Blindead 23 (Ex-Behemoth, Katatonia) Drop “So, It Feels Like Misunderstanding When” Live Video
A couple years ago, Blindead 23 rose from the ashes of the now defunct Blindead, as mastermind Mateusz “Havoc” Śmierzchalski decided to push forward despite the original band’s fate. Late last week, the band posted some live footage from their first ever live performance at last year’s Summer Dying Loud festival in Poland and fuck, if they don’t sound huge.
But that massive sound and level of musicianship shouldn’t really be surprising. After all, Blindead 23 is comprised of Śmierzchalski — who you may remember from the Thelema.6 or Zos Kia Cultus-era of Behemoth, Roger Öjersson (Katatonia, Tiamat), Patryk Zwoliński (ex-Blindead), Maciej Janas (Ketha), Vinicius Nunes and Paweł Jaroszewicz (Antigama, Obscure Sphinx, ex-Vader, ex-Decapitated).
In the video posted below, you can check out Blindead 23 playing through “So, It Feels Like Misunderstanding When,” from the Blindead album Affliction.
Given the band’s deep lineup, Śmierzchalski said it was important to get this group of musicians playing some of the original Blindead tracks as a sort of tribute to what once was.
“We kinda knew that the new line up… was more than capable of giving these tracks justice.
“However, to me the most important part was seeing all these people who came to see the show and enjoyed it so much. They obviously waited to hear the old songs after many years since the original Blindead line up fell apart… The energy between us and the people was beyond what I could have imagined and I will always remember that moment in my career.”
According to Śmierzchalski, the performance shown in the video below was his first time back on stage after going through some years of therapy. The result was a show that was “quite emotional to me from that perspective already.”
Though work on a Blindead 23 album is currently on hold “due to reasons beyond our control at the moment,” Śmierzchalski said they’re recording a 27-minute long mini-album set to release later this year, followed by a string of live shows.
