Merciless
| Merciless | |
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 Merciless at the Party.San Metal Open Air 2017 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Thrash metal , death metal |
| founding | 1986, 1999 |
| resolution | 1994 |
| Founding members | |
| Kåle (until 1986) | |
| Erik Wallin | |
| Fredrik Karlén | |
| Stefan Carlsson (until 1992, since 2004) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Roger "Rogga" Pettersson |
guitar |
Erik Wallin (since 1988) |
bass |
Fredrik Karlén |
Drums |
Stefan Carlsson |
| former members | |
Drums |
Peter Stjärnvind (1992-2004) |
Merciless is a Swedish death / thrash metal band from Strängnäs .
Band history
Merciless was founded in 1986 in Strängnäs by Erik Wallin (guitar), Fredrik Karlén (bass), Stefan Carlsson (drums) and Kåle (vocals), initially under the names Obsessed and Black Mass. Musical role models were Kreator , Sodom and Bathory . The first demo Behind the Black Door appeared in 1987. Shortly afterwards, Kåle was replaced by Roger "Rogga" Pettersson. With him the 1988 demo Realm of the Dark was created .
In 1990 the band released their debut album The Awakening on Deathlike Silence Productions , Øystein's newly founded label "Euronymous" Aarseth . Appearances with Dismember , Dissection and Sepultura followed. In 1991 the band signed with Active Records; A second album was supposed to be released there, but due to some problems with the label, a split 7 ”was released with the Entombed / The Krixhjälters side project Comecon . While waiting for the release, Stefan Carlsson got out and Peter Stjärnvind joined the band. In 1992 The Treasures Within appeared one year late.
In 1993 Merciless toured with Entombed and then recorded the album Unbound with Dan Swanö , which was released in 1994 on No Fashion Records . After a single concert in May, the band broke up. 1995 Merciless was briefly revived in order for a Slayer - tribute album Cryonics take.
In 1999, as part of the re-release of their debut album on Osmose Productions , the band was reformed and played some successful concerts. In 2003 the self-titled fourth album was released. 2004 founding member Stefan Carlsson got back on board. In the same year the DVD Live Obsession was released .
meaning
Merciless is one of Sweden's longest serving extreme metal bands. The debut album and - to a lesser extent - subsequent releases, are among the classics of the Swedish metal underground .
Discography
- Behind the Black Door (demo, 1987)
- Realm of the Dark (Demo, 1988)
- The Awakening (1990)
- Merciless / Comecon (Split-7 ”, 1991)
- The Book of Lies on Projections of a Stained Mind (1991)
- The Treasures Within (1992)
- Unbound (1994)
- Crionics on Slatanic Slaughter (1995)
- Merciless (2002)
- Live Obsession (DVD, 2004)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review of the debut on Anus.com ( memento of the original from April 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
