Comecon was a Swedish

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project founded in 1990. The band consisted of two guitarists, a drum computer and a session singer; a different one on each album. The debut album featured the Swede

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, who was then dismissed from Entombed. Their second album was sung by Dutchman

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Marc Grewe, from

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handled the vocals on their final album. All three albums were produced by Tomas Skogsberg.

Discography

* Split album with Merciless (1991) * ''

Megatrends in Brutality ''Megatrends in Brutality'' is the debut album of the Swedish death metal band Comecon. It was released in 1992 on Century Media Records. Contrary to the album credits, the drums were recorded using a drum computer; Anders Green who is listed ...

'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1995)

Members

* Rasmus Ekman – guitar, bass * Pelle Ström – guitar, bass *

– vocals (1992) *

– vocals (1993) * Marc Grewe – vocals (1995)

External links

Band website
* Comeconat AllMusic
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