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Septic Grave
12+ albums
death metalMelodic Death Metalold school death metalswedishSwedish Death Metal
about
Daniel Engman and Jörgen Björnström were the founders of Septic Grave. After some early projects together and different setups from 1985 they agreed on the band name in 1988. The band has always been located in Gällivare far above the Arctic Circle in the north of Sweden. The early influences were collective on Iron Maiden but also to the more aggressive side of Napalm Death. After the start we changed the set up and Magnus Olsson was hired to play the drums. About a year or two after starting as a trio we were taking on the next member on bass, Robert Lindmark. In 1992 Fredrik Hjärtstöm was hired on guitar to make the foundation complete. Septic Grave was mostly playing in and around the north of Sweden with a few invitations from Finland and was soon established as a brutal and tight live band after hundreds of live gigs under the belt. In 1996 Daniel Engman was asked to join an upcoming hardcore band - Soulquake System - from Kristinehamn in the south of Sweden and decided to take the job after Septic Grave was in a slow place due to low business. Robert Lindmark was moving down to Gothenburg in the south of Sweden and joined the death metal band Prophanity. The rest of the band was continued under the name Massive. But after continuing slow business for Massive Jörgen Björnström decided to move to Trondheim, Norway and joined the death metal band The Embraced. And then Septic Grave was dead… After some years of absence Jörgen Björnström quit The Embraced and moved back t
