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French Death Metal Band GOROD To Perform Inside Steel Cube
- Sep. 29, 2009
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French death metallers GOROD will take part in Evento 2009, a new biennial event that will take place October 9-18 throughout the urban public space of the city of Bordeaux, France. This year's edition will present artistic, theoretical and performative interventions by over 50 participants, articulated by the notion of Collective Intimacy, the concept proposed by its curator, Didier Fiúza Faustino. GOROD will perform inside Portuguese artist João Onofre's "Box Sized Die" installation, a soundproof, steel-walled cube, an homage to Tony Smith's DIE, an icon of American sculpture dating from 1962. At the beginning of the performance, they will play with the door open (normal concert volume level). Then the door will be shut and nothing more will be heard outside. As the cube has no ventilation, the concert will last at most 14 minutes, after which the exhausted band will open the door again. Onofre has worked with several other metal bands in the past, including Swiss melodic death metallers DARKMOON, who performed inside "Box Sized Die" at last year's Art Basel, described as "the most prestigious international art fair." For more information, go to this location. 
DARKMOON photo by S. W. Vogelaar (taken at last year's Art Basel) 
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posted by : me...?
9/29/2009 8:08:06 AM
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better hope for no "spinal tap" moments, i.e. the cocoon...
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posted by : fermentis
9/29/2009 8:25:04 AM
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thats metal.
the cube, that is... lol
kidding, it's fucking cool
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COMMENT | The box
posted by :
9/29/2009 8:40:44 AM
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looks a bit small. Can you really play in there?
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posted by : Deth
9/29/2009 8:59:12 AM
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So what's the purpose of this? You play, the door shuts, and the sound gets cut off for 14 minutes. Is there a point? How can it be considered a concert if nobody can hear the music? Makes no sense.
I digress, love this band and can't wait to see them in Maryland in May.
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posted by : john66674
9/29/2009 9:41:34 AM
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what a stupid ass idea this is
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posted by :
9/29/2009 9:55:25 AM
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sounds like something dethklok would do
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posted by :
9/29/2009 9:56:11 AM
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I hope they have really good ear plugs.
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posted by : thenumberofthebeef
9/29/2009 10:12:45 AM
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This is why I hate "art types". I was going to use another word in place of "types" but I would probably have been banned. This is a stupid fucking idea.
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posted by : MF
9/29/2009 10:16:14 AM
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coming soon to theatres.
CUBE 3: Deathcube
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COMMENT | MF
posted by :
9/29/2009 10:25:06 AM
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They already made a 3rd cube movie.
Its called Cube: Zero
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COMMENT | Brutal...
posted by : inked.in.blood
9/29/2009 10:29:03 AM
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I agree with jeffg, this is a Dethklok stunt.
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posted by :
9/29/2009 11:04:12 AM
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I have no idea what to make of this.
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COMMENT | Riiiight...
posted by : Odysseus
9/29/2009 11:05:26 AM
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Because Dethklok is the be all and end all of everything.
And the decline of intelligence continues...
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COMMENT | ,,,
posted by :
9/29/2009 11:23:53 AM
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I love it. It's obviously an omage to my first real jamspace which was literally the buildings electrical room. Ahh memories. So many bassists electrocuted while picking up their bass before their audition. lol.
but yeah, these guys are one of the best tech metal bands ever. I like the idea. Not everything has to make sense. If they die I'll be pissed though.
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posted by : Peg The Minger
9/29/2009 11:33:19 AM
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What A sh*t idea and a waste of a sound proof cube. It might have had some merit if they'd managed to get Bring Me the Horizon to do this. They could have sealed it and then dumped it in the Atlantic. Job done!
:)
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COMMENT | Never mind the actual performance...
posted by : Dr. Mysterio
9/29/2009 11:36:37 AM
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I wanna hear the stage banter from this!
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COMMENT | jeez
posted by : Red16
9/29/2009 12:18:36 PM
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why would they do this? It's so pointless. :S
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posted by :
9/29/2009 12:21:07 PM
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what if one of em farts?
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COMMENT | Point???
posted by : sepish1974
9/29/2009 12:31:31 PM
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My god!!! This idea actually has my head spinning trying to figure it out. Why don't they play a show hanging upside down? Maybe they could set themselves on fire and play a show. I'm not putting this band down. Hell, this is the first that I have ever heard of them. Locking yourselves in a box that is hardly big enough to hold everybody and playing where noone can hear you??? I just can't grasp the reasoning behind this. Some arty farty types do shit that is so far removed from what anyone would comprehend that it just makes your head hurt trying to figure it out. Hell, maybe I'm the idiot here. This is the kind of thing Celine Dion, Dave Mathews Band or Madonna should do, except once they are in the damn box we could have them buried six feet deep. I guess in this day and age a band has to do something (no matter how silly it is) to get noticed. If any fans of this band know what the point is, please post a message to let this dummy (me) know what the hell the mindset is here. All I have to say in conclusion is that they had better not be headbanging or doing anything too physical while they are in that box because they just might run out of air and suffocate before the door is opened. They tell kids not to play in old refrigerators for a very good reason.
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COMMENT | Oh!!!
posted by : sepish1974
9/29/2009 12:32:26 PM
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They are French. That says it all. Nevermind.
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COMMENT | Wow...
posted by :
9/29/2009 12:44:50 PM
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I've got 10 bucks on Zoltan Bathory from Five Finger Dick Punch being in there.
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posted by :
9/29/2009 1:09:01 PM
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French Death Metal?? Isn't that an oxymoron?
I'm sure the folks at this event will cheer when the door to the soundproof box closes after they get a taste of death metal. I love death metal but it is not a sound that the masses enjoy or understand, especially the French! ; )
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posted by :
9/29/2009 1:10:03 PM
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It's probably a magic trick. They'll close the door while the band is playing and then when they open the door T-boner will jump out and yell at them in ALL CAPS.
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posted by :
9/29/2009 1:10:09 PM
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"I hope they have really good ear plugs"Now, why on earth would they need earplugs if the input jack goes from out of the box and into the amp outside of the box? In fact, all the guitarist would hear is the clean tone of their instrument. You are a dunce.
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posted by :
9/29/2009 3:17:53 PM
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posted by : shapechangerVII
9/29/2009 1:09:01 PM
French Death Metal?? Isn't that an oxymoron?
I'm sure the folks at this event will cheer when the door to the soundproof box closes after they get a taste of death metal. I love death metal but it is not a sound that the masses enjoy or understand, especially the French! ; )
you'd be surprised by the amoutn of death metal bands in the country. of course it's underground, but like everywhere else. i know a french/californian dude who lives in Paris and says this music's doing much better here than in the US!
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COMMENT | ^^^
posted by :
9/29/2009 3:53:47 PM
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That's cool. Of course I was speaking out of complete ignorance. Thanks for not screaming at me or calling me naughty names. I may have to look in to the French death metal scene a little more closely!
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posted by : Gondor
9/29/2009 4:20:33 PM
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This is where nickelback needs to play. forever.
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COMMENT | @thedorkness
posted by : EaterOfBabies
9/29/2009 5:08:46 PM
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have you ever played in a confined space next to a drumkit? Ear plugs are essential for sanity's sake. hahahs
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COMMENT | I think some of you don't understand
posted by :
9/29/2009 6:06:20 PM
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From the outside of the box, no one can hear anything but faint rumblings from the drums and bass. There is no line going from inside the box to speakers outside. All the amplification is inside the box. So the volume level inside would be about the same as for a normal concert because the anechoic foam would absorb any additional reverberations.
Also, this isn't the band's idea. It's some nutjob modern "artist" who just wanted a 4-piece death metal band who was up for it. This is totally art, man.
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COMMENT | Hey Deth
posted by : nigel666
9/29/2009 7:20:05 PM
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It's not a concert, it's an installation which is part of this "Evento 2009" The meaning though, I have nfc :)
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COMMENT |
posted by :
10/1/2009 3:22:43 AM
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But w/o anything to hear from the outside and only the band being inside, how can we be reasonably sure that they had actually been playing and not just been having a good laugh at the audience? This performance needs an independent inspector placed in the cube, otherwise there's a considerable risk that it is just a fake.
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