It didn’t take long for the fans of Swedish metal/rock band Avatar to help crowdfund a new featurette based on the music and concepts of their latest album “Avatar Country“. A recently launched Kickstarter for the group has already seen $67,732 USD raised as of press time on an original $50,000 goal. The band themselves are hoping to raise $75,000 so they won’t have to make any production compromises with their vision. They in part commented of the project:
“Avatar Country will be a featurette (longer that a short movie but shorter than the Godfather) based on the music of the album of the same name. It will tell the full story which has already partly been shown in the videos released this far. We will of course continue to work with Johan Carlén who has been in charge behind the camera for all our music videos since Black Waltz. We have developed a language of our own through the years and become great partners, instrumental in realizing each others visions.
The money raised will go to pay for equipment, crew, actors, locations, props, 3D models, wardrobe and anything and everything you can imagine would go into any given film project. The money will NOT go to pay any member of the band, not even the King. Our salaries are made out of what we can make from touring, selling merchandise and whatever comes our way as song writers and recording artists. This will not be a pay day for the band. All money will be directly invested into our art.”
At the moment, the band are wrapping up a North American tour with Trivium and Light The Torch that has the following dates booked:
10/29 Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO
10/30 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
10/31 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
11/02 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
11/03 Berkeley, CA – UC Theatre
