Morbid was a Swedish

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band from

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that formed in 1986.''Swedish Death Metal'', p. 71.

Biography

Morbid was formed in Stockholm at the end of 1986. With

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as the group's founder and leader, there was a number of members before the band settled on the line-up of John "John Lennart" Hagström, "TG" on guitars, Jens Näsström on bass and

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on drums. When "TG" left the band, he was replaced by Ulf Cederlund. The band then recorded their debut

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, '' December Moon'', at Thunderload Studios in Stockholm on 5 and 6 December 1987. This was the only recording featuring this line-up, as Hagström quit and Ohlin left for Norway to join the

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band

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.''Swedish Death Metal'', p. 73. The remains of the band tried to carry on, and brought in photographer John Scarisbrick as a new vocalist. Scarisbrick lived near a recording studio named

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, which would later gain some notoriety in death metal circles, recording bands like Entombed and

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. It was there that the band recorded their last release,''Swedish Death Metal'', p. 74. a demo titled ''The Last Supper'', in September 1988. The band faded as Petrov and Cederlund started

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, which eventually turned into Entombed.''Swedish Death Metal'', p. 77. Näsström later continued in the bands Contras and Skull.

Legacy

Although Morbid only officially released two demos, they gained a certain

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after their break-up, in part likely to Ohlin's efforts with Mayhem. The demo recordings and various live and rehearsal tracks were later published on vinyl and CD, on official and

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releases. After Ohlin left the band to move to Kråkstad, he was replaced by the former singer, John Scarisbrick.

Members

Final members

* Necrobird – vocals (2022-2023) * Ulf "Uffe" Cederlund (as Napoleon Pukes) – guitars (1987–1988, 2022-2023) * John Hagström (as Gehenna) – guitars (1985–1988, 2022-2023) * Torbjörn Gräslund (as TG) – guitars (1987, 2022-2023) * Jens Näsström (as Dr. Schitz) – bass (1986–1988, 2022-2023) * E – drums (2022-2023)

Former members

* Johan Scarisbrick – vocals (1988) *

(as Drutten) – drums (1987–1988) * Zoran Jovanovic – guitars (1988) *

– lead vocals (1985–1988) * Slator – Bass (1985–1986) * Francesco Sandro Lauri Cajander – drums (1985–1986) * Marcus Klack (as Klacke) – guitars (1986–1987)

Timeline

Discography

* ''Rehearsal 07/08/1987'' (demo, 1987) * '' December Moon'' (demo, 1987) * ''Last Supper'' (demo, 1988) * ''December Moon'' (EP, 1994) * ''Death Execution'' (compilation, 1995) * ''Live in Stockholm'' ( LP, Reaper, 2000) * ''Death Execution III'' ( 7", Reaper, 2001) * ''Year of the Goat'' (compilation,

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, 2011)

References

Works cited

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morbid 1986 establishments in Sweden 1988 disestablishments in Sweden Swedish black metal musical groups Swedish death metal musical groups Swedish thrash metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1986 Musical groups disestablished in 1988