Skitsystem (; "Fucking System" or "Fucking Society", literally "Shit System") is a Swedish

crust punk Crust punk (also known as crust or stenchcore) is a form of music influenced by English punk rock and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the early 1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on politic ...

band formed in early 1994. Their sound was heavily influenced by

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and

D-beat D-beat (also known as Discore, kängpunk, Discrust, and crust-beat) is a style of hardcore punk, developed in the early 1980s by imitators of Discharge, after whom the genre is named, as well as a drum beat characteristic of this subgenre. D-be ...

. The band members originally came from different death metal bands, bonding over a common interest in D-beat. Initially the group was a side-project of two members of

At the Gates At the Gates is a Swedish death metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. The band was a major progenitor of Gothenburg-style melodic death metal alongside In Flames and Dark Tranquillity. Prior to their first disbandment in 1996, At the Ga ...

. The band announced in December 2007 that they were on indefinite hiatus. In November 2009, Skitsystem announced plans to play two shows in

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

in late February 2010, with possibly more to follow. Fredrik Wallenberg cites the group's initial influences as

Anti Cimex Anti Cimex were a Swedish crust punk band, based in Skövde, Gothenburg, Linköping, and Malmö, at different times, that formed in 1981.Peter Jandreus, ''The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk 1977–1987'', Stockholm: Premium Publishing, 2008, p. ...

, Asocial, Discharge,

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and

Disrupt Disrupt was an American crust punk band from Lynn, Massachusetts that was active from 1987 to 1993. The lineup was Jay Stiles and Pete Kamarinos (vocals), Chris Drake (guitar), Harry Haralabatos (drums), Tony Leone (bass). After recording one ...

Band members

;Current * Fredrik Wallenberg – guitar, vocals (1994–present) (The Lurking Fear) * Karl "Kalle" Persson – drums (1997–present) (Dispense) * Martin Larsson – bass (2010–present) (

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, House of Usher, Macrodex, ex-Bombs of Hades) *

Andreas Axelsson ::''See also Andreas Axelsson (criminal)''. Andreas Axelsson is a Swedish musician, best known as a guitarist in progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity. Before he joined Edge of Sanity, Axelsson was the singer in black metal band Marduk, ...

– 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 20 ...

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

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, ex-Necronaut, ex-

Edge of Sanity Edge of Sanity was a Swedish death metal band that, alongside Opeth, is commonly regarded as being the first to fuse extreme metal styles like death and black metal with progressive rock. The group was founded by Dan Swanö in 1989 and ended in ...

, ex-Incapacity, ex-The Dontcares, ex-Tortyr) ;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 Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band originally from Thessaloniki. They later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden. History Formation and ''Sweet Vengeance'' (2000–2003) Nightrage was founded by Marios Iliopoulos and his cl ...

, 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 Adrian Erlandsson (born 27 October 1970) is a Swedish heavy metal drummer who is a member of At the Gates (1990–1996, 2007–2008, 2010–), the Haunted (1996–1999, 2013–), and Nemhain (2006–). He has also been a member of H.E.A.L. ...

– drums (1994–1997) (The Haunted, The Lurking Fear, ex-Decameron, ex-H.E.A.L., ex-Needleye, ex-Terror, Nemhain, ex-

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, ex-

Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their ly ...

, 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 Nasum (pronounced 'nah-zumm') was a Swedish grindcore band from Örebro, formed in 1992. The band released four studio albums and developed into "one of that country's premier metal acts". They disbanded after the December 2004 tsunami killed ...

) * 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 Swedish death metal musical groups {{Sweden-band-stub