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band.

History

The band was formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and now-deceased guitarist

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. It is believed that the band named themselves after a

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song from the 1986 seminal album '' Reign in Blood''. The pair played with a 'revolving door' lineup of musicians until the permanent addition of bassist Tobias Sidegård. This addition occurred prior to recording their debut 7-inch single, ''The Call'', in early 1992. With this lineup and the addition of Anders Strokirk on vocals, who replaced Stefan Harrvik (who had sung on the ''Unholy Prophecies'' demo and ''The Call'' 7-inch EP), the band entered Sunlight Studio in March 1993 and recorded their debut album ''The Nocturnal Silence''. The band had previously worked with the Wild Rags label and store for its singles. Following the addition of second guitarist Martin Halfdahn, Necrophobic released a four-song extended play, ''Spawned by Evil'', in 1996. This was a teaser for the full-length release, ''Darkside'', which came out later that same year. This album featured a guest appearance by

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on the song ''Nailing the Holy One''. ''The Third Antichrist'' was released in fall 2000 through

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led to ''Bloodhymns''. In 2006, Necrophobic released ''Hrimthursum'' on Regain Records/Candlelight USA, and ''Death to All'' was issued in May 2009 and won the title of "Album of the Month" on the ''Metallian.com'' webzine. This album was the band's second album for

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. Necrophobic also released ''Satanic Blasphemies'' on Regain Records, which is a compilation of their early material. The ''Slow Asphyxiation'' and ''Unholy Prophecies'' demos are featured, as well as ''The Call'' 7-inch EP. The band announced their new album release for ''Womb of Lilithu'' which was released on October 25, 2013, in Europe and October 29, 2013, in the United States. In July 2020, the band announced the release of their album ''Dawn of the Damned'' on October 9. Necrophobic's tenth studio album, ''In the Twilight Grey'', was released on March 15, 2024.

Band members

File:Necrophobic Dark Troll 2023 13.jpg, Anders Strokirk File:Necrophobic Dark Troll 2023 03.jpg, Sebastian Ramstedt File:Necrophobic Dark Troll 2023 12.jpg, Johan Bergebäck File:Necrophobic Dark Troll 2023 10.jpg, Tobias Cristiansson File:Necrophobic Dark Troll 2023 15.jpg, Joakim Sterner Current members * Joakim Sterner – drums (1989–present) * Anders Strokirk – vocals (1993–1994, 2014–present) * Sebastian Ramstedt – guitar (1996–2011, 2016–present) * Johan Bergebäck – guitar (2001–2011, 2016–present) * Tobias Cristiansson – bass (2022–present) Former members *

– guitar (1989–1996; died 2013) * Stefan Zander – bass, vocals (1989–1990) * Stefan Harrvik – bass (1990–1991), vocals (1990–1993) * Tobias Sidegård – bass (1991–2007), vocals (1994–2013), guitar (2011–2013) * Martin Halfdan – guitar (1994–2000) * Fredrik Folkare – guitar (2011–2016) * Alex Friberg – bass (2008–2019) * Allan Lundholm – bass (2019–2021) Timeline

Discography

Albums

* ''

The Nocturnal Silence ''The Nocturnal Silence'' is the first studio album recorded by Swedish death metal band Necrophobic. It was recorded and mixed at Sunlight Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in March 1993. It was produced by Necrophobic and Tomas Skogsberg and engineer ...

'' (1993) * '' Darkside'' (1997) * ''

The Third Antichrist ''The Third Antichrist'' is the third full-length album by the Swedish blackened death metal band Necrophobic. It was recorded and mixed at Sunlight studios in Stockholm, Sweden December 1998 – June 1999, and released by Black Mark Production ...

'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

Hrimthursum ''Hrimthursum'' is the fifth full-length album by Swedish blackened death metal band Necrophobic. It was released on Regain Records Regain Records is a Swedish-based independent record label. The label predominantly released death metal and ...

'' (2006) * ''Death to All'' (2009) * ''Womb of Lilithu'' (2013) * ''Mark of the Necrogram'' (2018) * ''

Dawn of the Damned ''Dawn of the Damned'' is the ninth studio album by the Swedish blackened death metal band Necrophobic. It was released by the music label Century Media Records on 9 October 2020. Background ''Dawn of the Damned'' was recorded at Chrome Studios ...

'' (2020) * ''In the Twilight Grey'' (2024)

EPs

* ''The Call'' (1993) * ''Spawned by Evil'' (1996) * ''Tour EP 2003'' (2003) * ''Nordanvind'' (2025)

Demos

* ''Slow Asphyxiation'' (1990) on Witchhunt Records
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* ''Retaliation'' (1990) on Witchhunt Records

* ''Unholy Prophecies'' (1991)

Other

* ''Satanic Blasphemies'' - Compilation (2008) * ''Satanic Blasphemies'' - Boxed Set (2008) * Satanic Prophecies - Remastered Boxed Set (2018)

References

External links

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"Blinded by Light, Enlightened by Darkness" music video

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