Artist description Swedish melodic death metal with some brutal parts.

Music Style Melodic Death Metal

Musical Influences Old school, Swedish, American death metal

Similar Artists Edge of Sanity, In Flames etc...

Artist History Has existed since 1989 with different names. New MCD out now , "Blessed by ignorance", order through us! skinfected@hotmail.com

Group Members Andreas Johansson - guitar.Joakim Jonsson - lead guitar.Fredrik Pettersson - vocals.Daniel Johansson - bass.Andreas Edmark - drums.

Instruments Two guitars,bass,drums,vocals

Albums Blessed by ignorance

Press Reviews SKINFECTED - Blessed by Ignorance 6 tracks 17 minutes Kingsize Records http://www.skinfected.vze.com BAND LINE UP Fredrik Pettersson - Vocals Daniel Johansson - Bass Andreas Johansson - Guitar Joakim Jonsson - Lead Guitar Andreas Edmark - Drums SONGS i - Illusions of truth ii - Only vindictiveness remains iii - Sublevels within iv - The frame v - Master of all lies vi - Addicted to hate Turning up completely via surprise, Skinfected immediately caught my ears attention, and held on with both its hands around the neck! Now what I have to say and comment on mainly is, quite simply... SHADOWS FALL!!! This is definitely for fans of Shadows Fall, but also for those who just generally love melodic death metal without any cheese. Very melodic but dark masterful and solidly strong sound, that just harks of some of the more intense songs on "Somber eyes to the sky" CD, right down to the stops and starts, the beautiful melodic notation and metallic harmonies, occasional odd timed riffs and patterns, the gruff but not overly heavy and obscure vocals plus the nice mixture of deep and high. It's all there. For those who don't know of Shadows Fall at all, I hope that still gets you a good insight into what Skinfected are all about. To try and explain more, Skinfected also have moments owing to Dismember, Carcass (especially on the "Heartwork" album in the music), At the Gates a little, definitely very Swedish in style but not just relying on those standards. Parts of "The Frame" remind of "Contradictions Collapse", the first full album by Meshuggah, not as chaotic obviously, but along that line, very accomplished and nicely pieced together. Both the closing tracks take us back on that Shadows Fall ride. Marvellous. Go find out about this band, they are quite simply really damn cool. PAUL TANGAROA - Raw Nerve Promotions (About the cd "Blessed by Ignorance", 22nd August 2002) **************************************************************************************************** ************************************************** Skinfected - Monuments This song is great, really good. First riff is cool, slightly weird time sig, and done well, then into the more rocky flowing riff, cool change... Recorded really well, although it seems the mixing process or mp3 process wasnt too good, it says its a 128kbit file but it lacks the quality. Its missing a lot of definition and treble, it sounds like its recorded on tape actually. 2:35 - Love this riff The next section overuses the one artificial harmonic though imo, i dunno, it just annoys me for some reason, even though it only does it 3 times. hmm. Its a great song, download it. Very melodic and emotional, and interesting, and creative. Guitars: 9.5/10 Drums: 9/10 Vocals: 9/10 Emotion 9.5/10 Originality: 8/10 Riffs: 10/10 Song Structure: 9/10 Recording Quality: 8/10 Overal 9/10 YaYoGakk - The UltimateMetal Opeth forum (About the song "Monuments" 13th June 2002) Read more at: http://skinfected.vze.com

Location Västerås, Västerås - Sweden

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