows well where I belong etc. Page 24 - COOL WITH VENOM - VENOM IS MY FAVOURITE BAND FROM ENGLAND Page 25 Morten and Anders are sitting at table 1 and they're discussing heroes above all heroes. Morten and Anders views Venom as the kings of thrash within NWOBHM and enjoy a black lager. Morten and Anders are indoors drinking beer while Venom’s playing loudly in the bar. Page 27 WELCOME TO HOLE IN THE SKY Page 28 HOLE IN THE SKY COUNTRY FLAG Page 31 Hole In The Sky in Bergen booked At The Gates, Carcass and many of the underground bands. Cool. Here's Hole In The Sky a country that lies way up north on the map and is the neighbour of Inferno. Up until now I have listed Mefisto, Tribute and now Hole In The Sky. I went to school in Bergen and started the development of what's inside me as a Creator. Page 32 - Hi I'm Sverre Larsen Hi I'm looking forward to Immortal act at the Inferno festival. Just as many Swedes are… looking forward to it. Here at the festival there are many foreign countries like Pakistanis, South Americans and East Europeans to mention a few. It's gonna be wicked. - I live in the capital Garage in Hole In The Sky and I can't wait for the Inferno festival to start in Infernoland. OK. As you can see I love death metal. My favourite band is Vile they’re cooler than Judas. - On a finishing note I would like to thank all the people who were present at the time… - Thanks: Page 33 Sverre Larsen sits in café Garage waiting for the flight to Inferno that’s due in about an hour. Sverre is patient and waits in the meantime he's saying how much he's looking forward to going to the north or the biggest country of the Middle North. Sverre doesn't play in a band he's saying that his favourite band is the death metal band Vile. That's cool thinks amateur writer author Frode Schjelderup to himself. Page 35 I've read that Hole In The Sky is the biggest underground metal festival in Norway and the world question mark. I've placed Hole In The Sky right at the top on the earth map and produced the idea to the last detail. I haven't been to the festival per se but I suppose I'll go there some time. Now I've written about Mefisto and Tribute first and now Hole In The Sky so now I've made three comic short stories up here in the north. Page 36 Welcome to Inferno The largest country of the whole Middle North. Inferno festival is ranked as the biggest in the world when it comes to extreme metal and as the biggest in terms of location. It gets visitors from all corners of the world and here on my globe it's the biggest in the Middle North. Page 37 INFERNO Page 40 INFERNO'S FOREST Page 41 Here is a city in Inferno It's much bigger than this picture Page 42 - Hi I am Rolf Christoffer. Hi I am living in Inferno, I'm also going to the Inferno festival, I'm looking forward to it. Everyone in the north is looking forward to it… - I've been getting telephone calls from Black metal people from Norway, Sweden and Italy, they’re arriving by plane on Wednesday. We've got booze and many great bands… - are on the bill like Annet, Vader, Kreator, Nile, Lowdon, Opeth, etc. I am really looking forward to it. I also like classical music… - Like Wagner, Beethoven, Mozart, Händel etc and action films I like include Die Hard films, Face Off, Pulp Fiction and The Thing to mention a few. My favourite metal bands are Slayer and Celtic Frost. Page 43 FACTS ABOUT INFERNO Inferno is a country just as Hole In The Sky and in reality it's one of the biggest metal festivals in Norway. I’ve been there twice it inspired me to create a thought to philosophise about my own world. Inferno's flag. Page 44 WELCOME TO SOUND OF NOISE Page 45 SOUND OF NOISE COUNTRY AND FLAG THE COUNTRY'S FLAG Page 46 THE COUNTRY'S NATURE AND MOUNTAINS Page 47 Sound of Noise eleventh apartment house in middle of Sound of Noise's capital Noise centre. Page 48 OK. Sound of Noise is a metal shop in Oslo just like Mefisto in Stavanger, it’s just that Sound of Noise is older. I bought some cd's there it was at the Inferno festival. I’ve also called the shop two times. One time for Venom - Black Metal, the other time for the Crown - Hell is Here. As well as Cranium - Speed Metal Slaughter OK. Page 49 - Hi I’m a goth… - My name is Jon… - My favourite band is... - Tristania - and Classic Mozart A superstitious music style. Where does metal music come from? From classic music? And here it's imagining a devil who plays a Beethoven symphony on his violin. Page 50 Welcome to Scream Page 51 COUNTRY AND FLAG Page 52 SCREAM'S NATURE/MOUNTAINS Page 53 Scream Magazine's history is nice enough for me to make a separate country and cities. I've got a lot of Scream mags at home. In mine and many other people's opinion Scream is the best metal magazine in Norway. From 1990 up until today this magazine has been published and I bought my first copy around the year 2000. Page 55 Here a city in Scream that I have drawn. The city's got inhabitants like metalcore, progrockers and metal people. The city should be big and safe. From 1990 until now this world's extreme magazine has done a great job. Many good reviews of cd's and dvd's etc. Lots of good stuff in this magazine. Norway's best metal magazine. Page 56 WELCOME TO HELLION Page 57 THE COUNTRY'S FLAG Page 58 HELLION THE COUNTRY'S NATURE/MOUNTAINS Page 59 Hellion was launched in the autumn of 2008 in Stavanger. Tante Molla closed down. Hellion gets it's small part on the north metal map. They're got nice people working there like Leif Øyestein and Stig to name a few. On the map Hellion is placed next to Mefisto with Tribute right underneath. Page 60 - My rent is 26 000 a month. What about that. - you're only paying 26 000 you cunt.. - I'm paying 336 000.. - Stop your whining you bastard. Here Frode Karlson and Kjell Rune Bore are discussing the tragedy of economy. Page 61 Here is a city in Hellion Page 62 Welcome to Piggtråd Ampfest Page 63 PIGGTRÅDAMPFEST THE COUNTRY'S FLAG AND MAP Page 64 THE COUNTRY'S FLAG Page 65 Piggtråd was a gang at Metropolis that lies next to the old police station in Stavanger that is now closed. But here on the map Piggråd is categorized as a historical club. My younger brother helped naming the club or gave this club a good atmosphere. The country's full name here is Piggtråd Ampfest. Ampfest was Stavanger’s metal festival it doesn't exist now but historically it's important for the metal scene in Stavanger's history. Page 66 Here is city in Piggtråd Ampfest Page 67 I myself performed for 40 minutes at the Ampfest festival in 2007 or something. Did I draw the biggest audience? But I remember people liked it. Ansur and Mannepenis played after me and it was huge. Page 68 - HI MY NAME IS SVEIN TRYGVE I LIVE HERE IN INFERNO A CITY IN ROCK IN THAT'S NAMED AFTER THE INFERNO FESTIVAL. Page 69 THE COUNTRY'S FLAG/NATURE Page 70 Here is a city in Rock In. Page 71 - HI DO YOU WANT ANYTHING? - A BEER PLEASE - ONE FOR ME TOO - ILL GRAB ONE TOO Here Geir Stian, Tormod and Per Roger are ordering beer from Svein Harald. Page 72 Here people are on their way to Rock In to enjoy themselves. Page 73 This is a castle in a city in Rock In ROCK IN VARIED NATURE Page 74 Welcome to Hell Page 75 THE COUNTRY AND FLAG Page 76 Helvete is a magazine similar to Scream. I've got the magazines and I enjoy them. Helvete gets its’ country that is located over or north of Scream. Nice magazine Norway is lucky to have so many nice magazines when it comes to metal that we make more money abroad compared to home. I won't stop buying the magazines. Page 77 Here is a city in Hell Text Frode Felipe Schjelderup Translation by Helge Thornes