The Abyss was a Swedish

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by members of the

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band

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. They were active from 1994 to 1998 and recorded two albums. ''The Other Side'' was the first album recorded in

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studio.

Members

Peter Tägtgren Alf Peter Tägtgren (born 3 June 1970) is a Swedish musician, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of death metal band Hypocrisy as well as the industrial metal band Pain i ...

– vocals, drums, bass * Lars Szöke – guitars, vocals * Mikael Hedlund – guitars, vocals

Discography

* ''The Other Side'' (1995) * ''Summon the Beast'' (1996) * ''In Conspiracy with Satan'' (1998) – a Bathory tribute album, covered the song "Armageddon"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abyss, The Swedish black metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1994 1994 establishments in Sweden Musical groups disestablished in 1998