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 2003 with a 12-track album, ''
Misanthropic Generation'', featuring vocalist
Tomas Lindberg of
At the Gates and
The Great Deceiver and Uffe Cederlund of
Entombed. They later worked with
Converge's Kurt Ballou for their album ''
Live the Storm''.
Bassist Henke Frykman died of cancer on 25 March 2011.
Influences
Tomas Lindberg has cited
The Ramones,
AC/DC
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,
Motörhead,
The Wipers,
The Dead Boys,
The Stooges,
Jerry's Kids,
Articles of Faith, and
Uniform Choice as musical influences, as well as
Michel Foucault as a conceptual influence. Other bands mentioned as inspirational include
Discharge,
Entombed,
Turbonegro,
Zeke, and
Anti Cimex.
[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)
* Uffe Cederlund – guitar (2004–present)
*
Andreas Axelsson – 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)
*''
Live the Storm'' (2008)
*Split with
Doomriders (2008)
References
External links
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Swedish crust and d-beat groups
Relapse Records artists
Musical groups from Södermanland County
Culture in Nyköping
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