Intohimo

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Intohimo
General information
origin Jonkoping , Sweden
Genre (s) Post-hardcore , metalcore , emocore , post-rock
founding 2004
resolution 2013
Website http://www.myspace.com/intohimo
Last occupation
Johan Lindblom
Guitar , vocals
Albin Blomqvist
guitar
Joakim Bergquist
Christoffer "Poffe" Andersson
Joakim Möller
former members
singing
Love Hempel
guitar
Jesper Sandgren
Drums
Simon Bohm
bass
Jakob Sandgren

Intohimo was a Swedish post-hardcore band from Jönköping .

history

Intohimo was founded in 2004 and consisted of the musicians Johan Lindblom ( vocals ), Joakim Bergquist ( guitar ), Albim Blomqvist (ex- Her Bright Skies , guitar), Jakob Sandgren ( bass ) and Joakim Möller ( drums ).

In 2006 the group won the “Best Unsigned Act Award” at the IndieAward Festival. The group signed with Pritty Dirty Promotions and released their debut album Failures, Failures, Failures & Hope in 2007. In the fall of 2008, the group signed with The Unit Music Company and began work on the second album with Simon Grenhed from Blindside . In spring 2009, the album was pre-released during a concert with Underoath in Gothenburg . It's called Us; The Hollows and entered the Swedish charts on May 15, 2009. In the same year the group performed at the Flevo Festival in the Netherlands .

In 2010 the group played at several festivals including Siesta Festival , Peacedog Festival , Dreamhack and Rock Without Limits .

In March 2011 Intohimo played for the first time in the USA . This was at SXSW in Austin , Texas . In September of the same year the group was together with Write This Down support band for Blindside for their US tour - the "With Shivering Hearts We Wait Tour".

Even if the musicians are staunch Christians, they did not call the band a Christian band. Intohimo is Finnish and means passion.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Us; The Hollows
  SE 25th 05/15/2009 (1 week)

Demos

  • 2004: In the Deepest of Mind
  • 2005: PastPresentAndNeverAgain

Albums

  • 2007: Failures, Failures, Failures & Hope (Pritty Dirty Promotions)
  • 2009: Us; The Hollows (The Unit Music Company)
  • 2012: Northern Lights

EPs

  • 2012: Winter Sun

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Intohimo - The journey to success . In: Intohimo - The journey to success . Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  2. swedishcharts.com: SE chart tracking
  3. Intohimo interview . In: Intohimo interview . Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  4. Interview: Intohimo . In: Interview: Intohimo . Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  5. Blindside USA Tour 2011 . In: Blindside USA Tour 2011 . Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  6. swedishcharts.com: SE chart tracking