Swedish Death Metal

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  1. Christian Sodomy

    Christian Sodomy Registered Senior Member

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    Perhaps in retrospect overlooked, although at the time many thought it was overrated. American death metal evolved from Possessed/Morbid An(g)el/Master stuff influenced by Venom, Bathory, Celtic Frost, Sodom, etc.

    Then metal crossed the ocean again and Europe came up with stuff in 1988-1993 period which was massively influential because of its emphasis on brutally distorted guitar. This in turn increased natural sustain to the sound, and encouraged fast and vicious melodic composition instead of rigid rhythm riffing in the American style.

    The Worthy

    Therion - Beyond Sanctorum
    At the Gates - Gardens of Grief
    Entombed - Left Hand Path
    Dismember - Like an Ever-Flowing Stream
    Carnage - Dark Recollections

    Related

    Asphyx - The Rack
    Sinister - Cross the Styx
    Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus
    Demigod/Adramelech
    Divine Eve (Texas)
     
    Christian Sodomy, Jul 17, 2003
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  3. plasticwingsmelting

    plasticwingsmelting Banned Banned

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    thanks
     
    plasticwingsmelting, Jul 17, 2003
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  5. The Duke

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    Nothing Swedish will ever compete with Yngwie Malmsteen!

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    The Duke, Jul 22, 2003
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  7. BloodSuckingGerbile

    BloodSuckingGerbile Master of Puppets Registered Senior Member

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    Dude you forgot In Flames!
     
    BloodSuckingGerbile, Jul 22, 2003
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  8. Xev

    Xev Registered Senior Member

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    Not hard to forget, are they?

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    Xev, Jul 22, 2003
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  9. -iLluSiON-

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    Isn't Amorphis from Finland?
     
    -iLluSiON-, Jul 22, 2003
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  10. -iLluSiON-

    -iLluSiON- Registered Senior Member

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    I think Dissection should be included...
     
    -iLluSiON-, Jul 22, 2003
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  11. plasticwingsmelting

    plasticwingsmelting Banned Banned

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    Dissection owns.

    In Flames doesn't.
     
    plasticwingsmelting, Jul 23, 2003
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  12. Xev

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    Dissection is Swedish? I thought they were Finnish.
     
    Xev, Jul 23, 2003
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  13. -iLluSiON-

    -iLluSiON- Registered Senior Member

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    nope. they're from gothenburg sweden.

    to check out good swedish death metal bands go to www.swedishmetal.net
     
    -iLluSiON-, Jul 23, 2003
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  14. Fraggle Rocker

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    Drain sth

    All girl Swedish goth.
     
    Fraggle Rocker, Jul 24, 2003
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  15. Xev

    Xev Registered Senior Member

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    Fraggle Rocker:
    I believe this thread is about metal, not "pop whores".

    *Points at the topic title*

    Illusion:
    No shit.
     
    Xev, Jul 24, 2003
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  16. filibuster

    filibuster I only call names in bed Registered Senior Member

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    What about Abba's heavy years?
     
    filibuster, Jul 24, 2003
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  17. BloodSuckingGerbile

    BloodSuckingGerbile Master of Puppets Registered Senior Member

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    Are you serious?
     
    BloodSuckingGerbile, Jul 24, 2003
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  18. Christian Sodomy

    Christian Sodomy Registered Senior Member

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    (insert Ikea joke here)
     
    Christian Sodomy, Jul 24, 2003
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  19. Fraggle Rocker

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    Drain sth

    Heehee. They're the Blue Oyster Cult of Swedish goth-metal.
     
    Fraggle Rocker, Jul 25, 2003
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  20. TheDon

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    How could he!
    the best one of them going around!

    Are Soilwork swedish?
     
    TheDon, Jul 27, 2003
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  21. Christian Sodomy

    Christian Sodomy Registered Senior Member

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    I think Soilwork are Swedish.

    Not everything Swedish is great - Arch Enemy comes to mind.

    But... the classics of the genre are Scandinavian.
     
    Christian Sodomy, Jul 27, 2003
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  22. -iLluSiON-

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    *sigh*
    just trying to help those who don't know.
     
    -iLluSiON-, Jul 27, 2003
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  23. Xev

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    Probably because they are eminantly forgettable.

    Illusion:
    Mm, and thanks. I don't normally pay a lot of attention to where a band comes from, unless it's something esoteric (CNN or someone profiled an Iraqi death metal act a while back.) or quintessential - Burzum, for example.
    Suppose that ought to change.
     
    Xev, Jul 27, 2003
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