Disfear
Disfear is a Swedish crust punk band that formed in the early 1990s and recorded sporadically over the years. After releasing the albums Soul Scars in 1995 and Everyday Slaughter in 1997, the group did not release another album until 2003 with a 12-track album, Misanthropic Generation, featuring vocalist Tomas Lindberg of At the Gates and The Great Deceiver and Uffe Cederlund of Entombed. They later worked with Converge's Kurt Ballou for their album Live the Storm.
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 Disfear in 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Nyköping, Sweden |
| Genres | Crust punk,[1][2] death metal[2] |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | No, Distortion, Osmose Productions, Relapse, Deathwish Inc. |
| Members | Björn Peterson Tomas Lindberg Marcus Andersson Uffe Cederlund Andreas Axelsson |
| Past members | Henke Frykman Jeppe Lerjerud Jan Axelsson Jallo Lehto Robin Wiberg |
| Website | disfear |
Bassist Henke Frykman died of cancer on 25 March 2011.[3]
Influences
Tomas Lindberg has cited The Ramones, AC/DC, Motörhead, The Wipers, The Dead Boys, The Stooges, Jerry's Kids, Articles of Faith, and Uniform Choice as musical influences, as well as Michel Foucault as a conceptual influence.[4] Other bands mentioned as inspirational include Discharge, Entombed, Turbonegro, Zeke, and Anti Cimex.[5]
Members
- Current members
- Björn Peterson – guitar (1989–present)
- Tomas Lindberg – vocals (1998–present)
- Marcus Andersson – drums (1998–present)
- Ulf Cederlund – guitar (2004–present)
- Andreas Axelsson – bass (2014–present)
- Former members
- Henke Frykman – bass (1989–2011; died 2011[3])
- Jeppe Lerjerud – vocals (1989–1998)
- Jan Axelsson – drums (1989)
- Jallo Lehto – drums (1989–1995)
- Robin Wiberg – drums (1995–1998)
Discography
- Disfear (1992)
- A Brutal Sight of War (1993)
- Disfear/Uncurbed split EP (1993)
- Soul Scars (1995)
- Everyday Slaughter (1997)
- In Defence of Our Future, tribute to Discharge, contributing the song "Realities of War" (2001)
- Misanthropic Generation (2003)
- Powerload (2003; 7", Throne Records)
- Split with ZEKE (2004; 7", Relapse Records)
- Live the Storm (2008)
- Split with Doomriders (2008)
References
- Kevin Stewart-Panko, "I Saw Disfear Three Times in Three Days", Decibel, no. 46, August 2008, p. 22.
- Ekeroth, Daniel. Swedish Death Metal. p. 266.
- "Disfear Bassist Passes Away – in Metal News". Metal Underground.com. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- Brandon Stosuy, "Show No Mercy", Pitchforkmedia, 26 March 2008. "Show No Mercy | Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008. Access date: 11 September 2008.
- Interview with Yiannis D., Metal Temple, 24 May 2008. "[Metal-Temple.com] Bjorn Petterson (Interview)". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008. Access date: 22 October 2008.