This was how Johnny K\u00fchn experienced the day when his good friend, colleague and cycling partner was hit by a car as he rode with his cycling club south of Aarhus, Denmark. The friend died after a 7-week coma, changing all at the moment. \u201dOn a dark day in May, it felt like all my angels went away.\u201d These are the first lines from \u201dStruck from Behind\u201d, the opening song on the album \u201dRecoil of Shock and Sorrow\u201d. \u201dI got an urge to write a song about it and scream it out,\u201d Johnny K\u00fchn explains. His music project 2000 TONS mixes heavy, gothic metal with electronic soundscapes and catchy choruses.<\/p>\n
The years before and after the loss of Johnny K\u00fchn\u2019s friend, were characterized by death and personal crises that inspired the rest of the songs on the record. The process of creating the album has been used as therapy to get through crises and has redeemed the things that Johnny K\u00fchn had left on his hands. \u201dThe mind has become less cumbersome\u201d, he says. To the question whether it could be dangerous to get so personal and heeling it out, he replies that as long as you do not brush it off, it\u2019s okay. The lyrics and message behind them are not always so straightforward, but abstractly and ambiguously written. But Johnny K\u00fchn\u2019s personal goals were to release all the dark and come out on the other side with a series of songs that he describes as the most genuine and brutally honest he has ever written.<\/p>\n<\/div>
The first video for “Struck from behind” by Thomas Feiring S\u00f8ndergaard<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>