Morbid is a Swedish

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band from

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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

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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

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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

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.''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

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, which would later gain some notoriety in death metal circles, recording bands like Entombed and Dismember. It was there that the band recorded their last release,''Swedish Death Metal'', p. 74. a demo titled ''The Last Supper'', in September 1988. The band faded as Petrov and Cederlund started

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, which eventually turned into Entombed.''Swedish Death Metal'', p. 77. Näsström later continued in the bands Contras and Skull.

Legacy

Although Morbid only officially released two demos, they gained a certain

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after their break-up, in part likely to Ohlin's efforts with Mayhem. The demo recordings and various live and rehearsal tracks were later published on vinyl and CD, on official and bootleg releases. After Ohlin left the band to move to Kråkstad, he was replaced by the former singer, John Scarisbrick.

Members

Current members

* Daniel Ohlin (as Necrobird) – vocals (2022–present) * John Hagström (as Gehenna) – guitars (1986–1988, 2022–present) * Torbjörn Gräslund (as TG) – guitars (1987, 2022–present) * Jens Näsström (as Dr. Schitz) – bass (1986–1988, 2022–present) * Erik Danielsson (as Rötan) – drums (2022–present)

Former members

– vocals (1986–1988; died 1991) * Ulf "Uffe" Cederlund (as Napoleon Pukes) – guitars (1987–1988, 2022–2023) *

(as Drutten) – drums (1987–1988; died 2021) * Johan Scarisbrick – vocals (1988) * Zoran Jovanovic – guitars (1988) * Slator – Bass (1986) * Francesco Sandro Lauri Cajander – drums (1986) * Marcus Klack (as Klacke) – guitars (1986–1987)

Timeline

Discography

* ''Rehearsal 07/08/1987'' (demo, 1987) * '' December Moon'' (demo, 1987) * ''Last Supper...'' (demo, 1988) * ''Death Execution'' (compilation, 1995, bootleg) * ''Live in Stockholm'' ( LP, Reaper, 2000, bootleg) * ''Death Execution II'' ( 7", Reaper, 2001, bootleg) * ''Year of the Goat'' (live-compilation,

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, 2011)

References

Works cited

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