Face Down is a post-thrash

Groove metal

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/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 from Sweden

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....

. It was founded in 1993 and disbanded in 1999; they reformed in 2004. The latest formation consisted of singer Marco Aro (formerly of The Haunted

The Haunted

The Haunted is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996.The original members were Anders & Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen...

), drummer Christofer Barkensjö (formerly of Kaamos and Blackshine), guitarist Rickard Dahlberg (Construcdead), and bassist Joakim Hedestedt. Their final album, The Will to Power, was produced by Jocke Skog and was released in November 2005, entering the Swedish hard rock chart at number 19.

Members

• Marco Aro - vocals
• Rickard Dahlberg - guitar
• Joakim Hedestedt - bass
• Christofer Barkensjö - drums

Former members

• Joacim Carlsson - guitar (2004–2007)
• Erik Thyselius - drums (2004–2006)
• Håkan Ericsson - drums (1997–1999)
• Peter Stjärnvind
  Peter Stjärnvind
  Peter Stjärnvind, born 11 August 1973, is a Swedish drummer. His current position is the drummer of the bands Unanimated and Nifelheim. Before that he also played in Loud Pipes, Merciless, Regurgitate, Entombed, and Face Down. He also appeared in several side-projects, including Krux, Born of Fire...
  
   - drums (1995–1997)
• Richard Bång - drums (1993–1995)
• Niklas Ekstrand - guitar (1994–1995)
• Alex Linder - guitar (1993–1994)
• David Baugh - Mattress (1993–1994), dog

Discography

• One Eyed Man (demo, 1994)
• Mindfield (1995)
• The Twisted Rule the Wicked (1997)
• The Will to Power (2005)

External links

• Official website
• Face Down at MySpace
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• Face Down at Black Lodge Records