Artist description Fast paced, violent hateful death/black metal

Music Style death/black metal

Artist History Founded in May of 2000. Released the demo MCDr "Coup De Grâce" in October 2000. Currently about to be on one Mayhem tribute as well as a four-way split, both to be released later this year.

Group Members Johan HuldtgrenAnders Ahlbäck

Instruments Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Drums

Albums Coup De Grâce

Press Reviews An excellent debut effort, three tracks of pure, intense hatred . Black metal? Swedish death? Perhaps, yet anything but melodic. Blistering speed and viloent riffs on the first two tracks, while the somewhat more mid-tempo track 3 really stands apart for it's grim, seething atmosphere... Tracks 1 and 2 are somewhat reminiscent of Dissection, The Crown, etc...but much more raw and primitive sounding. Bone crunching! Vocals are stark raving lunacy! From piercing screethes to low, death growls, Johan Huldtgren shows amazing range & depth. Coupled with the masterful guitar work of Anders Ahlblack, the finest points of this rare, limited edition. Bleak cover art featuring firing squad poses and various scenes of death clearly echo the band's sentiments supporting"total annihilation of the human race", which is more than prevelant in the music within. War Metal at it's finest! This mcd reminds me that, when done in the appropriate setting, with care, the use of programming in black/death metal definitely has a place, despite purist views...truly, on this release, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference, the guitar and vocals making the incredibly strong statement that is Obitus. One looks forward to great things in future from this excellent product of Sweden.A Mighty Hails!Review by: LorjefThis is not my type of thing, but to my suprise, after a few listens, it grew on me. This is, as i've been led to understand, a mixture of black and death metal, although it seems to lean slightly more on the black metal side to me. Whatever ideas and fusions took place to make this, it's resulted in a pretty lethal three song M-CD. Although this isn't the most terribly original release out there (even I can tell), it's all very well handled. The sound is great, and the music blasts all the way and is pretty powerful. Even the drums are programmed, they sound very natural and believable, which is suprising as most bands seem to get carried away with the ultra-fast possibilities the drum machine opens up to them and end up sounding plain and mechanical. Here though, it sounds just right. Anyway, besides the drums, the guitars have a thin and ripping sound, giving the feel a raw feel to it. The vocals are screamed and growled out hatefully, singing about what seems to be the destruction of the entire human race. A bit cliche, but it works. I liked this, even though i'm not a fan of the genre, this is, for what it is, a good release, worth checking out. Review by: Lawrence KalogreadesThis is how i remember liking swedish metal - melodic and pissed off. solid double picked rhythms all the way throughout, creative drum programming and Johan's vocals are fucking fierce. i started writing this yesterday and postponed it to give more details but i'll do that later. first song is quite catchy, 2nd i thought was good but a bit weaker, 3rd is awesome, the main, slow riff is totally excellent. highly worth the meager $5. Review by: Abbas Jaffery I have to say that one of the best features is the artwork and layout of this piece, when i opened the envelope and took out the cd i was just like "wow" when i saw the cover, it looks fuckin awesome and as you say gives an idea of the feel of it all, and represents greatly what this music is all about.the only complaint i have here is the sound of the drums at some parts... Review by: Melek Zorn A three track mCDr (is that a category yet?) by two war mongering Swedes, one of which is a confirmed evil genious by all accounts. This is war metal played in a hectic, avalanching way, with extreme violence as it's lustful goal. Johan's vocal approach is quite suitable match for this type of shit, full of rage, rasp and roar. I also like his drum programming, which stays at full-throttle balisticum throughout, relying on variance in fills, bridges, and well placed rolls. Amid those elements, the guitar fills in the balance of the sound with a persistant, stinging grind. For a demo release, the sound quality of the recording is better than average, approaching results some labels lay out a heavy buck for. Think Niden Div. 187 territory. Review by: Ma-kahru

Location Goteborg - Sweden

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