David Parland


David Vincent Parland, also known by his stage name Blackmoon, was a Swedish metal guitarist noted for his work the bands Dark Funeral, Necrophobic and Infernal, all of which he co-founded.

Biography

Parland was a member of Necrophobic since its inception in 1989, but quit in 1995 to concentrate on Dark Funeral, which he co-founded in 1993. Before leaving Necrophobic, he had written most of the material for their next album. Darkside, with Parland's contributions intact, was released by Necrophobic in 1997, although Parland did not participate in the recording.
Parland ran independent record label Hellspawn Records from 1994 to 2002 in Johanneshov, Stockholm, releasing albums from bands such as Abruptum and his own Dark Funeral, with distribution by House of Kicks, VME, and Sound Pollution. After leaving Dark Funeral in 1996, Parland founded the bands War and Infernal. While keeping a low profile and not being actively involved in any bands since the second line-up of Infernal broke up in 2003, Parland announced in January 2009 that he was working on new material with drummer Tomas Asklund. Demos and a full-length album were to be recorded during 2009. An EP from the band was released on 1 May 2010, entitled The Infernal Return.
In an interview from October 2012, David Parland explained that Infernal went inactive after the EP because of bad financial circumstances, and Parland getting arrested and being sent to a psychiatric district for "detoxification purposes". According to the interview, Parland got a neck injury in a car crash several years before and resorted to painkillers. He eventually became addicted. Parland revealed that Infernal had parted ways for good with drummer Tomas Asklund. Parland was planning on searching for a pro-black/death/heavy metal drummer for the recording of the full-length The Infernal Retribution. The album was intended to be released in late 2013, according to this interview.
Parland died on 19 March 2013, at the age of 42.

Beliefs

Parland was a self-described misanthrope and harbored contempt for organized religion and "political correctness", as well as "slave mentality" and other mindsets which oppose individualism. He agreed with many aspects of Satanic thought, but did not consider himself religious.

Bands

  • Necrophobic – guitars, keyboards
  • Dark Funeral – guitars
  • Infernal – bass, guitars, vocals
  • Darkwinds – all instruments, vocals

    Discography

Infernal

  • Infernal
  • Under Wings of Hell
  • Summon Forth the Beast
  • ''The Infernal Return''

    Unreleased recordings

  • Hellhymns, 4-track demo
  • ''The Infernal Return''

    Darkwinds

  • Demo
  • Demo
  • ''Untitled album''

    Necrophobic

  • Slow Asphyxiation
  • Unholy Prophecies
  • The Call
  • The Nocturnal Silence
  • Bloodfreezing .
  • Spawned by Evil
  • ''Satanic Blasphemies''

    Dark Funeral

  • Dark Funeral
  • The Secrets of the Black Arts
  • ''In the Sign...''

    War

  • Total War
  • ''We Are...Total War...''

    Hellspawn Records releases

  • Dark Funeral – Dark Funeral
  • Abruptum – Evil Genius
  • Von – Satanic Blood
  • In Conspiracy with Satan – A Tribute to Bathory
  • Infernal – Infernal
  • Dark Funeral – In the Sign...
  • Tyrants from the Abyss – Morbid Angel Tribute
  • Deathwitch – Deathfuck Rituals
  • Maze of Torment – ''The Unmarked Graves''