Gothenburg sits roughly 500 km southwest of Stockholm, and is home to Studio Fredman, run by producer Fredrick Nordström. Grave is one of the few surviving bands from the early Swedish scene, and they are heavier and stronger than ever. Moving away from the “Sunlight band” obsession with the HM-2 pedal, Grave opted to beat listeners over the head with jaw-dropping drumming and riffs that felt more like Obituary than Entombed. They didn’t invent that buzzsaw sound, but they perfected it on this album, specifically on its opening track “Override Of The Overture,” the quintessential Sunlight anthem.Īlso recorded by Tomas Skogsberg at Sunlight Studios in 1991, Grave’s classic debut Into The Grave isn’t as flashy as other Swededeath albums, but it is flesh-ripping monster.
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Like Carnage and Entombed, Dismember made full use of the HM-2 pedal at Sunlight Studios. One of the most iconic records of this iconic year Dismember’s slab of absolute perfection, Like An Everflowing Stream. Carnage broke up shortly after Dark Recollections came out, making their sole full-length release that much more singular.ġ991 is regarded as the year that death metal officially exploded, becoming popular outside of the tape-trading scene. The album also features the revolutionary Boss HM-2 buzzsaw guitar tone, this time employed in Carnage’s raw, straightforward brand of death metal. With a lineup consisting of future scene legends-like Carcass and Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott, as well as Dismember drummer Fred Estby-Carnage began working on their first full-length album, Dark Recollections. Just a few months after the completion of Left Hand Path, Sunlight Studios created another massive slab of death metal history. Thanks to the creativity of guitarist Uffe Cederlund and producer Tomas Skogsberg, Entombed created the first death metal album to feature the now-signature “buzzsaw” guitar tone, courtesy of the Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal pedal. It was then that the newly formed Entombed entered Sunlight Studios in Stockholm to record their debut album, Left Hand Path. Though death metal as a genre was birthed in 1985 America with the release of Possessed’s Seven Churches, the subgenre didn’t truly kickoff in Sweden until late 1989. This spotlight spans various subgenres to highlight a few of the greatest and most influential records from the disgustingly talent-rich death metal scene that revolutionized the genre twice!
In celebration of Sweden’s rich heavy metal heritage, Century Media Records is currently running a special sale devoted solely to the Swedes who call its roster home.
Whether it’s melodic, brutal, progressive, or whatever Meshuggah is, the Land of the Midnight Sun is home to a vast array of incredible metal bands. To metalheads, however, it is also one of the nation’s leading exporters of badass heavy music. To the average Joe, Sweden is known for its syndromes, meatballs, furniture, ABBA and Ace Of Base.
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