Impious is a
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band.
History
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death metal
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band Impious was formed by Valle Adzic and Martin Åkesson in April 1994. The band had some difficulties finding a permanent drummer, so a friend of theirs, Johan, filled in as a session drummer. Shortly after that, Robin Sörqvist joined the band on bass. Impious recorded their debut demo in the summer of 1995, called ''
Infernal Predomination''.
Shortly after the recording session, drummer Johan had to quit the band due to lack of time, since he had to do military service. Finding a permanent drummer turned out to be harder than they expected. No drummer was found, so another friend, Marko, filled in, also just as a session drummer. In May 1996 the band recorded their second demo, titled ''The Suffering'', at Los Angered Recording with
Andy La Rocque.
Shortly after the recording, a permanent drummer was finally found.
Ulf Johansson
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accepted the job and this was the first time the band had a complete lineup. In the summer of 1997, Impious recorded their third demo called ''Promo '97''. This demo never got to be released. At the same recording session, the band covered the
Sepultura
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song, "Inner Self" for the tribute album ''
Sepulchral Feast''. ''Promo '97'' resulted in a record deal with
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label
Black Sun Records, and in December 1997, Impious recorded their debut album, ''
Evilized
Dream Evil is a Swedish heavy metal band, assembled by producer Fredrik Nordström in 1999.
History
Producer Fredrik Nordström had the ambition of creating a power metal band of his own for a long time, but had difficulty finding anyone ...
'', in
Sunlight Studios
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It has been a popular choice for Swedish death metal bands such as Dismember, At The Gates, Entombed, Grave, Katatonia and Tiamat.
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with producer
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. The album was released in the summer of 1998. In October 1998, the band entered Los Angered Recording once again, but this time to cover the
Metallica
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song, "
One
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" for the tribute album ''Metal Militia III''.
In January 2000, the band recorded their second album in Studio Mega with engineer
Chris Silver. Unfortunately, it took almost a year for Black Sun to release the album. In the summer of 2000, Impious decided to make drastic line-up changes.
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, who had always sang and played the guitar, quit playing the guitar to concentrate on vocals.
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switched from bass to lead guitar. There was now no bass player, so Erik Peterson was asked to join the band, and he accepted.
In March 2001, Impious recorded a four-song promo in Studio Mega. The promo was sent to different labels with the intention to get a new deal. Impious then decided to sign a deal with
Hammerheart Records
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.
In February 2002, drummer Ulf Johansson left the band, just five weeks before the recording of the new album. Impious hired in
Mikael Norén, and in a few weeks he had learned all 10 songs for the new album. In March 2002, the band recorded their third album, ''
The Killer'', once again at Studio Mega with Chris Silver. Also an MCD was recorded later that year, including "The Deathsquad" from the album ''The Killer'', plus a re-recorded version of "Extreme Pestilence" from ''
Evilized
Dream Evil is a Swedish heavy metal band, assembled by producer Fredrik Nordström in 1999.
History
Producer Fredrik Nordström had the ambition of creating a power metal band of his own for a long time, but had difficulty finding anyone ...
'', plus three covers from
Metallica
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,
Running Wild and
Mötley Crüe
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, along with two songs from their "Promo 2001". This MCD was released in January 2003 when the band went on a
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an tour together with
Necrophobic
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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 semina ...
and
Satariel
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.
In February 2004, Impious paid respect to
death metal
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pioneers
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, by appearing on the tribute album ''
Seven Gates of Horror'' together with bands as
Cannibal Corpse
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,
Sadistic Intent
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Biography
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,
Vader,
Sinister
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Angel Corpse
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and
Amon Amarth
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. Also in February 2004, Impious signed a worldwide deal with
Metal Blade Records
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.
During the time between May and July, Impious recorded their fourth album ''
Hellucinate'' at Studio Mega, except all vocals and solos which were recorded at
Valle Adzic's own Deadline Studio.
Line-up
*
Valle Adzic –
guitar
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*
Martin Åkesson –
vocals
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*
Robin Sörqvist –
lead guitar
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*
Mikael Norén –
drums
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*Erik Peterson –
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Discography
* ''Infernal Predomination (Demo)'' – 1995
* ''Let There Be Darkness (Demo)'' – 1995
* ''The Suffering'' – 1996
* ''Evilized'' – 1998
* ''Terror Succeeds'' – 2000
* ''
The Killer'' – 2002
* ''The Deathsquad EP'' – 2002
* ''Hellucinate'' – 2004
* ''Born To Suffer (Compilation)'' – 2004
* ''
Holy Murder Masquerade'' – 2007
* ''
Death Domination'' – 2009
External links
*
Official MySpace page
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