Raise Hell is a Swedish

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band from

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, Sweden. The group changed names several times in their early history; their first demo, 1997's ''Nailed'', was released under the name In Cold Blood, a name they abandoned for Raise Hell after signing with

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—which they did while still in their teens. After the album's release the group toured Europe with Dismember,

Children of Bodom Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993 as Inearthed, the final line-up of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of frontman Alexi Laiho, drummer Jaska Raatikainen, bassist Henkka Seppälä, ...

, and others. Raise Hellat

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Their second album, ''Not Dead Yet'', was released in 1999 and produced by

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(of

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), and was followed by a tour with

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. After further touring and appearances at the

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festival, the group returned to the studio in 2002 for ''Wicked Is My Game''. Guitarist Jonas von Wowern (Nilsson) did the vocals for the first three albums. In 2002 Jimmy Fjällendahl joined the band as vocalist, so Jonas could focus on playing guitar. The group signed with Black Lodge Records in 2004; ''City of the Damned'' followed in 2006, and another tour of Europe with

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and

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followed later that year.
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Members

;Current *Jonas von Wowern - guitar, vocals *Jimmy Fjällendahl - vocals (2002–present) *Joakim Kulo - guitar *Niklas Sjöström - bass *Dennis Ekdahl - drums ;Former *Torsten Wickberg - guitar

Discography

*''Nailed'' (demo, 1997) *''Holy Target'' (

, 1998) *''Not Dead Yet'' (Nuclear Blast, 2000) *''Wicked Is My Game'' (Nuclear Blast, 2002) *''City of the Damned'' ( Black Lodge Records, Black Lodge/

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, 2006) *''Written in Blood'' (Black Lodge, 2015)

References

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