Death Breath
Encyclopedia
Death Breath is a Swedish
death metal
band, featuring Robert Pehrsson
(Thunder Express
/Dundertåget
) and Nicke Andersson
formerly of the death metal band Entombed
, who wanted to return to playing drums and death metal. The members of the band both have other bands but does not consider Death Breath to be a side project. The band was formed in 2005 and was originally intended to be named Black Breath but to the band's surprise the name Death Breath had never been used by a metalband. The band consider their music to be pure death metal, free from seven string guitars, five string basses and triggered drums. The bands music is influenced by Slayer
, Venom
and Black Sabbath
, Autopsy
, Celtic Frost
as well as old horror movies and HP Lovecraft.
Extended plays
Singles
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band, featuring Robert Pehrsson
Robert Pehrsson
Robert Pehrsson is a Swedish musician most known for being the vocalist and guitarist in the death metal band Death Breath as well as the guitarist in the rock band Thunder Express and recently in its Swedish moniker Dundertåget....
(Thunder Express
Thunder Express
Thunder Express was started as a sideproject by Robert Dahlqvist from the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters on guitars and vocals together with Robert Pehrsson from the metal band Death Breath on guitars, former Diamond Dogs drummer Jesper Karlsson along with bassist Jens Lagergren of Hello...
/Dundertåget
Dundertåget
Dundertåget is a Swedish rock band, the band was originally formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Robert Dahlqvist in 2004 as Thunder Express as a side project while playing in The Hellacopters. However in 2008 the band released their first album in Swedish entitled Skaffa ny Frisyr...
) and Nicke Andersson
Nicke Andersson
Nicke Andersson , born 1 August 1972 is a singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer most known for his work as the singer and guitarist of the successful Grammy award winning rock band The Hellacopters as well as the former drummer for Swedish death metal band Entombed...
formerly of the death metal band Entombed
Entombed (band)
Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal which initially differed itself from its American counterpart with its distinct guitar tone, by the early 1990s their sound had...
, who wanted to return to playing drums and death metal. The members of the band both have other bands but does not consider Death Breath to be a side project. The band was formed in 2005 and was originally intended to be named Black Breath but to the band's surprise the name Death Breath had never been used by a metalband. The band consider their music to be pure death metal, free from seven string guitars, five string basses and triggered drums. The bands music is influenced by Slayer
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
, Venom
Venom (band)
Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general...
and Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
, Autopsy
Autopsy (band)
Autopsy is a death metal band, founded in 1987 in the United States by Chris Reifert. They disbanded in 1995, but have reunited as of July 2009.-Biography:...
, Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost was a metal band from Zürich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal genres. The group was first active from 1984 to 1993, and re-formed in 2001. Following Tom Gabriel Fischer's departure in 2008, Celtic Frost decided to break up again...
as well as old horror movies and HP Lovecraft.
Current members
- Nicke AnderssonNicke AnderssonNicke Andersson , born 1 August 1972 is a singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer most known for his work as the singer and guitarist of the successful Grammy award winning rock band The Hellacopters as well as the former drummer for Swedish death metal band Entombed...
- drums, guitar, bass - Robert PehrssonRobert PehrssonRobert Pehrsson is a Swedish musician most known for being the vocalist and guitarist in the death metal band Death Breath as well as the guitarist in the rock band Thunder Express and recently in its Swedish moniker Dundertåget....
- vocals, guitar - Scott Carlson - vocals, bass
- Erik Wallin - guitar
Other contributors
- Jörgen SandströmJörgen SandströmJörgen Sandström of Stockholm Sweden, provided vocals, bass and guitar for Grave on their first three albums and played with Entombed 1995-2004. He is currently involved with bands such as Krux , Vicious Art , The Project Hate MCMXCIX and Torture Division...
- vocals - Fred EstbyFred EstbyFred Estby is a Swedish drummer. He is best known as the drummer and main songwriter of the Swedish death metal band Dismember. Before he played drums in the band Carnage...
- vocals - Erik Sahlstrom - vocals
Discography
Studio albums- Stinking Up the NightStinking up the NightStinking Up the Night is the debut album by the Swedish old-school death metal band Death Breath, released in 2006-Track listing:# "Death Breath" – 2:55# "Chopping Spree" – 3:28# "Heading for Decapitation" – 2:57...
(2006) - Second studio album (TBA)
Extended plays
- Let It StinkLet It StinkLet It Stink is an EP by the band of the Death Breath. The EP's title and album cover are a reference to The Beatles album Let It Be.-Track listing:# "Giving Head to the Dead" – 3:07# "His Protoplasmic Worship" – 4:36...
(EP, 2007)
Singles
- "Death Breath" (2006)