Skitsystem (; literally "Shit System") is a Swedish

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band formed in early 1994. The band members originally came from different death metal bands, bonding over a common interest in punk music, particularly

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. Initially the group was a side-project of two members of At the Gates. The band announced in December 2007 that they were on indefinite hiatus. However in November 2009, Skitsystem signified their return to activity after the group announced plans to play two shows in

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in late February 2010. Frontman Fredrik Wallenberg cites the group's initial influences as Anti Cimex, Asocial, Discharge, Doom and

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Band members

;Current * Fredrik Wallenberg – guitar, vocals (1994–present) (The Lurking Fear) * Karl "Kalle" Persson – drums (1997–present) (Dispense) * Martin Larsson – bass (2010–present) ( Agrimonia, At the Gates, House of Usher, Macrodex, ex-Bombs of Hades) *

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– guitar (2019–present) (

Disfear Disfear is a Swedish crust punk band that formed in the early 1990s and recorded sporadically over the years. After releasing the albums '' Soul Scars'' in 1995 and '' Everyday Slaughter'' in 1997, the group did not release another album until 2 ...

, The Deadbeats, Tormented, ex-Infestdead, ex-Total Terror, ex-

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, ex-Necronaut, ex-

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, ex-Incapacity, ex-The Dontcares, ex-Tortyr) ;Live * Albin Sköld - drums (2024-) (CHILD) ;Former * Alex Höglind – bass, vocals (1994–2010) (Golden Silver, Straight Edge My Ass) * Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg – guitar, vocals (1994–2004) (At The Gates, Sign of Cain, The Lurking Fear, ex-Grotesque, ex-Infestation, Ben-Hur, Disfear, The Great Deceiver, ex- Lock Up, ex- Nightrage, ex-

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, ex-Necronaut, ex-Liers in Wait, ex-Sacrilege, ex-Conquest, ex-Hide, ex-Snotrocket, ex-World Without End) * Adrian Erlandsson – drums (1994–1997) (The Haunted, The Lurking Fear, ex-Decameron, ex-H.E.A.L., ex-Needleye, ex-Terror, Nemhain, ex- Brujeria, ex-

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, ex-Netherbird, ex-Nifelheim, ex-

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, ex-Riket, ex-Samsas Traum, ex-12 Ton Method, ex-Tenet, ex-Vallenfyre, ex-Hyperhug, ex-Penance (Swe), ex-Deathstars) * Mikael "Micke" Kjellman – guitar, vocals (2003–2019) (Martyrdöd, Sanctuary in Blasphemy, ex-Neolithium, ex-Zonetripper)

Discography

Albums

* 1999 – ''Grå Värld / Svarta Tankar'' LP/CD * 2001 – ''Enkel Resa Till Rännstenen'' LP/CD * 2006 – ''Stigmata'' LP/CD

EPs

* 1995 – ''Profithysteri 7-inch, Profithysteri'' 7-inch * 1996 – ''Ondskans Ansikte'' 10-inch * 2003 – ''Allt E Skit''

Split albums

* 1997 – ''Levande Lik'' 7-inch (split with Wolfpack) * 2002 – ''Det tunga missbrukets karga ingenmansland/Det eviga hatet'' 7-inch (split with Nasum) * 2006 – split 7-inch with Cyness

References

External links

Official website
(archived) Swedish crust and d-beat groups Musical groups from Gothenburg Musical groups established in 1994 Grindcore musical groups {{Sweden-band-stub