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Artist
Goddefied
12+ albums
death metalold school death metalswedishSwedish Death Metalhard rock
about
In 1989 a thrash metal band called Hymen Imperforatus emerged in the Swedish metal scene. Inspired by bands like Sepultura, Kreator and Slayer they made a demo tape that was spread locally in their home town Karlskoga, Sweden. In 1990 the band changed direction into a more death metal oriented sound. At this point they changed name to Assembly and then to Enshrined. In 1991 the line-up changed radically and the band name became Goddefied. The radically changed line-up consisted of the two former members of Hymen Imperforatus, Jan Arvidsson (vocals/guitar) and Rickard Eriksson (bass) along with two new guys by the names; Jonas Aneheim (guitar) and Mattias Pettersson (drums). In 1992 the band went to Sunlight Studio in Stockholm, Sweden to record three tracks for a forthcoming demotape. Before releasing the demo tape the tracks were sent to a few record labels including Wild Rags Records in Los Angeles which showed interest and wanted to release a 7” vinyl. However Richard C at Wild Rags wanted a few more tracks recorded to be able to release a MCD instead of a single. So in early 1993 Goddefied went to Sunlight once again to record three additional tracks for their forthcoming 6-track MCD “Abysmal Grief”. The MCD was released in the summer of 1993 and gained loads of positive reactions from around the world. In the early nineties Sweden wasn’t a very good region for death metal. Very few clubs arranged concerts and almost no radio stations wanted to air this kind of brutal m
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