Ablaze My Sorrow is a
melodic death metal
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band from
Falkenberg
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,
Sweden
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. The group formed in 1993, released three full-length albums for
No Fashion Records No Fashion Records was a Swedish record label (a sublabel of MNW Music) which focused on extreme metal. It was located in Stockholm and was active from 1992 to 2004. It was founded by the Swedish zine editor Tomas Nyqvist.
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through several lineup changes, and received significant exposure among metal press outlets before disbanding in August 2006. In January 2013 the band reunited.
History
The group first came together in 1993, featuring original members Martin Quist on vocals and guitar, Magnus Carlsson on guitar, Anders Brorsson on bass, and Fredrik Wenzel on drums.
[ Ablaze My Sorrowat Allmusic.com] The group recorded a demo before drummer Alex Bengtsson replaced Wenzel and guitarist Roger Johansson joined the group, both playing on their 1996 debut for No Fashion Records entitled ''If Emotion Still Burns''. After the release of the record, Quist and Johansson left the group, and were replaced by Fredrik Arnesson on vocals and Dennie Linden on guitar in time for their follow-up effort, 1997's ''The Plague''. After ''The Plague'', the group went on a temporary hiatus, and replaced Fredrik Arnesson with new vocalist Kristian Lönnsjö and electronic bagpipist Chris Kojali.
[ In 2001, they returned with their third album, ''Anger, Hate and Fury''. The cover of the album featured artwork by ]Niklas Sundin
Niklas Sundin (born 13 August 1974 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a musician of the band Mitochondrial Sun, but was best known as the founding lead guitarist of band Dark Tranquillity (1989–2020). He was also one of the guitarists in the band Laethora ...
, a renowned album cover artist. In 2004, the group played the Swedish 2000 Decibel festival.Confirmed for Sweden's 2000 Decibel Festival
. Blabbermouth.net
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, October 30, 2003. Accessed November 17, 2007. On August 16, 2006, the group announced it was breaking up. In January 2013 the band reunited.
Members
Current line-up
*Anders Brorsson - bass (1993-2006, 2013-present)
*Magnus Carlsson - guitars (1993-1997, 1998-2006, 2013-present)
*Alex Bengtsson - drums (1994-2006, 2013-present)
*Dennie Lindén - guitars (1996-2006, 2013-present)
*Jonas Udd - vocals (2019-present)
Former members
*Kristian Lönnsjö - vocals (1999-2006, 2009, 2013-2019)
*Anders Lundin - guitar (1998–1999)
*Fredrik Arnesson - vocals (1997–2000)
*Roger Johansson - guitar (1995–1996)
*Fredrik Wenzel - drums (1993–1995)
*Martin Qvist - vocals, guitar (1993–1997)
Timeline
Discography
;Studio albums
*''If Emotions Still Burn'' (1996, No Fashion Records)
*''The Plague'' (1998, No Fashion Records)
*''Anger, Hate and Fury'' (2002, No Fashion Records)
*''Black'' (2016, Apostasy Records)
*''Among Ashes and Monoliths'' (2021, Black Lion Records)
;EPs
*''The Suicide Note'' (2009, Pronode Records)
*''The Loss of All Hope'' (2023, Black Lion Records)
;Demo albums
*''For Bereavement We Cried'' (1994)
*''The Song of Dancing Sins'' (1994)
*''Ablaze My Sorrow'' (1995)
References
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Swedish death metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1993
Musical groups disestablished in 2006
Musical quartets
1993 establishments in Sweden