Necrophobic

Necrophobic
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Death metal[1] Blackened death metal[2]
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Regain
Members
Tobias Sidegård Sebastian Ramstedt Johan Bergebäck Alex Friberg Joakim Sterner

For the medical condition, see Necrophobia.

Necrophobic is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and guitarist David Parland. It is believed that the band named themselves after a Slayer song from the 1986 seminal album Reign in Blood. The pair played with a 'revolving door' line-up of musicians until the permanent addition of bassist Tobias Sidegård. This addition occurred prior to recording their debut 7" Single, "The Call" in early 1992.

With this line up and the addition of Anders Strokirk on vocals who replaced Stefan Harrvik (who had sung on the "Unholy Prophecies" demo and "The Call" 7" EP) the band entered Sunlight Studio in March 1993 and recorded the debut "The Nocturnal Silence" album. The band had previously worked with the Wild Rags label and store for its singles.

Following the addition of second guitarist Martin Halfdahn, Necrophobic released a four-song extended play, Spawned By Evil, in 1996. This was a teaser for the full-length release, Darkside, which came out later that same year. This album featured a guest appearance by Jon of Dissection on the song Nailing the Holy One. Third Antichrist was released in fall 2000 through Black Mark Records. A switch to Hammerheart Records led to Bloodhymns. Necrophobic's Death To All was issued in May 2009 and won the title of the Album Of The Month on Metallian.com Webzine. This album was the band's second for Regain Records.

The lyrics generally tend to revolve around darkness, evil, anti-Christianity and Viking mythology.

Band members

Current members:

Johan Bergebäck - Guitar (Nifelheim, ex-Dismember, ex-Morpheus )

Sebastian Ramstedt - Guitar (Nifelheim, ex-Morpheus)

Tobias Sidegård - Vocals (ex-Therion)

Alex Friberg - Bass (Trident)

Joakim Sterner - Drums (Souldevourer)

Former members:

Martin Halfdan 1993-2000 - Guitar

Stefan Zander 1990 - Vocals, Bass

Stefan Harrvik - Vocals (Crematory)

Anders Strokirk - Vocals (Blackshine, Hetsheads, ex-Mykorrhiza)

Joakim Stabel - Bass (Blackshine, Hetsheads)

David Parland 1989-1996, 2000-2001 - Guitar (Dark Funeral, Infernal, War)

Discography

Demos

• Slow Asphyxiation - (1990) on Witchhunt Records - Believe in Church and Agonize
• Retaliation - (1990) on Witchhunt Records - Believe in Church and Agonize

EPs

• The Call - (1993)
• Spawned by Evil - (1996)
• Tour EP 2003 - (2003)

Albums

• The Nocturnal Silence - (1993)
• Darkside - (1997)
• The Third Antichrist - (1999)
• Bloodhymns - (2002)
• Hrimthursum - (2006)
• Death To All - (2009)

Other

• Satanic Blasphemies - Compilation - (2008)
• Satanic Blasphemies - Boxed Set - (2008)

References

1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Necrophobic". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p45201. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
2. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Hrimthrsum review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r837893. Retrieved 209-10-08. 

External links

• Official website
• "Blinded by Light, Enlightened by Darkness" music video
• Sebastian Ramstedt interviewed by Highwire Daze (2006)