- Heavy load
Infobox musical artist
Name = Heavy Load (Band)
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Genre =Viking metal
Years_active = 1976-1985
Origin =Sweden Current_members =
Styrbjörn Walhquist Ragne Walhquist Eddy Malm Andreas Fritz
Past_members =Michael Backlund Dan Molén Eero Koivisto Leif Liljegren Torbjörn Ragnesjö Heavy Load was one of the early successful Swedish heavy metal bands. The Wahlquist brothers, who founded the band in 1976 along with Michael Backlund, were later producers and owners of
Thunderload Records inSweden , were at one point producing Veni Domine, and also were considering releasing a new album, though that never occurred. Misfortune struck when Thunderload Studios got severely damaged due to a water leakage in the 2000's, which meant a halt to its official existence.Discography
* Full Speed At High Level (1978)
* Metal Conquest (1981)
* Death Or Glory (1982)
* Stronger Than Evil (1983)
* Monsters Of The Night (EP) (1985)Other
* Live (Video) (1983)
Band members
* Styrbjörn Walhquist (Drums, Vocals & Percussion) (1976-1985)
* Ragne Walhquist (Guitars, Vocals & Keyboard) (1976-1985)
* Andreas Fritz (Bassguitar) (1979)
* Eddy Malm (Guitar & Vocals) (1979-1985)
* Torbjörn Ragnesjö (Bassguitar) (1979-1984)
* Leif Liljegren (Guitars) (1979)
* Eero Koivisto (Bassguitar) (1979)
* Dan Molén (Bassguitar) (1978-1979)
* Michael Backlund (Bassguitar) (1976-1977)External links
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=113 Heavy Load on metal-archives.com]
* [http://www.canit.se/~thunderl/index.html Thunderload International]
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