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Swedish Death Metal
Swedish death metal is a death metal music scene developed in Sweden. Many Swedish death metal bands are associated with the melodic death metal movement, thus giving Swedish death metal a different sound from other variations of death metal. Unlike American death metal groups, the first Swedish bands were rooted in hardcore punk. Gothenburg has a large melodic death metal scene while Stockholm is known for its more raw death metal scene. Phil Freeman of AllMusic described Swedish death metal as "grinding," and as more focused on "getting heads banging and mosh pits exploding ndless fixated on technical achievement" than the Floridan style of death metal. History Precursors The Swedish death metal scene's earliest originators were influenced more by punk rock, especially the D-beat and hardcore punk scene, than they were metal bands. The most influential of these bands upon the burgeoning Swedish extreme metal scene was Gothenburg's Anti Cimex. Influenced by such Swedish pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Metal
Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and Chromatic scale, chromatic chord progressions. The lyrical themes of death metal may include slasher film-style violence,Moynihan, Michael, and Dirik Søderlind (1998). Lords of Chaos (2nd ed.). Feral House. , p. 27 political conflict, religion, nature, philosophy, true crime and science fiction. Building from the musical structure of thrash metal and Black metal#First wave, early black metal, death metal emerged during the mid-1980s. Bands such as Venom (band), Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Kreator were important influences on the genre's creation. Possessed (band), Possessed, Death (metal ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merciless (band)
Merciless is a Swedish Death metal, death/thrash metal band, formed in Strängnäs in 1986. They are one of the longest-serving Swedish extreme metal bands. History The band was formed during the summer of 1986 in Strängnäs by Erik Wallin (guitar), Fredrik Karlén (bass guitar) and Stefan Carlsson (drums). They were inspired by the early fast-playing bands such as Kreator, Sodom (band), Sodom, Destruction (band), Destruction and Bathory (band), Bathory. First they did some local gigs as "Obsessed" and "Black Mass" but changed their name to Merciless in early 1987. A demo was recorded titled ''Behind the Black Door'', which led to the replacement of Kåle by Rogga in early 1988. With this line-up they recorded a second demo ''Realm of the Dark'' in June 1988. This demo drew the attention of Deathlike Silence Productions - the label of Øystein Aarseth, Euronymous. That label released their debut album ''The Awakening'' in March 1990. Their second album ''The Treasures Within'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiamat (band)
Tiamat is a Swedish metal band that formed in Stockholm in 1987 and led by Johan Edlund. The band went through a number of stylistic changes in their earlier releases before settling on gothic metal. History Initially, the band had the name Treblinka and a style of black metal, black/death metal. After having recorded the album ''Sumerian Cry'' in 1989, guitarist/vocalist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat, after the Babylonia, Babylonian Tiamat, goddess representing the primordial sea and forebear to other gods. The ''Sumerian Cry'' album included re-recorded Treblinka songs and was released in June 1990. AllMusic refers to early Tiamat as "one of the leading lights in symphonic black metal." After the debut, Edlund's leadership would modify the band's style with influences ranging from Black Sabbath, Mercyful Fate, Candlemass (band), Candlemass, Pink Floyd and King Crimson, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dismember (band)
Dismember is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1988. They split up in 2011 but reunited in 2019. Pioneers of Swedish death metal, Dismember is now considered one of the country's "big four", alongside Entombed, Grave, and Unleashed. History Formation and Nuclear Blast-era (1988–2002) The band formed in Stockholm in 1988. After a hiatus, during which several members joined Carnage, the band began recording in earnest in 1991 and released their debut album '' Like an Ever Flowing Stream'' that year. The album is today heralded as a milestone for the burgeoning Swedish death metal scene and established the band's fanbase, which was further bolstered by the controversy surrounding one song in particular, "Skin Her Alive". The song prompted an obscenity charge in the United Kingdom, against which the band successfully defended themselves.Mudrian, ch. 6, "Mass Appeal Madness", p. 181. In 1992, Dismember released the '' Pieces'' EP, and the following year continued with secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnage (band)
Carnage was a Swedish death metal band formed in 1988 by Michael Amott and Johan Liiva. The members of the group would later form Dismember and Arch Enemy. They released only one album before disbanding in 1991. History Carnage was founded at the end of 1988 by Michael Amott and Johan Liiva in Växjö, Sweden.Ekeroth:"Swedish Death Metal" (2006) pag. 119-120 They released two-widely traded demos ''The Day Man Lost'' and ''Infestation of Evil'' in 1989. Plagued by lineup changes, Carnage eventually released their only album, '' Dark Recollections'' in 1990 when Michael Amott was the sole remaining founding member. The album was released as a split CD with Cadaver's '' Hallucinating Anxiety'' on Necrosis Records, a subdivision of Earache Records, and was re-released with bonus tracks in 2000. Michael Amott went on to join Carcass, and later formed Arch Enemy (with Johan Liiva) and Spiritual Beggars. Matti Kärki, David Blomqvist, and Fred Estby went on to reform Dismember. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boss HM-2
The Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal is a distortion pedal manufactured by Boss Corporation, Boss from October 1983 until October 1991. Designed to emulate a Marshall Amplification, Marshall Guitar amplifier#Stacks, stack, it became associated with Swedish death metal and gained a cult following in the Heavy metal subculture, heavy metal scene. Background The Boss HM-2 was first issued in October 1983. It was originally manufactured in Japan from 1983 until 1988 and then in Taiwan from 1988 until 1991. It was designed to emulate the Mid-range speaker, mid-range response of a Marshall Amplification, Marshall Guitar amplifier#Stacks, stack. The HM-2 is based on Boss's Boss DS-1, DS-1. Despite achieving moderate success in the glam metal scene, the pedal was discontinued in 1991; it was succeeded by the HM-3 Hyper Metal and Boss MT-2, MT-2 Metal Zone, the latter of which became a commercial success and top-selling Boss pedal. Since its discontinuance, the HM-2 has become one of the most demand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitar Tunings
Guitar tunings are the assignment of pitches to the open strings of guitars, including classical guitars, acoustic guitars, and electric guitars. Tunings are described by the particular pitches that are made by notes in Western music. By convention, the notes are ordered and arranged from the lowest-pitched string (i.e., the deepest bass-sounding note) to the highest-pitched string (i.e., the highest sounding note), or the thickest string to thinnest, or the lowest frequency to the highest. This sometimes confuses beginner guitarists, since the highest-pitched string is referred to as the 1st string, and the lowest-pitched is the 6th string. Standard tuning defines the string pitches as E (82.41 Hz), A (110 Hz), D (146.83 Hz), G (196 Hz), B (246.94 Hz), and E (329.63 Hz), from the lowest pitch (low E2) to the highest pitch (high E4). Standard tuning is used by most guitarists, and frequently used tunings can be understood as variations on standard tuning. To aid in memoris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunlight Studio
Sunlight Studios is a recording studio in Stockholm, Sweden which is run by Tomas Skogsberg. It has been a popular choice for Swedish death metal bands such as Dismember, At The Gates, Entombed, Grave, Katatonia and Tiamat. Records 1989 *Treblinka - ''Severe Abominations'' * Therion - '' Time Shall Tell'' *Nihilist - ''Only Shreds Remain'' 1990 * Carnage - '' Dark Recollections'' * Entombed - ''Left Hand Path'' *Tiamat - '' Sumerian Cry'' *Grotesque - ''Incantation'' *Carbonized - ''No Canonization'' 1991 *Darkthrone - ''Soulside Journey'' * Dismember - '' Like an Ever Flowing Stream'' * Entombed - ''Clandestine'' *Grave - '' Into the Grave'' * Therion - '' Of Darkness...'' * Merciless - '' The Treasures Within'' *Sorcery - ''Bloodchilling Tales'' * Xysma - ''Yeah'' 1992 *Amorphis - ''The Karelian Isthmus'' * Obscure Infinity - '' Beyond the Gate'' * Afflicted - ''Prodigal Sun'' * Cemetary - '' An Evil Shade of Grey'' * Vader - '' The Ultimate Incantation First Recording Sessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihilist (band)
Nihilist was a Swedish death metal band formed in 1987 by Nicke Andersson and Alex Hellid. The band split up in 1989 when Johnny Hedlund left to form Unleashed. The remaining members reformed the band under the name Entombed. Nihilist never recorded a full-length album before they renamed themselves Entombed, but a collection of their demo work was released in 2005. Guitarist Leif "Leffe" Cuzner died in June 2006. Nicke Andersson admitted in the recent book about the history of death metal and grindcore '' Choosing Death'' that after his relationship with Johnny Hedlund had grown ever more acrimonious, he had deliberately split the band up as a means of parting company with him. The last lineup of Nihilist minus Hedlund then reformed under the new name of Entombed, while Hedlund formed his own band Unleashed in reply. Band members * Lars-Göran Petrov – vocals (1988–1989) * Nicke Andersson Anders Niklas Andersson (born 1 August 1972), also known as Nicke Andersson, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morbid (band)
Morbid is a Swedish extreme metal band from Stockholm that formed in 1986.Ekeroth, Daniel (2007). ''Swedish Death Metal''. Bazillion Points Books. p. 72. History Morbid was formed in Stockholm at the end of 1986.''Swedish Death Metal'', p. 71. With Per "Dead" Ohlin as the group's founder and leader, there were a number of members before the band settled on the line-up of John "John Lennart" Hagström, "TG" on guitars, Jens Näsström on bass and Lars-Göran Petrov on drums. When "TG" left the band, he was replaced by Ulf Cederlund. The band then recorded their debut demo, '' December Moon'', at Thunderload Studios in Stockholm on 5 and 6 December 1987. This was the only recording featuring this line-up, as Hagström quit and Ohlin left for Norway to join the black metal band Mayhem.''Swedish Death Metal'', p. 73. The remains of the band tried to carry on, and brought in photographer John Scarisbrick as a new vocalist. Scarisbrick lived near a recording studio named Sunlight, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathlike Silence Productions
Deathlike Silence Productions (DSP) was a Norwegian independent record label founded in Oslo in 1987 (initially as Posercorpse Music) that focused on black metal. DSP supported the Norwegian black metal scene in the early 1990s. Helvete was the headquarters of DSP. History The label was founded in 1987 by Øystein Aarseth, also known as Euronymous, who operated the label until his murder in 1993. The name was derived from the Sodom song "Deathlike Silence" (from their 1986 release '' Obsessed by Cruelty''). At first, the label mainly signed Norwegian acts, but as early as 1990 Aarseth had desired to establish a Swedish branch with Morgan Håkansson of Marduk, and towards its final years its also released an album by Japanese artist Sigh. Aarseth was considering signing Rotting Christ, Masacre (Colombia) and Hadez (Peru) before his death. Before the label's demise in 1994, it was planned to release Monumentum's debut album ''In Absentia Christi''. Darkthrone had threatened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
