Big Boss (musician)
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Jiří "Big Boss" Valter is the vocalist for the Czech black metal
band Root
and the progressive metal
Equirhodont .
in 1952 to pianist Milan Valter. In 1987, when playing in band Vega, he met guitarist Petr Hošek
, with whom he later founded the black metal band Root
. Root recorded their first demo Deep in Hell in 1988.
In 1990 the band released debut album called Zjevení
(Revelation).
Big Boss launched his side project Equirhodont with his Root bandmates Ashok and Igor in 2002. In addition to his activities with these two bands, he has also recorded two solo albums.
He lists The Beatles
, Beach Boys, Chris Farlowe
, David Bowie
, Jimi Hendrix
, Jeff Lynne
, Electric Light Orchestra
, and Vanilla Fudge
as his main influences.
by certain Satanist from America
. In 1991 he founded Czech branch of the Church of Satan
.
He claims to have been appointed a High Priest in the Church of Satan by Anton LaVey
.
.
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Root
Root (band)
Root is a Czech black metal band. It was one of the bands that sparked the increasing black metal movement in the Czech Republic. It was formed in 1987.-Current members:* Jiří "Big Boss" Valter - vocals...
and the progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
Equirhodont .
Biography
Big Boss was born in Czech RepublicCzech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
in 1952 to pianist Milan Valter. In 1987, when playing in band Vega, he met guitarist Petr Hošek
Petr Hošek
Petr "Blackie" Hošek is one of the founding members of Czech black metal group Root. He left Root after recording of Madness of the Graves .-Biography of Cales :...
, with whom he later founded the black metal band Root
Root (band)
Root is a Czech black metal band. It was one of the bands that sparked the increasing black metal movement in the Czech Republic. It was formed in 1987.-Current members:* Jiří "Big Boss" Valter - vocals...
. Root recorded their first demo Deep in Hell in 1988.
In 1990 the band released debut album called Zjevení
Zjevení
Zjevení is the debut album by the Czech dark metal group Root. It was released in December, 1990.-Track listing:# "Intro"# "Zjevení"# "Aralyon"# "Výslech"# "Upálení"# "Píseň pro Satana"# "666"# "7 černých jezdců"# "Démon"# "Znamení"...
(Revelation).
Big Boss launched his side project Equirhodont with his Root bandmates Ashok and Igor in 2002. In addition to his activities with these two bands, he has also recorded two solo albums.
He lists The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, Beach Boys, Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe is an English rock, blues and soul singer. He is best known for his hit single "Out of Time", which rose to #1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1966, and his association with Colosseum and the Thunderbirds.Outside his music career, Farlowe collects war memorabilia.-Career:Inspired by Lonnie...
, David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
, Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne
Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob...
, Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...
, and Vanilla Fudge
Vanilla Fudge
Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band. The band's original lineup – vocalist/organist Mark Stein, bassist/vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer/vocalist Carmine Appice – recorded five albums during the years 1966–69, before disbanding in 1970...
as his main influences.
Beliefs
Big Boss had been introduced to SatanismSatanism
Satanism is a group of religions that is composed of a diverse number of ideological and philosophical beliefs and social phenomena. Their shared feature include symbolic association with, admiration for the character of, and even veneration of Satan or similar rebellious, promethean, and...
by certain Satanist from America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. In 1991 he founded Czech branch of the Church of Satan
Church of Satan
The Church of Satan is an organization dedicated to the acceptance of the carnal self, as articulated in The Satanic Bible, written in 1969 by Anton Szandor LaVey.- History :...
.
He claims to have been appointed a High Priest in the Church of Satan by Anton LaVey
Anton LaVey
Anton Szandor LaVey , born Howard Stanton Levey, was the founder of the Church of Satan as well as a writer, occultist, and musician...
.
Other activities
Big Boss translated several books to CzechCzech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
.
- NecronomiconNecronomiconThe Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound", written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in...
- The AntichristThe Antichrist (book)The Antichrist is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1895. Although it was written in 1888, its controversial content made Franz Overbeck and Heinrich Köselitz delay its publication, along with Ecce Homo...
- The Satanic BibleThe Satanic BibleThe Satanic Bible is a collection of essays, observations, and rituals published by Anton LaVey in 1969. It contains the core principles of LaVeyan Satanism, and is considered the foundation of its philosophy and dogma. It has been described as the most important document to influence contemporary...
With Root
- DEEP IN HELL (1988)
- REAP OF HELL (1988)
- WAR OF RATS (1988)
- MESSENGERS FROM DARKNESS (1989)
- THE TRIAL (1989)
- 7 ČERNÝCH JEZDCŮ / 666 (single, 1990)
- ZJEVENÍ (1990)
- HELL SYMPHONY (1991)
- THE REVELATION (1991)
- THE TEMPLE IN THE UNDERWORLD (1992)
- KÄRGERÄS (1996)
- THE BOOK (1999)
- ZJEVENÍ / THE TEPLE IN THE UNDERWORLD (2CD re-edition, 1999)
- BLACK SEALBlack SealBlack Seal is album by Czech black metal group Root.Track 7 features Fernando Ribeiro of Portuguese band Moonspell.-Track listing:# "The Festival of Destruction" 4:57# "The Incantation of Thessalonian Women" 5:12# "Nativity" 4:18...
(2001) - HELL SYMPHONY / KÄRGERÄS (2CD re-edition, 2001)
- DEMA (2CD demos re-edition, 2002)
- MADNESS OF THE GRAVES (2003)
- CASILDA (miniCD, 2006)
- Daemon Viam InvenientDaemon Viam InvenientDaemon Viam Invenient is an album by Czech black metal group Root. It is the first album to not feature one of the founding members of Root, Petr Hošek.-Track listing:# "Black Dove & White Raven"# "Human"# "She"# "Who're They?"# "Awakening"...
(2007)
Guest performance
- MoonspellMoonspellMoonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
- At the Image of Pain from Memorial AlbumMemorial (Moonspell album)Memorial is Moonspell's seventh full-length album, released on April 24, 2006 by SPV. The album is available in two versions: a standard edition and a limited 'digipack' edition with the "Atlantic" bonus track.... - HelheimHelheim-Biography:Helheim was founded in 1992 by V’gandr and H’grimnir , who added drummer Hrymr. The band began performing in local Bergen festivals, and in 1993, the band released their debut demo, Helheim, distributed only within Norway.Soon after the release of their first demo, the band began...
- Oaken Dragons and The Thrall And The Master from The Journeys And Experiences Of Death - BehemothBehemoth (band)Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
- Jama Pekel (Master's HammerMaster's HammerMaster's Hammer are a black metal band from the Czech Republic. They were founded in 1987 and produced several demos, before releasing their debut album Ritual in 1990...
cover) from EzkatonEzkaton-Chart performance:-Personnel:*Adam "Nergal" Darski – vocals, guitars, synth, programming*Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – bass guitar*Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Promiński – drums and percussion-Guest appearance:...