Disfear 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 that formed in the early 1990s and recorded sporadically over the years. After releasing the albums ''

Soul Scars 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 200 ...

'' in 1995 and ''

Everyday Slaughter 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 200 ...

'' in 1997, the group did not release another album until 2003 with a 12-track album, ''

Misanthropic Generation ''Misanthropic Generation'' is the fifth album by Swedish D-beat band Disfear. It is the first full-length album from the band to feature Tomas Lindberg Tomas Lindberg (born 16 October 1972), also known as "Tompa" and "Goatspell", is a Swedi ...

'', featuring vocalist

Tomas Lindberg Tomas Lindberg (born 16 October 1972), also known as "Tompa" and "Goatspell", is a Swedish vocalist who has fronted many death metal bands, most notably At the Gates. He has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s. He also te ...

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and The Great Deceiver and Uffe Cederlund of Entombed. They later worked with Converge's

Kurt Ballou Kurt Ballou (born February 1, 1974) is an American musician and producer based in Massachusetts, best known as the guitarist for hardcore punk band Converge and for his prolific recording and production work at his own GodCity Studio. Early and ...

for their album ''

Live the Storm ''Live the Storm'' is the sixth album by Swedish hardcore punk/D-beat band Disfear. It was released in January 2008 under Relapse Records. Track listing Personnel ;Disfear *Tomas Lindberg Tomas Lindberg (born 16 October 1972), also known a ...

''. Bassist Henke Frykman died of cancer on 25 March 2011.

Influences

has cited

The Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...

AC/DC AC/DC (stylised as ACϟDC) are an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm Young, Malcolm and Angus Young. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and Heavy metal ...

Motörhead Motörhead () were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by Lemmy (lead vocals, bass), Larry Wallis (guitar) and Lucas Fox (drums). Lemmy was also the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precu ...

The Wipers Wipers was a punk rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Greg Sage, along with drummer Sam Henry and bassist Dave Koupal. The group's tight song structure and use of heavy distortion were hailed as extremely in ...

The Dead Boys The Dead Boys are an American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The band was among the first wave of punk, and regarded by many as one of the rowdiest and most violent groups of the era. They were formed by vocalist Stiv B ...

The Stooges The Stooges, originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, also known as Iggy and the Stooges, was an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave ...

, Jerry's Kids,

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, and

Uniform Choice Uniform Choice (formerly known as Moral Sin) was an American hardcore punk band from Orange County, California. History Uniform Choice was started by guitarist Myke Bates, bassist Hanson Meyer and drummer Eric Hanna during the Spring of 198 ...

as musical influences, as well as

Michel Foucault Paul-Michel Foucault (, ; ; 15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationship between power and knowledge, and how ...

as a conceptual influence. Other bands mentioned as inspirational include

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, Entombed,

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Zeke Zeke is a masculine given name and nickname, sometimes a shortened form (hypocorism) of Ezekiel, which may refer to: People * Caleb Bailey (nickname "Zeke", 1898-1957), US Marine Corps brigadier general and athlete * Zeke Bella (1930–2013), Ame ...

, and

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. 20 ...

.Interview with Yiannis D., ''Metal Temple'', 24 May 2008. Access date: 22 October 2008.

Members

;Current members * Björn Peterson – guitar (1989–present) *

– vocals (1998–present) * Marcus Andersson – drums (1998–present) * Ulf Cederlund – guitar (2004–present) *

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, ...

– bass (2014–present) ;Former members * Henke Frykman – bass (1989–2011; died 2011) * Jeppe Lerjerud – vocals (1989–1998) * Jan Axelsson – drums (1989) * Jallo Lehto – drums (1989–1995) * Robin Wiberg – drums (1995–1998)

Discography

*''Disfear'' (1992) *''A Brutal Sight of War'' (1993) *''Disfear/Uncurbed'' split EP (1993) *''Soul Scars'' (1995) *''Everyday Slaughter'' (1997) *''In Defence of Our Future'', tribute to

, contributing the song "Realities of War" (2001) *''

'' (2003) *''Powerload'' (2003; 7", Throne Records) *Split with ZEKE (2004; 7", Relapse Records) *''

'' (2008) *Split with

Doomriders Doomriders is an American stoner/ sludge metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band has released three albums on Deathwish, Inc. The band's vocalist/guitarist Nate Newton also plays bass in Converge and guitar in Old Man Gloom. Jebb Riley ...

(2008)

References

External links

* * * Swedish crust and d-beat groups Relapse Records artists {{Sweden-band-stub