Selfmindead
| Selfmindead | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Eskilstuna , Sweden |
| Genre (s) | Unblack metal , hardcore punk , straight edge |
| founding | 1994 |
| resolution | 2003 |
| Last occupation | |
| Timo Sillankorva | |
Drums , electric bass |
Marko Hautakoski |
| Ilkka Viitasalo | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Tapani Hoikkaniemi |
Electric bass |
Emil Nikolaisen |
Electric bass |
Even Steven |
Drums |
Tommy |
Selmindead was a Swedish hardcore punk and black metal band from Eskilstuna that was formed in 1994 and split up in 2003.
history
The band was founded in the winter of 1994/1995 and consisted of the drummer Marko Hautakoski, the guitarist Timo Sillankorva, the singer Ilkka Viitasalo and the bassist Tapani Hoikkaniemi. The band consisted entirely of Finnish members at that time, but was founded in Sweden. In 1995 the group participated in a competition called Cult-95 in their home village of Eskilstuna. After she won it, she performed all over Sweden. In 1996 the group came in contact with Soulscape Records and signed a contract with this label. About this a first single was released, which contained two own songs, as well as a cover version of the Starflyer 59 song Hazel Would . In the early summer of 1997, the group went into the studio to record their self-titled debut album. The album was released in 1998 in Scandinavia on Soulscape Records, while it was released in England and the Benelux on Sally Forth Records and in the USA on Solidstate Records . The publication was followed by a European tour . Here was Emil Nikolaisen represented as the new bassist. The group had meanwhile moved to Norway . In 2000 the second album At the Barricades We Fall followed . On the album, Sillankorva and Hautakoski shared the post of bassist. Both also played the guitar and Hautakoski continued to play the drums. In 2003 the band broke up.
style
According to Solidstate Records' band biography, the group was heavily influenced by Swedish hardcore punk bands such as Refused , Abhinanda and Mindjive . According to Mike DaRonco from Allmusic , the band has taken a liking to the sound of Scandinavian Black Metal . However, the group does not reject themselves from God, as is usual in classic Black Metal, but rather feel drawn to God and the Church. According to Mark Allan Powell in his Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music , the band is classified as part of the straight-edge scene. The band, however, would see themselves as a Christian group and occasionally refer to their music as emocore . On their self-titled album, the group plays chaotic, heavy and heavy music comparable to the music of Rage Against the Machine , Blindside and Embodyment . There are frequent changes in time signature and tempo in the songs . In addition, the group is often on the verge of rapcore . The lyrics are angry and intense and deal with topics like the dark side of a technologized society or a society's need for a god. On At the Barricades We Fall , the band evolved from a technically demanding metal band to a hardcore punk band with clear metal influences. Lyrically, the group would deal with subjects such as the rejection of the devil or the desire for personal and social restructuring. David Häussinger from Ox-Fanzine described the band's music as a mixture of Rage Against the Machine and Quicksand .
Discography
- 1997: Selfmindead (single, Soulscape Records )
- 1998: Selfmindead (Album, Solid State Records / Sally Forth Records )
- 2000: At the Barricades We Fall (Album, Solid State Records / Sally Forth Records)
- 2001: The Oslo Compact (Split with The Spirit That Guides Us , Sally Forth Records)
Web links
- Selfmindead at Allmusic (English)
- Selfmindead at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Mark Allan Powell: Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music . Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts 2003, ISBN 1-56563-679-1 , pp. 806 f .
- ^ A b c Mike DaRonco: Selfmindead. Allmusic , accessed March 30, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Selfmindead. (No longer available online.) Solidstaterecords.com, archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; accessed on March 30, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Selfmindead - At The Barricades We Fall. Discogs , accessed March 30, 2014 .
- ↑ Selfmindead. Discogs, accessed March 30, 2014 .
- ^ David Häussinger: Selfmindead . ? In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 34 , 1999 ( online [accessed April 5, 2014]).
