The Project Hate MCMXCIX

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Name = The Project Hate MCMXCIX


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Origin = Sweden
Genre = Melodic death metal
Death metal
Years_active = 1998–present
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URL = [http://theprojecthate.net theprojecthate.net]
Current_members = Lord K. Philipson
Jörgen Sandström
Petter S. Freed
Jo Enckell
Michael Håkansson
Daniel "Mojjo" Moilanen
Past_members = Mia Ståhl

The Project Hate MCMXCIX (often referred to as "Project Hate", or simply "The Hate") is a Swedish death metal band. It was formed in 1998 and released its debut album Cybersonic Superchrist in 2000. It is one of the few death metal bands who use a female singer (Jonna Enckell) along with the genre's defining death metal vocal styling.

History

The Project Hate MCMXCIX was formed in 1998 after years of talking between long-time friends Lord K. Philipson (formerly of Leukemia, House of Usher, Lame) and Jörgen Sandström (previously of Entombed and Grave and now involved in Vicious Art and Krux as well). During that winter, they recorded their only demo, produced by Dan Swanö and included backing vocals by Lars Göran Petrov. The three song demo was sent out to four labels and in 1999 they signed with the German label Massacre Records.

The original concept came from the album done by Lord K and others under the name of Deadmarch. The album was entitled "The Project Hate MCMXCIX: The Initiation of Blasphemy". Lord K's first idea was to change the vocals to that of Jörgen's, but due to a studio blunder the tapes were lost. The album was since available to download for members of the Global Domination (Lord K's metal website, which also host the TPH forums) forums. Apart from that, the album has never seen the light of day, until 2008. It has been remastered by Dan Swanö and will be released on Vic Records sometime in 2008 with new album artwork and booklet.

By the end of 1999, The Project Hate recorded their debut album "Cybersonic Superchrist". During the recording, the decision was made to add female vocalist Mia Ståhl to the band. "Cybersonic Superchrist" was released in 2000. Although reviews were positive, the album was difficult to come across.

The following year the band recorded their second album, "When We are Done, Your Flesh Will Be Ours". The album was recorded in the late Nasum frontman Mieszko Talarczyk's Soundlab Studios. It was released in 2001, though the album was very difficult to find in stores much like the debut album.

In 2002, Petter S. Freed of 2 Ton Predator joined as a live guitarist. After contributing many ideas and much songwriting to the band, he was added as a permanent member. Also, Mia Ståhl was fired and replaced with another female vocalist, Jonna Enckell. Later that year, the band left Massacre Records and signed with Threeman Recordings. A live album was recorded in Helsinki, Finland, titled "Killing Hellsinki", which would later be released through in April 2003. Afterwards, the band would go back to Soundlab Studios and Mieszko Talarczyk to record "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate".

In early 2005 the band began recording their fourth album, titled "Armageddon March Eternal - Symphonies of Slit Wrists" with Dan Swanö. Michael Håkansson of Evergrey joined the band as a bassist during the recording and later would join the band full-time. "Armageddon March Eternal" was released by Threeman Recordings on October 5, 2005.

In 2006, the band left their record label and eventually signed with Peter Stormare's record label, StormVox. The band added drummer Mojjo for their upcoming album, to have live drums for the first time since the band's creation. The fifth studio album is titled In Hora Mortis Nostræ and was released at September 15th, 2007. Distribution deals are being sorted in the remainder of 2007 to get the album out as widely as possible.

Members

Current

* Lord K. Philipson - Guitars, Keyboards, Serpents and Programmings
* Jörgen Sandström - Vocals
* Anders Bertilsson - Guitars
* Jo Enckell - Vocals
* Michael Håkansson - Bass
* Daniel "Mojjo" Moilanen - Drums

Former

* Mia Ståhl - Vocals
* Petter S. Freed - Guitars

Discography

* "Deadmarch: The Project Hate MCMXCIX: Initiation of Blasphemy" (recorded in 1999, will be released in 2008)
* "Cybersonic Superchrist" (2000)
* "When We Are Done, Your Flesh Will Be Ours" (2001)
* "Killing Hellsinki" (Live Album, 2003)
* Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate (2003)
* Armageddon March Eternal - Symphonies of Slit Wrists (2005)
* "The Innocence of the Three-faced Saviour" (web-single, 2007)
* In Hora Mortis Nostræ (2007)

External links

* [http://www.theprojecthate.net Official Website]