Hyste'riah was a Swedish
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an Extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, ...
/
metallic hardcore
Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined ...
band that originated in
Landskrona
Landskrona is a town in Scania, Sweden. Located on the shores of the Öresund, it occupies a natural port, which has lent the town at first military and subsequent commercial significance. Ferries operate from Landskrona to the island of Ven, an ...
in 1987.
Typical for the band's music was
staccato
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-type playing technique,
shredding guitar riffs, fast-fingered distorted bass parts and drum play in 6/8 rhythm. The name Hyste'riah was taken from a leftover track title from a previous band and had nothing to do with Def Leppard's album ''
Hysteria
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''.
History
Hyste'riah was formed by bassplayer J. B. Krown (from
D.T.A.L.), drummer T. C. Hagen and guitarist Cliff T (later in
Darkane
Darkane is a Swedish metal band that originated in Helsingborg in 1998. Their music contains ample thrash elements interspersed with acoustic interludes and symphonic features, such as the in-studio use of synthesizers and occasionally full or ...
and
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 a local music festival in
Landskrona
Landskrona is a town in Scania, Sweden. Located on the shores of the Öresund, it occupies a natural port, which has lent the town at first military and subsequent commercial significance. Ferries operate from Landskrona to the island of Ven, an ...
. The band soon recorded the four-song
cassette ''Attempt the Life'' which sold worldwide. These four songs brought Hyste'riah a lot of attention from underground zines and contact from the label
Wild Rags
Wild Rags Records was an independent record label and store located in Montebello, California. It was founded in 1986 by Ricardo Campos, better known as Richard C. Wild Rags Records was known as "The Worlds Smallest But Heaviest Record Label." Wil ...
in Montebello, California.
Drummer problems resulted that the recording of what became the ''Jeremiad of the Living'' four-song cassette was done as a two-piece act. This did not stop the band from writing more music.
Wild Rags
Wild Rags Records was an independent record label and store located in Montebello, California. It was founded in 1986 by Ricardo Campos, better known as Richard C. Wild Rags Records was known as "The Worlds Smallest But Heaviest Record Label." Wil ...
, who sold about 10% of their tapes now offered them a deal for their upcoming four-song
12-inch single
The twelve-inch single (often written as 12-inch or 12) is a type of vinyl ( polyvinyl chloride or PVC) gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time with a "single" or a few related sound tracks on each surface, compa ...
.
Late in 1989, Hyste'riah joined forces with the remains of
Helsingborg
Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...
thrashers GOD. B. C. The result was a softer, doomier and more technical sound which made an end to their thrashy hardcore signum. The offered deal with
Wild Rags
Wild Rags Records was an independent record label and store located in Montebello, California. It was founded in 1986 by Ricardo Campos, better known as Richard C. Wild Rags Records was known as "The Worlds Smallest But Heaviest Record Label." Wil ...
was (for unknown reasons) rejected by some members in the new line-up and instead the band signed for
Hellhound Records under their new name Hyste'riah G.B.C.
In 2016, the recordings from 1987 and 1988 were freshened up in
Darkane
Darkane is a Swedish metal band that originated in Helsingborg in 1998. Their music contains ample thrash elements interspersed with acoustic interludes and symphonic features, such as the in-studio use of synthesizers and occasionally full or ...
studios and re-released by To The Death Records.
Members
* J. B. Krown – bass, vocals, drums (1987–1989)
* Cliff. T – lead guitar, vocals, bass (1987–1989)
* T. C. Hagen – drums (1987–1988)
Discography
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*''Attempt the Life'' (1987)
*''Jeremiad of the Living'' (1988)
*''Hymns of the Dead Vol 1'' (1989)
Albums
*''Hyste'riah'' (2016)
External links
Hyste'riah at Encyclopaedia MetallumHyste'riah at To the DeathDiscogs - Hyste'riahDiscogs - Hymns of the Dead Vol 1
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Musical groups established in 1987
Swedish thrash metal musical groups
Swedish hardcore punk groups
Hellhound Records artists
Musical groups from Landskrona