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Gyða Hrund

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About Me

*Icelandic metalhead. *I go to University of educational studies in Iceland. *I live in Reykjavik. *Weekends are mostly spent drinking beer and listening to metal with friends before we hit the town and try to get our asses kicked off from the local pubs. *Going to and or putting up some of the metal/hardcore gigs around. *I am a board/founding member of the Icelandic vegetarian association. Fight for animal rights. Be the voice for those who have none.... *Guitarist in the metal band Hostile. myspace.com/hostiletheband *Band promoter for IMC promotions in Iceland www.imc-promotions.com. We put up most of the underground metal/hardcore gigs in Iceland. I've put up bands like Municipal Waste, Burnt by the sun, Scarve and more. *I've also done interviews and stuff for the Icelandic on-line zine www.hardkjarni.com and scene reports and articles in foreign zines. *Doing promotional work for LISTENABLE RECORDS www.myspace.com/listenable *Sometimes I DJ at Bar 11, Metal nights.My space: I accept most friends requests if people share the same interest. Not because Im "collecting" friends but Ive met some interesting and nice people through myspace so Im pretty open minded about it. I try to answer all the mail im getting but it takes a while so please be patient:) But I really appriciate all mail, comments and such and I try to keep up with most of my friends.

My Interests

Music, music and music. Metal, thrash, deathmetal, classical (those guys were the metalheads of their time). My guitars; Ibanez RG270 and Washburn DimeV signature with Duncan distortion pick ups. Reading, writing, poetry, movies, comics, videogames, PS2, psp and tattoos. Animal rights, veganism. Food, cooking. Beer, jagermeister. My friends, parties. Going abroad for festivals, travelling and meeting new people. Martial arts. Trained karate for 8 years. With karate I'll kick your asssss!!

Music:

At the Gates, Arch Enemy, Angel Corpse, All that remains, Alice in Chains, Acid Bath, Agents of Oblivion, Belphegor, Black Dahlia Murder, Bloodbath, Botch, Burnt by the Sun, Behemoth, Burzum, Blut aus Nord, Beethoven, Burst, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, Cephalic Carnage, Cryptopsy, The Crown, COC, Converge, Death, Decapitated, Decrepit Birth, Deeds of Flesh, Deep Purple, Dillinger Escape Plan, Deathspell Omega, Deadboy and Elephantmen, Darkthrone, Darkest Hour, Emperor, Exhumed, Enslaved, Eyehategod, Emperor, Elliott Smith, Entombed, Fragments of Unbecoming, Fantomas, Faith no more, Fleurety, Gojira, Gentle Giant, Hate Eternal, The Haunted, Handel, Heaven Shall Burn, In flames, Isis, Job for a Cowboy, Jethro Tull, Jason Becker, Jeff Buckley, Kult ov Azazel, Katatonia, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Lamb of God, Meshuggah, Mayhem, Myrkskog, Morbid Angel, Mozart, Mastodon, Melanie, Mr. Bungle, Mortiis, Misery Index, Metallica, Nile, Nasum, Necrophagist, Neurosis, Opeth, Pestilence, Pig Destroyer, Pachabel, Pantera, Pain of Salvation, Porcupine Tree, Queen, Red Chord, Spawn of Possession, Sadus, Sigurros, Suffocation, Slayer, Shadows fall, Tragedy, Today is the Day, Tool, Textures, Tracy Chapman, Vader, Ved buens ende, Visceral Bleeding, Vital Remains, Vitamin x, Zyklon, etc etc..Then there are all the wonderful Icelandic bands which I recommend you to check out: Momentum, Severed Crotch, Solstafir, Ask the slave, Lights on the highway, Nevolution, Kimono, Myra, I adapt, Fighting Shit, Gavin Portland, Changer, Future Future…

Movies:

BIG fan of the Monty python movies, Mel Brooks movies and what Gene Wilder has done, Asian horror/martial arts movies, David Lynch movies, Stanley Kubrick movies, Tim Burton movies, Bill Murray movies, Adam Sandler movies, Shogun Assassin, House of flying daggers, Hero, Crouching tiger hidden dragon, PI, Borat, Anime, Vampyrehunter D, BASEketball, Boondock Saints, Jacob's ladder, Frailty, Airheads, Spinal Tap, Zombie movies (dawn of the dead and all that old school stuff yo), Eqilibrium, Office space, Fear and lothing in Las Vegas, Englar alheimsins, 101 Reykjavík, Sódóma Reykjavík, Dumb and dumber (I can recite all the phrases from that one, sad but true), Monsters inc, Toy Story, I guess all the Pixar movies are good.. The Fly, Godfather, Evil Dead, Scarface etc etc.....

Television:

MP..s flying circus, Spaced, Fawlty towers, Family guy, Simpsons, Futurama, Invader Zim, Scrubs, Black adder, Big train, Bo selecta, Robot Chicken, Aqua teen hunger force, Alan Partridge.. Jeez you must be getting the picture, cartoons and funny stuff aye.

Books:

Every discworld book that master Terry Pratchett has done *hail*, Lord of the rings (a true geek since i was 14yrs old), Philip Pullman..s trilogy, his dark materials. The hitchikers guide to the galaxy. Brennunjálssaga, Brodir minn ljonshjarta (carry that book with me anywhere), Clockwork orange, The picture of Dorian Gray and just Oscar Wilde in general. Every poem or short story that Edgar Allan Poe has done. HP Lovecraft..s stuff is good. Total guitar, it's a magazine but it's my bible. Animal liberation by Peter Zinger. I love comics. Everything that Neil Gaiman has done, Sandman, Coraline, American Gods, Neverwhere, Good Omens(with Terry Pratchett) and all his wonderful books. And one day I will marry both Roman Dirge and Jhonen Vasquez. Lenore, Squee, Invader zim and JTHM. Serenity Rose. Paul Coelho.

Heroes:

Heroes only let you down

My Blog

Hellfest 2007!!

Yep yep going my fourth time, well second time as Hellfest, the other two times were Furyfest. Killer line-up as usual. A lot of people going from Iceland this year. Dig in:   Friday 22 MAINSTAGE...
Posted by Gyða Hrund on Wed, 02 May 2007 02:09:00 PST

Castle Grayskull, Halloween and stuff. (TONS OF PICTURES)

Yeah my first Halloween ever was awesome!! In Iceland we don't celebrate Halloween so this was a kick ass experience for me. I carved my first pumpkin ever and I think I did a pretty cool job with Dar...
Posted by Gyða Hrund on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:38:00 PST

I write poetry...

but I'm too afraid to put them into the open. I'm trying this out. Ég hlusta með eftirvæntingu, á hvert orð, hverja setningu. Allt sem þú hefur að segja vil ég heyra. Orðin ljúfu streyma frá hlýj...
Posted by Gyða Hrund on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:09:00 PST

Interview with me..

This interview took place last summer for an Icelandic website. I had forgotten all about it. I didn't provide the pics though. Anyway:http://alltannad.is/greinar/metall-a-islandi...
Posted by Gyða Hrund on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:12:00 PST

Germany Update!!

Yes, I live in Germany now. It's fun. I just got the internet yesterday.I live in a small town called Bruch and it's between Trier and Bitburg. I like my nice little town although you have to have a c...
Posted by Gyða Hrund on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:14:00 PST

17 days until I move to Germany..

As many of you know I'm moving to Germany. So here's the factsheet:*I'm moving on the 26th of August*I'll be in Germany for 10 months.*I'll have the coolest roomie EVER, my drummer, BlastBeat Bill.*I´...
Posted by Gyða Hrund on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:19:00 PST

Dj Metal Gyda, Bar 11 every Thursday until I move to Germany!

Yep, I was offered to DJ at Bar 11, the rock bar in down town Reykjavik. So every Thursday night at Bar 11 I'll be jocking the discs or whatever haha. Last Thursday it started slowly, my friends mostl...
Posted by Gyða Hrund on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:14:00 PST

Hellfest France in tomorrow and then some!

Yep, going to Hellfest France tomorrow and after the weekend I'm going to chill in London for few days.Well excited. I'm sick now, been puking all morning and that is not good. But I'm feeling better ...
Posted by Gyða Hrund on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:06:00 PST

I'm a geek I know..

but I made myself a killer effect case!!Top:Inside:I'm adorable, I know....
Posted by Gyða Hrund on Fri, 12 May 2006 02:49:00 PST

When the grass gets green I miss you even more..

I used to go outside and pick the most green and fresh grass I could find. But not anymore and I miss it and you....
Posted by Gyða Hrund on Sat, 06 May 2006 02:32:00 PST