Repugnant was a Swedish

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band from

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active from 1998 to 2004. The band has been cited as one of the first revivalists of the

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movement, along with Kaamos. They recorded their only studio album ''Epitome of Darkness'' in 2002, but it was left unreleased when the band broke up in 2004, only being published in 2006. Vocalist and guitarist Mary Goore (real name

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) recruited a new lineup of Repugnant to perform at the Hell's Pleasure festival in 2010, as well as several other shows, ending at the

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in the United States on 29 May 2011. When Tobias Forge (Goore) received the 2019 Platinagitarren award from

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for his musical accomplishments, jury member and journalist Ika Johannesson stated that "Old school death metal has rarely sounded as good as Repugnant." According to ''Swedish Death Metal'' author Daniel Ekeroth, Repugnant's "amazingly old school-sounding death metal is something you must hear to believe."

Discography

*''Spawn of Pure Malevolence'' (Demo, 1999) *''Hecatomb'' (EP, 1999) *''Draped in Cerecloth'' (Demo, 2001) *''Dunkel Besatthet'' (Split, 2002) *''Premature Burial'' (EP, 2004) *''Kaamos / Repugnant'' (Split, 2004) *''Epitome of Darkness'' (2006)

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External links

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