Biography
Inspired by Albert Mudrian's volume Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore, Nicke Andersson—frontman of the Hellacopters and onetime drummer for Entombed—launched Death Breath in 2005 to honor the earliest wave of Swedish death metal. Where its U.S. counterpart emphasized technical complexity, the Swedish variant from the early 1990s relied on grimy timbres and straightforward, blues-inflected riffs. Andersson’s embrace of that approach feels like a return home, since several Death Breath tracks could sit comfortably alongside Entombed’s Left Hand Path and Clandestine or Death’s Scream Bloody Gore.
Following a self-titled 7-inch released in June 2006, the group delivered its debut album, Stinking Up the Night, later the same year. Andersson handled drums and guitars, Robert Pehrsson (Runemagick, Deathwitch, Wrecks, the Preachermen, Thunder Express) supplied guitars and vocals, and additional vocal spots went to Jörgen Sandström (ex-Grave, ex-Entombed, the Project Hate, Vicious Art, Krux), Scott Carlson (Repulsion), and Fred Estby (Dismember). Magnus Hedquist completed the rhythm section on bass yet departed in fall 2006 without public explanation. To counter perceptions that the outfit was only a side project, Death Breath played its first show in October 2006 in Sweden, with Carlson switching to bass and Erik Wallin (Harms Way, Merciless) joining on second guitar. The following year the band issued the seven-track Let It Stink EP through Black Lodge Records, which included renditions of material by Bathory, G.B.H., and Discharge.
Following a self-titled 7-inch released in June 2006, the group delivered its debut album, Stinking Up the Night, later the same year. Andersson handled drums and guitars, Robert Pehrsson (Runemagick, Deathwitch, Wrecks, the Preachermen, Thunder Express) supplied guitars and vocals, and additional vocal spots went to Jörgen Sandström (ex-Grave, ex-Entombed, the Project Hate, Vicious Art, Krux), Scott Carlson (Repulsion), and Fred Estby (Dismember). Magnus Hedquist completed the rhythm section on bass yet departed in fall 2006 without public explanation. To counter perceptions that the outfit was only a side project, Death Breath played its first show in October 2006 in Sweden, with Carlson switching to bass and Erik Wallin (Harms Way, Merciless) joining on second guitar. The following year the band issued the seven-track Let It Stink EP through Black Lodge Records, which included renditions of material by Bathory, G.B.H., and Discharge.
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