![]() ![]() The whole eerie, dark element of death metal is to not go too melodic. "And, for me, if you overdo the melodic aspect within death metal you’re definitely going to chop off an important element, an essential element of death metal, and that is the darkness. You had bands like Grotesque, which led to At The Gates, but in some ways they kept the tradition of - I don’t want to say the cheesy element but the hyper-melodic element of it all. "Of course, there were bands who were mixing it up pretty good. "If you overdo the melodic aspect within death metal you’re definitely going to chop off an important element" The Gothenburg scene seemed to be way more into the melodic aspect I don’t think they ever went for the brutality in death metal. "I think there was always a big divide between the Stockholm and Gothenburg scenes. Know your scene: Stockholmers like their death metal here, and their melody way over there ![]() (Image credit: Pernilla Hed/Johnér Images/Corbis) Stockholm vs Gothenburg On this latest album, we didn’t hold anything back we went with the most extreme approach with the pedal that we have ever done." Prev of 11 Next Prev of 11 Next We’ve had it on every recording we’ve done. "Other bands had outstanding performers and musicians, and kick-ass songs, but if they didn’t have that sound they were still sub-par in some way. It is the most essential sound in death metal of all time, and the bands who have adopted that were always going to be unbeatable in a sense. "How can you go further? how can you go beyond that? You can’t. "It is a chainsaw formed into a guitar sound. It has been described as a chainsaw or a buzzsaw, and I think that’s a good comparison it is a chainsaw formed into a guitar sound. There is no other pedal that has meant as much to this genre. "The Boss HM-2 is the holy grail of death metal. It’s cheap, sounds nasty in all the right ways and is the touchstone for Swedish death metal guitar tone Then you finally knew you were into something that was going to last." Prev of 11 Next Prev of 11 NextĪ Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal Distortion pedal is essential I think the whole underground movement settled down here in Stockholm as a scene itself with bands like Nihilist, Unleashed, Dismember, Grave. "You can borrow and rent equipment fairly cheaply, so it is a good opportunity if you are a young kid to jump on that bandwagon and have fun with it. Everybody wants to be as good as all the guys they looked up to in school, and with the way our community is built up you get a chance early on. Some were on a bigger level but they always mingled with the audience, always. ![]() "In the black metal, thrash and death metal scenes, there was never this gap between the band and the fans. "There is no healthier scene than Sweden’s when it comes to musicians" I remember going to concerts back in the day and you just had to look around and you saw all these guys from different bands. There are kick-ass bands in practically every town in this country, and there always have been. "When I compare other countries’ scenes, there is no healthier scene than Sweden’s when it comes to musicians. The Scandanavian country where death metal is a national obsession (Image credit: Björn Kärf/Matton Collection/Corbis) Keep it Swede There’s no better guide to the essentials of the genre, so we’ll leave you in capable claws as he guides you through. And with a metal guitar tone that’s rotting off the bone, Nyström and Per Eriksson’s warped riffs and haunting melodies, it remains quintessentially death metal.īirthed awkwardly in the US by bands such as Possessed, Death and Morbid Angel, death metal was fermented and perfected in the cold of a Scandinavian climate that Nyström calls home. Their fourth LP, Grand Morbid Funeral, sees Paradise Lost vocalist Nick Holmes join the band, and features guest appearances from Autopsy’s Chris Reifert and Eric Cutler, but remains quintessentially Swedish. They play old-school death metal in the tradition of Entombed, Dismember et al from the Stockholm death metal scene - with a soupçon of Florida death metal in there, too. They have had their line-up changes through the years, yet remain a single-issue party. Anders ‘Blakkheim’ Nyström of old-school death metal supergroup Bloodbath walks us down the left-hand path for a guided tour of metal’s most extreme frontier.īloodbath were formed in 1998 by Katatonia’s Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse, Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt, and legendary Swedeath producer Dan Swanö. ![]()
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