After a great debut album in 2011, " In the Flesh " and a live DVD in 2013, Egyptian-born, New York-based conceptual artist Nader Sadek, designer, creator of ideas, shapes ... ex-visual art director of MAYHEM live performances, is preparing for a live show in Montereal, Canada, a new era for the Nader Sadek project with European dates to follow (late May) check out the poster below for the revamped line-up.
This Exclusive One-Day Showing to feature Self-Extracted Human Leather Binding of New Live LP + DVD Living Flesh; Available Now!
Flesh. Throughout Egyptian artist Nader Sadek's recent constellation of works, flesh has predominantly symbolized the prehistoric origins of petroleum and its barely degradable derivatives. Exploring the political unconscious of the petro-world order, his sculptures, performances, and metal compositions stage the global trap of dictatorship, popular alienation, and near-cannibalistic self-consumption--a trap the Egyptian revolution has struggled to emerge from. The latest addition to Sadek's constellation of works brazenly inverts, extends, and literalizes the symbolism of flesh as petroleum's origin.
Up until now Sadek's petroleum-based silicone sculptures have resembled freshly wounded skin, complete with bruises and swellings; in the wake of the the Egyptian revolution, Sadek has immortalized a piece of his own flesh. He has extracted strips of skin from his body and tanned them at a Cairo tannery, thereby suspending them in a state of limbo neither living nor decayed--an apt metaphor for the state of the Arab Spring. It also recalls Bibles of centuries past bound by human flesh, not to mention the macabre interior design of serial killers from the Third Reich to Jeffry Dahmer.
Rather than binding Bibles and lampshades, however, Sadek instead has bound his eponymous album: animal cast silicone shrouds the case which holds a signed test pressing as well as a wrapped LP, while his embossed, self-extracted leather functions as the album's crest.
Sadek has recently released his debut live album + DVD (and followup to 2011's debut full-length album "In The Flesh"), titled "Living Flesh," recorded November 20th, 2011 also at Santos (Sadek's motivation for choosing this location for his most recent installment), featuring guest musicians Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy; Rune Eriksen of Aura Noir, Ava Inferi, and formerly of Mayhem; Novy, formerly of Behemoth and Vader; and Steve Tucker, formerly of Morbid Angel, in his first and last live appearance for this project. These greats are joined by Sean Frey as guest live guitarist and Carmen Simoes on backing vocals.
The Santos exhibit will also feature a live screening of the surgical procedure that took place in the making of the "Living Flesh" installment.
Sadek's work is also on display at Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania until July 28th. The exhibit features masks worn by Attila Cshiar during his performances with Sunn O))) and Mayhem. The masks were designed and fabricated by Nader Sadek in his NYC studio in 2007. Visit the gallery's website HERE for more information.
Nader Sadek "Living Flesh" Exhibit
Monday, April 22nd (6 - 8pm) @ Santos Party House New York, NY
Living Flesh, the live audio/visual experience masterminded by famed artist and visual effects director, NADER SADEK, is now streaming in full.
Self-released last week to an outstanding reaction from fans across the globe, Living Flesh can now be seen and heard online in its entirety. To stream the audio portion of Living Flesh, visitwww.nadersadek.com/shop. The DVD is now playing, for a limited time only, at this location.
Recorded at Santos Party House in Manhattan during the band's first live performance of the 2011 release, In The Flesh, Living Flesh is available as a signed CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray (limited to 20 copies), LP/Blu-ray combo, limited edition LP (500 copies), LP with digital video download and as a digital download. Next month will see NADER SADEK issue a unique piece relating to the release. Details coming soon. Visit www.nadersadek.com/shop to order. Capturing the inimitable stage presence of a unique collaboration of death metal and black metal giants, Living Flesh offers the heavy, haunting soundtrack of a society ever more soaked in the reanimated, decomposed bio-matter we know as petroleum. The November 20, 2011 show featured the original line-up of musicians from the In the Flesh record, as well as two new performers. The original line-up consisted of Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY); Rune Eriksen (AURA NOIR, AVA INFERI, ex-MAYHEM); Novy (ex-BEHEMOTH and ex-VADER); and Steve Tucker (ex-MORBID ANGEL in his first and last live appearance for this project. Those greats are joined by Sean Frey as guest live guitarist and Carmen Simoes on backing vocals. Living Flesh also brings you photos of that evening, demonstrating why NADER SADEKhas been a favorite set-designer for the likes of SUNN O))) and MAYHEM. Nodding to the petroleum theme, the Egyptian artist brought the drums to the front of the stage as a metaphorical engine driving the music, while the disembodied voices of the singers emerge from the rear of the stage, behind the guitars and bass. Sadek himself takes the stage to baptize small, gut-like objects in a black tar-like liquid and throw them into the crowd.
The songs themselves differ from the original studio album arrangements. Not only are they played at a much higher speed, but have been extended to allow the audience to sink into and absorb the relentless riffs. Carmen Simoes' operatic voice enhances the melodies and darkens the atmosphere. The live show also features one track that does not appear on the studio album: Flo Mounier's extraordinary drum solo that shifts from brutal mechanical noise to rhythmic musical patterns, paralleling the overlap of man and machine charted by Sadek's petroleum-based project.Living Flesh will also be released in a single, unique vinyl edition. Consisting of a very special packaging and extra content, this piece is limited to one exclusive copy worldwide. Details to be announced.
Artist and visual effects director and driving force behind the all-star death metal project that bears his name, NADER SADEK has self-released the live audio/visual experience,Living Flesh, today. In conjunction with the release of Living Flesh, MetalSucks.net is running an exclusive world premier of the video for "Of The Flesh (Live)," taken off the DVD portion of the release.The video is now streaming at this location. Album of the Month, March 2013, Nader Sadek`s Living Flesh
Recorded at Santos Party House in Manhattan during the band's first live performance of the 2011 release, In The Flesh, Living Flesh is available as a signed CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray (limited to 20 copies), limited edition LP (500 copies), LP with digital video download and as a digital download. Visit www.nadersadek.com/shop to order. Capturing the inimitable stage presence of a unique collaboration of death metal and black metal giants, Living Flesh offers the heavy, haunting soundtrack of a society ever more soaked in the reanimated, decomposed bio-matter we know as petroleum. The November 20, 2011 show featured the original line-up of musicians from the In the Flesh record, as well as two new performers. The original line-up consisted of Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY); Rune Eriksen (AURA NOIR, AVA INFERI, ex-MAYHEM); Novy (ex-BEHEMOTH and ex-VADER); and Steve Tucker (ex-MORBID ANGEL in his first and last live appearance for this project. Those greats are joined by Sean Frey as guest live guitarist and Carmen Simoes on backing vocals. Living Flesh also brings you photos of that evening, demonstrating why NADER SADEKhas been a favorite set-designer for the likes of SUNN O))) and MAYHEM. Nodding to the petroleum theme, the Egyptian artist brought the drums to the front of the stage as a metaphorical engine driving the music, while the disembodied voices of the singers emerge from the rear of the stage, behind the guitars and bass. Sadek himself takes the stage to baptize small, gut-like objects in a black tar-like liquid and throw them into the crowd.
The songs themselves differ from the original studio album arrangements. Not only are they played at a much higher speed, but have been extended to allow the audience to sink into and absorb the relentless riffs. Carmen Simoes' operatic voice enhances the melodies and darkens the atmosphere. The live show also features one track that does not appear on the studio album: Flo Mounier's extraordinary drum solo that shifts from brutal mechanical noise to rhythmic musical patterns, paralleling the overlap of man and machine charted by Sadek's petroleum-based project.Living Flesh will also be released in a single, unique vinyl edition. Consisting of a very special packaging and extra content, this piece is limited to one exclusive copy worldwide. Details to be announced.
Famed artist and visual effects director and driving force behind the all-star death metal project that bears his name, NADER SADEK has joined forces withMetalInjection.netand Decibel Magazine to premier two videos from the DVD portion of his live audio/visual experience entitledLiving Flesh.
Videos for "Sulffer" and "Nigredo in Necromance," both filmed live during a 2011 performance at Santos Party House in Manhattan, are now streaming at the links below.
On February 27th, NADER SADEK will self-release the live CD/DVD Living Flesh, which captured the first ever live performance of the 2011 release In The Flesh. Details on the release can be found below and pre-orders are being taken at www.nadersadek.com. Capturing the inimitable stage presence of a unique collaboration of death metal and black metal giants, Living Flesh offers the heavy, haunting soundtrack of a society ever more soaked in the reanimated, decomposed bio-matter we know as petroleum. The November 20, 2011 show featured the original line-up of musicians from the In the Flesh record, as well as two new performers. The original line-up consisted of Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY); Rune Eriksen (AURA NOIR, AVA INFERI, ex-MAYHEM); Novy (ex-BEHEMOTH and ex-VADER); and Steve Tucker (ex-MORBID ANGEL in his first and last live appearance for this project. Those greats are joined by Sean Frey as guest live guitarist and Carmen Simoes on backing vocals.
Living Flesh also brings you photos of that evening, demonstrating why NADER SADEKhas been a favorite set-designer for the likes of SUNN O))) and MAYHEM. Nodding to the petroleum theme, the Egyptian artist brought the drums to the front of the stage as a metaphorical engine driving the music, while the disembodied voices of the singers emerge from the rear of the stage, behind the guitars and bass. Sadek himself takes the stage to baptize small, gut-like objects in a black tar-like liquid and throw them into the crowd.
The songs themselves differ from the original studio album arrangements. Not only are they played at a much higher speed, but have been extended to allow the audience to sink into and absorb the relentless riffs. Carmen Simoes' operatic voice enhances the melodies and darkens the atmosphere. The live show also features one track that does not appear on the studio album: Flo Mounier's extraordinary drum solo that shifts from brutal mechanical noise to rhythmic musical patterns, paralleling the overlap of man and machine charted by Sadek's petroleum-based project.Living Flesh will also be released in a single, unique vinyl edition. Consisting of a very special packaging and extra content, this piece is limited to one exclusive copy worldwide. Details to be announced.
Years of
sleeping matter waiting to be found. The time transforms living plants and
animals while creatures are extinguished and others evolve. Humans are born,
intelligence develops and gives us the power to break barriers and conquer our
world. We discover the black liquid, the source of our energy that corrupts our
minds with greed. We can now conquer everything because petroleum gives us
life. We can´t live without it but it also takes our life away, covering our
consumerist personality with its dark viscosity. Death becomes energy and
energy becomes death. Cars filling roads in a mix of engine hoarseness and
veils of smoke, boats covering oceans with a putrid layer of bio matter,
animals suffocating in a gluey black dress and there’s no way out of this
violent addiction.
There´s
a sound filling the contaminated oxygen you breathe. A well oiled mechanical
orchestra liberates chemical pollution through metallic noise that corrodes the
most sensitive ears. The harsh melody calls from the depths of Earth, anxious
to get out in form of death metal expressing itself through brutal music. “Living
Flesh” the first live performance from Nader Sadek´s “In the Flesh” project
will see the light of day on February 27th in a self-release. The
live act demonstrates the huge presence in stage of some death metal and black
metal monsters that together with excellent guest musicians offer an enormous
dose of extremely well played music to haunt a society increasingly attached to
petroleum.
The
November 20, 2011 show featured the original line-up of “In the Flesh” record
as well as two new performers. With Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy), Rune Eriksen (Aura
Noir, Ava Inferi, ex-Mayhem), Novy (ex- Behemoth, ex-Vader), Steve Tucker
(ex-Morbid Angel), Sean Frey (guest live guitarist) and Carmen Simões (back
vocals) the result was an incredible conjuration of heavy symphonies for an
excited crowd.
The
Egyptian creator of ideas, shapes, lyrical concepts… art! Nader Sadek is the
mastermind of this magnificent work and he believes that perfection is born
from passion. It is obvious that he seeks perfection when he focuses with
inspiration and motivation in the concretion of a task and the live performance
of “In the Flesh” wasn´t an exception. Nodding to the petroleum theme he
brought the drums to the front of the stage as a metaphorical engine driving
the music, while the disembodied voices of the singers emerge from the rear of
the satge behind the guitars and bass. Sadek himself takes the stage to baptize
small, gut-like objects in a black tar-like liquid and throw them into the
audience. I can say that perfection is almost there with a combination of
environment and music that creates a solid image of the record concept.
It is
obvious of course that without the hybrid formation that contemplates the huge
machinery sounding vs human fragility soundscape the final result would be
impossible. Not only had the three expert musicians (Steve, Flo and Rune)
exuded in perfect symbiosis an incredible show of raw death metal but also they
managed to contrast with a melodic journey in top of a furious sound being able
to create different layers in the music. The riffing sometimes can be very
melodic but other times it can actually be disharmonic and very black
metal-influenced. Flo is a killer in the drums and he attacks the front of the
stage with full force giving life to the metaphor Sadek wanted to create. He
also has the spotlight in a track that doesn’t appear in the studio album with
a drum solo that changes between mechanical noise and more rhythmic patterns,
paralleling the overlap of man and machine… it is worthy every minute of your
attention. Carmen Simões voice haunts with beauty and horror at the same time
giving the important atmosphere, without her this live art wouldn´t be
complete.
The
songs themselves differ from the original album arrangements. They are played
at a much higher speed and have been extended to allow the crowd to immerse and
capture this dark blend of visceral music. “Living Flesh” is a truly
magnificent live album that should be at least in a metal-head collection. It
is true that there aren´t many live albums worthy of your attention but this
one is a rarity, a super formation in harmony profaning the stage like there´s
no tomorrow.
01.Re:awakening
02.Nigredo in Necromance (live)
03.Sulffer (live)
04.Mechanic Idolatry (live)
05.Soulless (live)
06.Rusted Skin/Drum solo (live)
07.Of this flesh (live)
08.Re:exhaust
09.Petrophilia
This is an exclusive video release of the track "SOULLESS" by "NADER SADEK". The video was authorized only for promotion. Courtesy of Metalranks & Metalpaths and of course Nader Sadek.
One melee with the words, ideas and its paradoxes... albuns that are news, the reviews at "HeavyHardMetalmania.net", always with its watermark, Pedro Ribeiro, with love for beer... sorry,music from an early age, he studied piano and singing from 7 to 14 years, then, devoted himself to the study of the guitar for 5 years. "The wisdom is found in the extremes, all extreme Metal here!"
Below can be seen the "Nader Sadek" first ever live performance in the last week-end, 20th at Santos Party House in New York and follows the recent debut album "In The Flesh" .
The musicians who did part of this machine are: Steve Tucker (ex-Morbid Angel) – vocals Rune Eriksen (Ava Inferi, Aura Noir, ex-Mayhem) – guitar Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy) – drums Novy (ex-Vader / ex-Behemoth) – bass
The young talent Sean Frey on lead guitar and a surprise Female vocalist... was Carmen Simões (Ava Inferi / Moonspell)!
