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Death Breath

Genre: Metal, Heavy Metal, Death Metal
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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.

Top Songs

  1. Stinking up the NightDeath BreathStinking up the Night · 2006Stinking up the Night2:55
  2. Let It StinkGiving Head To The DeadLet It Stink · 2007Let It Stink3:07
  3. Let It StinkHis Protoplasmic WorshipLet It Stink · 2007Let It Stink3:36
  4. Let It StinkSacrificeLet It Stink · 2007Let It Stink3:51
  5. Let It StinkMaimed And SlaughteredLet It Stink · 2007Let It Stink1:49
  6. Let It StinkDead But WalkingLet It Stink · 2007Let It Stink4:03
  7. Let It StinkLycanthropyLet It Stink · 2007Let It Stink2:29
  8. Let It StinkTwisted In DistasteLet It Stink · 2007Let It Stink5:36
  9. Stinking Up The NightChrist All Fucking MightyEStinking Up The Night · 2006Stinking Up The Night2:22
  10. Stinking up the NightFlabby Little Things from BeyondEStinking up the Night · 2006Stinking up the Night3:17
  11. Stinking up the NightChrist all Fucking MightyEStinking up the Night · 2006Stinking up the Night2:23
  12. Stinking up the NightHeading for DecapitationStinking up the Night · 2006Stinking up the Night2:57
  13. Stinking up the NightCthulu Fhtagn!Stinking up the Night · 2006Stinking up the Night4:53
  14. Stinking up the NightDragged Through the MudStinking up the Night · 2006Stinking up the Night4:08
  15. Stinking up the NightCoffins of the Unembalmed DeadStinking up the Night · 2006Stinking up the Night3:19
  16. Stinking up the NightA Morbid MindStinking up the Night · 2006Stinking up the Night3:54
  17. Stinking up the NightReduced to AshesStinking up the Night · 2006Stinking up the Night2:45
  18. Stinking Up The NightCthulhu Fhtagn!Stinking Up The Night · 2006Stinking Up The Night4:52
  19. Stinking up the NightChopping SpreeStinking up the Night · 2006Stinking up the Night3:28
  20. Stinking Up The NightHeading For DecapitationStinking Up The Night · 2006Stinking Up The Night2:57

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