Courtesy of thulsadoom70 and dissectionfp
TRANSLATION
Hello Jimmy!
Jon from Dissection writing here. Thanks for the letter and the cassette! It was a fun surprise... The Altar demo (prom[o]?) sounds great as hell... sounds a bit “Gothenburg,” if you know what I mean, but in my opinion, that’s only positive!!! Our album “The Somberlain” is coming out any time now, so just keep your eyes open when you’re checking the record stores... Extremely cool that you liked what you heard at Adrian’s! Me and Ole (drums) are moving to Gothenburg soon, and then we will probably share a rehearsal space with At The Gates... that will be cool.
Yeah, I sure got confused in Falköping when you asked if I was Jon, ho ho... Your girlfriend is named Jill Yndal, right? Her sister Mona is cool. However, I don’t know Jill... oh well, who cares?!?
We are currently busy composing new material for the second album. It sounds 1000 times better!!! “The Somberlain” consists mostly of old material!!
Okay, sorry for this short-written letter, but I have a hell of a mountain of letters to go through. Keep in touch and if you are going to Gothenburg, let me know and we can have a couple of beers or ten!!! Alright, write soon!
BACKGROUND
From Instagram account 'dissectionfp'.
A follower here shared this letter with me, which he says he bought from a Swede on Facebook! Some time later, he met another Swede through Instagram, to whom he showed the letter. And the Swede said, “You know, I know the person to whom that letter was addressed.”
The follower contacted this person, and he remembered this letter; this person said that he was a member of the band ALTAR, Jimmy Lundmark (Guitar), a Swedish Death Metal band formed in Stockholm in the early 90s, but which was only active for a short time.
They became known for their compilation album “Dark Domains,” released by Konqueror Records in 2012. This material is a remastered compilation of demo tracks and rare recordings originally recorded and released from 1989 to 1995, the period during which the band was active.
Among the classic demos are “No Flesh Shall Be Spared” (1991) and “Ex-Purge of Impurity” (1993).
Photo and letter provided by: @thulsadoom79