Terror 2000 is a Swedish thrash metal band from Helsingborg.

History

A side project of

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singer

Björn "Speed" Strid Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, the band also includes guitarists Klas Ideberg (of Darkane) and Nick Sword (of Von Benzo), drummer Erik Thyselius, and bassist Dan Svensson. The band was initially formed under the name "Killing Machine" in 1999, and its original drummer was Henry Ranta of Soilwork, but he was replaced after the release of ''Slaughterhouse Supremacy''.

Critical reception

In a review of the band's album ''Terror for Sale'', Decibel Magazine described the band's sound as "joke-rock" and stated that the album is "fun and rockin', but way too fun to really be all that rockin.Bosler, D. Shawn.
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, Decibel Magazine, July 2006. AllMusic was also critical, awarding the album two-and-a-half stars out of five and expressing disappointment that the band's "indistinctive

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songwriting" did not live up to the promise of its lyrics and energy.Rivadavia, Eduardo. "

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, AllMusic.

Band members

;Current members *

− vocals (

, ex- Darkane,

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) * Klas Ideberg − guitars (The Defaced, Darkane, Hyste'riah, Hyste'riah G.B.C.) * Nick Sword (Niklas Svärd) − guitars * Erik Thyselius − drums (ex-Construcdead, ex-

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, Arize) * Dan Svensson − bass (Hatelight) ;Former members * Henry Ranta − drums on ''Slaughterhouse Supremacy'' (ex-Soilwork, ex-The Defaced) ;Guest musicians * Von Benzo singer Jay Smith sang backup in one song from ''Terror for Sale'': "King Kong Song".

Discography

* ''Slaughterhouse Supremacy'' (2000) − Pavement Music * ''Faster Disaster'' (2002) − Nuclear Blast * ''Slaughter in Japan-Live 2003'' (2003) − Scarlet Records * ''Terror for Sale'' (2005) − Nuclear Blast

References

External links

Terror 2000 official website
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Terror 2000 Terror 2000 is a Swedish thrash metal band from Helsingborg. History A side project of Soilwork singer Björn "Speed" Strid, the band also includes guitarists Klas Ideberg (of Darkane) and Nick Sword (of Von Benzo), drummer Erik Thyselius, ...

at AllMusic
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