Disfear is a Swedish

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band that formed in the early 1990s and recorded sporadically over the years. After releasing the albums '' Soul Scars'' in 1995 and ''

Everyday Slaughter Disfear is a Swedish crust punk band that formed in the early 1990s and recorded sporadically over the years. After releasing the albums '' Soul Scars'' in 1995 and '' Everyday Slaughter'' in 1997, the group did not release another album until 2 ...

'' in 1997, the group did not release another album until 2003 with a 12-track album, '' Misanthropic Generation'', featuring vocalist Tomas Lindberg of

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and The Great Deceiver and Uffe Cederlund of Entombed. They later worked with Converge's

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for their album ''

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''. Bassist Henke Frykman died of cancer on 25 March 2011.

Influences

Tomas Lindberg has cited

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, AC/DC,

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, The Wipers,

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, Jerry's Kids, Articles of Faith, and Uniform Choice as musical influences, as well as

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as a conceptual influence. Other bands mentioned as inspirational include Discharge, Entombed,

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, Zeke, and

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.Interview with Yiannis D., ''Metal Temple'', 24 May 2008. Access date: 22 October 2008.

Members

;Current members * Björn Peterson – guitar (1989–present) * Tomas Lindberg – vocals (1998–present) * Marcus Andersson – drums (1998–present) * Ulf Cederlund – guitar (2004–present) *

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– bass (2014–present) ;Former members * Henke Frykman – bass (1989–2011; died 2011) * Jeppe Lerjerud – vocals (1989–1998) * Jan Axelsson – drums (1989) * Jallo Lehto – drums (1989–1995) * Robin Wiberg – drums (1995–1998)

Discography

*''Disfear'' (1992) *''A Brutal Sight of War'' (1993) *''Disfear/Uncurbed'' split EP (1993) *''Soul Scars'' (1995) *''Everyday Slaughter'' (1997) *''In Defence of Our Future'', tribute to Discharge, contributing the song "Realities of War" (2001) *'' Misanthropic Generation'' (2003) *''Powerload'' (2003; 7", Throne Records) *Split with ZEKE (2004; 7", Relapse Records) *''

'' (2008) *Split with

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(2008)

References

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