Urma Sellinger

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Urma Sellinger
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General information
origin Stockholm (Sweden)
Genre (s) Post-hardcore , metalcore
founding 2010
Current occupation
Olle Johansson
singing
 Eric Lindqvist
Anton Lindqvist (from 2012)
John Eriksson
Andree Borg
former members
bass
 Axel Vålvik (2010-2011)
singing
 Alex Borg (2010-2013)

Urma Sellinger is a five-piece Swedish post-hardcore band from Stockholm, founded in 2010 . So far, the group has released an EP and an album on its own. Both records were produced by Matt Hyde . Some songs have already been broadcast on the radio on Bandit Rock and The Pit FM . The newspapers Arbetarbladet and Västerviks Tidningen also reported on Urma Sellinger.

The group has signed a contract with the concert agency Oakfield Music Group and now plays concerts on a national level. The group toured Sweden several times and played as the opening act for big names in the scene such as Adept , Her Bright Skies , All Ends , Enter Shikari and Walking With Strangers . The group took part in the Ringrocker Band Contest and the Emergenza . For March 2013 European tour is planned in Urma Sellinger together with Turn the Tables from Norway as the opening act for Shadows Chasing Ghosts is to occur.

The sound of the group is comparable to that of the band Silverstein .

history

The beginnings

Urma Sellinger was founded in 2010 by Eric Lindqvist ( guitar ), John Eriksson ( drums ), Alex Borg ( vocals ), Andree Borg (guitar), Axel Vålvik ( bass guitar ) and Olle Johansson (vocals) as In Flames- inspired death metal –Band in Stockholm. By performing with Adept , the musicians began to be interested in the post-hardcore genre and to write their own songs.

After just a few months, the band managed to get in touch with British music producer Matt Hyde , who had already worked for Slipknot , Bullet for My Valentine , Funeral for a Friend , Gallows and Architects . Contact with producer Matt Hyde was sporadic. The band asked him in an email if he was interested in working with the band. Hyde answered in the affirmative. In an interview by Västerviks Tidningen with the singer Olle Johansson, the latter stated that Hyde recognized the potential of the group and therefore wanted to work with the band. In the summer the band flew to London , where the group produced their debut EP Live Laugh Love . The 3-track EP was released on CD and as a download on iTunes and Spotify via the Swedish indie label Lunatic Music, which was founded in 2009 . The group is not under contract with this label, but the group was able to use the label's recording studios due to their relationships with the operators of the label. A week after the EP was released, the band reached number one for the most heard songs on MySpace in Sweden. Due to the unexpected success, the group was chosen at People's Choice for the Moshpit Open Air , where the band played together with Enter Shikari and other bands in Folkets Park , Nykvarn , Stockholm on September 4th, 2010 .

With the song Far from Sandra from the debut EP, the group took part in a competition organized by Check In Music , in which the winning band won a record deal with Universal Music Sweden . The Swedish solo musician Dennis Camitz won this contest with his song Funeral . On May 2, 2010 the group played a concert at the Emergenza , an international band contest, at Klubben in Stockholm. At the Emergenza, the band reached the national finals and finished in fourth place.

The debut album

In February 2011, Urma Sellinger announced that they wanted to work with Matt Hyde again. Together with Hyde, the group rented the Lunatic Music studio again in the Swedish town of Gävle , where the band produced their album. Hyde and the band were supported by Emil Englin, Kristoffer Löfgren, Per Hartwig and Johan Nygren in the production of the album. In addition, some work on the album was done at Bro Studios in London. In June 2011 the band played at Monsterstage , a festival that has been held since 2007. The five-day event featured more than 100 groups and musicians of all genres from all over Sweden.

On April 16, 2011 Urma Sellinger was the opening act for All Ends in Västerås . On August 5th, 2011 Urma Sellinger played with Embrace Elijah and Hollows in Jönköping. The group released a song from the new album, Plastic Smile, in advance on MySpace and Facebook .

In 2011 the band separated from their bassist Axel Vålvik, who was replaced by Eric Lindqvist's brother Anton Lindqvist. At the end of 2011 Urma Sellinger performed at the Pepp Fest in the Haninge Kulturhus in Stockholm. In December 2011, the first single from the debut album was released as a download on Amazon, iTunes and Spotify. This was pre-broadcast on Bandit Rock in November 2011 . Some of the group's songs have already been broadcast on Australia-based Internet radio The Pit FM . The band announced in December 2011 that the debut album was expected to be released on January 26, 2012.

First shows outside of Sweden and EP A Thousand Days

Urma Sellinger was the opening act for Adept on February 25, 2012, who played on that day as part of their “The Lost Boys” Sweden tour in Stockholm. The band took part in the " Rock am Ring Bandcontest ", a competition of the official Rock-am-Ring forum "ringrocker.com", where the group can win an appearance as a newcomer at the Rock am Ring Festival . There the group reached the Top50 and was eliminated in the second round. On May 26th, 2012 the Swedish deathcore band Walking With Strangers started their “Hardships Tour” with Urma Sellinger touring Sweden as the opening act for six concerts . At the first concert of this tour, the group played on May 26th, 2012 at the "Overdrive Festival" in Jönköping, where the band Atmosfear also performed. However, the current tour was canceled. The band has also confirmed an appearance at the Juggsfest in York, UK, in September. It would be the band's first festival appearance outside of Sweden.

In the meantime, the group was hired by the concert agency Madison Music Group, who were preparing a UK tour with the band, which had to be canceled in July. This should be called "Live Laugh Love Tour". In June 2012 Urma Sellinger played on the Peace & Love . Also in June 2012, Madison Music Group announced the tour dates for the now canceled “Live Laugh Love Tour”. The group was scheduled to tour the UK in August 2012, with Floods and Violet supporting them in Glasgow , Aberdeen , Derby , Manchester , Liverpool , Leicester , Cardiff , Birmingham and London . This tour should be presented by Small Town Records among others . In late September the group gave two UK concerts in London and Leicester.

On October 6th Urma Sellinger played as a support band for Walking With Strangers and Aim for the Sunrise on their “MAD Tour” in Stockholm. The sampler We Curse the Day You Were Fucking Born was digitally released on October 15, 2012 via the Swedish label Panic & Action . Urma Sellinger can be heard there with her new single Crown the Liar . Aim for the Sunrise and Walking With Strangers are also represented. On January 12, 2013 the group will start the year with a tour of Sweden . Concerts are in Uppsala , Jönköping , Karlskrona , Stockholm, Eskilstuna , Örebro and Kungsbacka . At the start of the tour in Gävle , however, the group will not be visible. Ink Stained Promises , Follow the Captain and Evelyn play as support .

In the meantime it became known that the group will tour Europe together with Turn the Tables from Norway as a support band for Shadows Chasing Ghosts . This tour is organized by The Kirby Organization (TKOK) and Oakfield Music Group , which was still called Madison Music Group until the beginning of October. On January 1, 2013, the organizers announced the first concert dates of the European tour, which will be called the “Shout Out Loud” tour. These are in Asker and Arendal (both Norway), Stockholm , Linköping and Gothenburg (all Sweden ), Munich and Dresden (both Germany ), Brno ( Czech Republic ), and Innsbruck ( Austria ). Concerts are also planned in the Netherlands , Belgium , Denmark and the United Kingdom . On January 9th, the group announced that they had split up with their singer Alex Borg. The decisive factor is a long-lasting illness, which also affected the singer's voice. He will be replaced by the previous guitarist Eric Lindqvist. The group plans to fill the post of lead guitarist with a guest musician during the European tour. On February 26, 2013, Shadows Chasing Ghosts announced on Facebook that the concerts on the mainland had to be canceled because the group's van could not be repaired. However, concerts in the UK would not be affected.

Urma Sellinger, Walking With Strangers and the Belgian band Now, Voyager have also been confirmed as support for Bury Tomorrow's upcoming Scandinavian tour . This will run through Norway , Sweden and Denmark and include eight concerts. The group are planning to release their second EP, called A Thousand Days , which is expected to be out on April 16, 2013. The musicians recorded this extended play within two months. On March 17, 2013, the first single Out of Reach was released . The EP is called A Thousand Days was only released digitally at the end of April.

style

The band plays classic post-hardcore, in which elements of metalcore and alternative rock can also be found. The bands that influence Urma Sellinger's musical style include Slipknot and Bullet for My Valentine . Musically, however, the sound is more reminiscent of Silverstein .

In terms of content, the lyrics are about personal experiences and feelings of the musicians as well as the experiences of friends of the band members. In some texts the musicians tell how they perceive the world and their environment. The band sees their lyrics as apolitical. Furthermore, some texts take up topics such as hate and love on a personal basis of the musicians.

Discography

  • 2010: Live Laugh Love ( EP , Lunatic Music)
  • 2012: Urma Sellinger (Lunatic Music)
  • 2013: A Thousand Days (EP, no label)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ArbetarBladet.se: Stjärnproducent i en liten Gävlestudio. Retrieved June 27, 2020 (Swedish).
  2. ↑ Lotta Gometz: Västerviks Tidningen : Urma Sellinger spelade in med stjärnproducent (Swedish), published on March 19, 2011, accessed on November 7, 2011
  3. ^ Moshpit Open Festival 2010
  4. ↑ Inkzine.se: Intryck fran Moshpit Open Festival ( Memento from July 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (Swedish)
  5. ↑ Check In Music : Jag röstar på Urma Sellinger!
  6. ↑ We Could Build an Empire MySpace blog: Date set for next gig in the Emergenza Competition , published February 18, 2010, accessed January 2, 2012
  7. ^ Emergenza : Band profile Urma Sellinger
  8. ↑ MySpace : Update! Studio! The band's blog on the official MySpace page
  9. ^ Matt Hyde - Architects and more at Trashed Management
  10. ^ Impericon : Underground Part 13: Urma Sellinger
  11. ↑ Monsterstage.se: Spelschema 2011 ( Memento from July 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  12. ↑ Ticnet: Healing Through Music
  13. ^ Healing Through Music: Goda Nyheter Entreavgift (Swedish), published April 8, 2011, accessed January 3, 2012
  14. ↑ SOSGermany: Spirit of Metal webzine : New bassist and new release announced
  15. ↑ SOSGermany: Spirit of Metal webzine: Debut album, release date and name announced
  16. ↑ Panic & Action : Adept - The Lost Boys Sverige Turné ( Memento from May 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Swedish)
  17. ↑ ringrocker.com: Official band profile of the group at Ringrocker
  18. ↑ MadisonMusicGroup.com: Urma Sellinger Bio ( Memento from May 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  19. ↑ PeaceAndLove.se: Urma Sellinger ( Memento from June 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  20. ↑ outspoken.de: Urma Sellinger go on a UK tour
  21. ↑ outspoken.de: Urma Sellinger - LIVE LAUGH LOVE tour canceled!
  22. ↑ a b c d BringTheNoiseUK.com: Interview with Urma Sellinger ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  23. ↑ outspoken.de: SHADOWS CHASING GHOSTS with a European tour in March!
  24. ↑ outspoken.de: URMA SELLINGER part with their singer!
  25. ↑ outspoken.de: SHADOWS CHASING GHOSTS: Half of the European tour falls through!
  26. ^ Metalunderground.net: Now, Voyager Joining Bury Tomorrow On Scandinavian Tour Dates
  27. ↑ outspoken.de: URMA SELLINGER: New EP "A Thousand Days" will probably be out in April!