Artist description bLOCKHEAd is a Swedish Powercore band from 1992 with the Roots in Enköping. The sound is all about brutality, aggression and attitude. If you're in to heavier stuff, you'll probably dig this.

Music Style Powercore

Musical Influences Pantera, Korn, Pro-pain, Crowbar and Biohazard etc.

Similar Artists Pantera stylish but still a bit more modern sound with droptuned 7 string guitar...

Artist History Blockhead is a Swedish Powercore band from Enköping (80 km west of Stockholm). Powercore is a concept that fits this style of metal which is like a mix between the melodic groove and heaviness of Powergroove (Pantera / Machine Head) and the brutality and aggression of Hardcore (Pro-pain / Biohazard) but still something totally new. 1992 - the band started out already back then, at first with 5 members, but the original bass player left for studies in 1994. After trying out a few others, the decision was made that one of the guitarists would take over the bass instead. It took 3 demos and plenty of gigs before an actual opportunity finally came. After a gig in Norrköping (90 km south of Stockholm) the band did an interview with the local metal radio station, which had contacts with a record label called Wet Paint Music*. Blockhead presented one of the demos at that time called BLOCKHEAD...SUCKS. 1996 - WPM* decided to sign with Blockhead to start recording the first promo CD. 1997 - USELESS was released, which only contained 3 songs, (Useless, The breathing and White lines). This release has an excellent sound, probably due to the fact that the mastering was done by Peter In De Betou at Cutting room in Stockholm, which has a very good reputation. 1998 - was a bad year. The reason is that the first album was supposed to be released. But at the end of the recordings the studio had a break in and the master tapes of CRAWL THROUGH THE DIRT got stolen, along with all the studio equipment. After long discussions, the only thing that felt right at that time was to start over with new fresh material. 2000 - Blockhead worked on a lot of new ideas and newer influences to broaden the horizons. The singer, who has bonds with Belgium through his girlfriend, has been promoting the band there. He did a radio interview on Radio Centraal (Kicks) in Antwerp on 2 January 2002 www.radiocentraal.be/kicks. 2001 - they started to write and record the self-titled DEBUT CD which is planned to be released through WPM* and Plata / Warner Chappell during the end of 2003. For info, mp3's, pics or contact: www.wetpaintmusic.com www.blockhead1.com mail@blockhead1.com

Group Members Mike Löfberg @ Vocals, Andreas Löthegård @ Guitars, Stefan Ohlsson @ Bass, Kim Nyman @ Drums.

Albums Useless (1997 Promo CD) + Blockhead (2003 debut CD)

Press Reviews Close-up #55 Jan/Feb 2003 (Swedens " and Skandinavias" biggest Metal Magazine) BLOCKHEAD s/t - - WPM1010 Enköpingorkester som efter tio års harvande äntligen får släppa loss sin ångvältsthrash på skiva. Ett album, "Crawl through the dirt", låg det facto klart redan 1998, men killarna blev bestulna på mastertaperna i samband med ett inbrott i studion. Den självbetitlade debuten inrymmer örongodis för alla som, i likhet med mig, har en böjelse för tung, malande och aggressiv thrash metal, ackompanjerad av sång sprungen från den nedre magtrakten. BLOCKHEAD får mig att minnas CROWBARS glansdagar. Fett värre!!! Erik Sandberg / Close-Up Magazine TRANSLATION Band from Enköping who after 10 years of struggling finally get to release their steamroller thrash on a record. One album "Crawl through the dirt", was infact already done back in 1998, but the guys lost the master tapes during a studio break-in. The Self-titled debut contains ear candy for everybody like me that have an inclination for heavy, grinding and aggressive thrash metal, accompanied by vocals sprung from the lower abdominal regions. BLOCKHEAD makes me reminded of CROWBAR's glory days. Goddamn Heavy!!!

Additional Info http://www.wetpaintmusic.net

Location Enkoping/Bandhagen, Stockholm - Sweden

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