Firespawn is a
Swedish death metal
Swedish death metal is a death metal music scene developed in Sweden. Many Swedish death metal bands are associated with the melodic death metal movement, thus giving Swedish death metal a different sound from other variations of death metal. U ...
band from
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, formed in 2012 by Alex Impaler of
Necrophobic
Necrophobic is a Swedish blackened death metal band.
History
The band was formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and now-deceased guitarist David Parland. It is believed that the band named themselves after a Slayer song from the 1986 semi ...
,
Lars-Göran Petrov
Lars-Göran Petrov (17 February 1972 – 7 March 2021), often abbreviated as L-G or LG Petrov, was a Swedish singer. He is best known for his work with death metal band Entombed.
Career
Petrov's musical career began with his playing drums in ...
and Victor Brandt, both of
Entombed A.D.
Entombed A.D. was a Swedish death metal band formed in 2014, composed of former members of Entombed after their breakup. They released their debut album, ''Back to the Front'', the same year. The band's final lineup consisted of Olle Dahlstedt ...
Originally called Fireborn, the group "wanted to play faster and harder death metal than in our other bands".
The later addition of guitarist Fredrik Folkare of
Unleashed
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* ''Unleashed'' (2016 film), a film starring ...
and Necrophobic and drummer Matte Modin of
Defleshed
Defleshed is a Swedish death/thrash metal band. The group was formed by guitarist Lars Löfven, formerly of Convulsion and Inanimate. He was joined by ex-Crematorium bassist Gustaf Jorde shortly after recording a demo. In 1995 drummer Matte Mod ...
, completed the band's line-up.
On 7 August 2015, the debut 7" ''Lucifer Has Spoken'' was released. In November 2015, the band released their debut album, ''Shadow Realms'', on
Century Media
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A centennial or ...
.
The music was written by Victor Brandt and the lyrics were written by both Alex Impaler and Victor Brandt.
On 28 April 2017, the band released their second studio album, entitled ''The Reprobate'', again via
Century Media
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A centennial or ...
. The band released its third album, ''Abominate'' in 2019 on
Century Media
A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c.
A centennial or ...
.
Personnel
* Victor Brandt – guitar
(2012–present)
* Fredrik Folkare – guitar
(2012–present)
* Alex Impaler – bass
(2012–present)
* Matte Modin – drums
(2012–present)
Former members
*
Lars-Göran Petrov
Lars-Göran Petrov (17 February 1972 – 7 March 2021), often abbreviated as L-G or LG Petrov, was a Swedish singer. He is best known for his work with death metal band Entombed.
Career
Petrov's musical career began with his playing drums in ...
– vocals
(2012–2021; his death)
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
*"Lucifer Has Spoken" (7", 2015)
References
Swedish death metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 2012
Musical groups from Stockholm
Century Media Records artists
2012 establishments in Sweden
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