Karaboudjan is an avant-garde metal one-man band from Örebro, Sweden. The only band member is Dan Swanö, who had previously worked with Katatonia and Pan.Thy.Monium (among others) and who is known for being involved in many side projects. Karaboudjan is a band entirely devoted to the Adventures of Tintin, and the atmosphere created by the music reminds of the mysterious aspects of these adventures, especially those of Flight 714. "Karaboudjan" is the name of the ship in which Tintin first meets his friend Captain Haddock. The term probably comes from the popular Walloon / Belgian French word "craboudja", meaning "child gross drawing" Hergé, Tintin's creator, enjoyed melting popular Belgian culture with supposed exotic names; see for example [LINK: http://www.zompist.com/syldavian.html] [1] for parrallels between Syldavian and Brussels's speech.. History Karaboudjan being a one-man band, it ne

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