Gone Postal (band)
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Gone Postal is a four-piece Icelandic death metal
band from Kópavogur
, Iceland, founded in 2007 by Haukur Hannes and Nökkvi G. Gylfason.
in early 2007. With the dismissal of Jón and the recruitment of Stefán A. Stefánsson (drums) and Karl B. Flosason (bass), the band headed on a more focused "death metal
ish" path. Gone Postal recorded a self-produced web-based album during the summer of 2007, entitled In the Depths of Despair, which never saw the light of day in the form of an actual album. The album contained 6 tracks that would eventually be re-recorded to be published on the 2008 album with the same title
.
Karl was dismissed in late 2007, resulting in the recruitment of Úlfur Hansson, who stayed with the band as session bassist until early 2008. By that time, Gone Postal had formed a great following in the Icelandic death metal community. The band recruited Daníel S. Hallgrímsson shortly after Úlfur left, who stayed with the band until late 2008.
In January 2008, Gone Postal started recording their full-length debut, In the Depths of Despair
, which was finished in the autumn of the same year. It was officially released on December 2. 2008 and contained 10 songs.
Nökkvi stated in a recent interview that:
In January 2009 Gone Postal announced that they will be taking a short break from performing in order to complete writing, practicing and recording their second album, working title "Spearheading the Umbrageous".
In February 2009 founding member Haukur Hannes left Gone Postal due to musical and personal differences.
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 Kópavogur
Kópavogur
Kópavogur is a city and Iceland's second largest municipality, with a population of 30,779.It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Greater Reykjavík Area. The name literally means seal pup bay...
, Iceland, founded in 2007 by Haukur Hannes and Nökkvi G. Gylfason.
History
Formed in 2007 by Haukur Hannes (guitar) and Nökkvi G. Gylfason (guitar, vocals), along with Þorbjörn Steingrímsson (vocals) and Jón P. Gunnarsson (drums) , Gone Postal started playing hardcoreHardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
in early 2007. With the dismissal of Jón and the recruitment of Stefán A. Stefánsson (drums) and Karl B. Flosason (bass), the band headed on a more focused "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....
ish" path. Gone Postal recorded a self-produced web-based album during the summer of 2007, entitled In the Depths of Despair, which never saw the light of day in the form of an actual album. The album contained 6 tracks that would eventually be re-recorded to be published on the 2008 album with the same title
In the Depths of Despair (album)
In the Depths of Despair is the debut album of the death metal band Gone Postal. It was released in 2008 under Molestin Records.-Track listing:# "Modern Misanthrope" - 01:53# "Postnatal Abortion" - 02:40# "Throne of Depravity" - 04:34...
.
Karl was dismissed in late 2007, resulting in the recruitment of Úlfur Hansson, who stayed with the band as session bassist until early 2008. By that time, Gone Postal had formed a great following in the Icelandic death metal community. The band recruited Daníel S. Hallgrímsson shortly after Úlfur left, who stayed with the band until late 2008.
In January 2008, Gone Postal started recording their full-length debut, In the Depths of Despair
In the Depths of Despair (album)
In the Depths of Despair is the debut album of the death metal band Gone Postal. It was released in 2008 under Molestin Records.-Track listing:# "Modern Misanthrope" - 01:53# "Postnatal Abortion" - 02:40# "Throne of Depravity" - 04:34...
, which was finished in the autumn of the same year. It was officially released on December 2. 2008 and contained 10 songs.
Nökkvi stated in a recent interview that:
"...the reason for releasing a full length album is that it's so unheard of within the Icelandic metal scene. Bands usually just release four or five song demos or ep's and we just didn't want to do that since we had enough material for a full-length album".
In January 2009 Gone Postal announced that they will be taking a short break from performing in order to complete writing, practicing and recording their second album, working title "Spearheading the Umbrageous".
In February 2009 founding member Haukur Hannes left Gone Postal due to musical and personal differences.
Members
- Þorbjörn Steingrímsson (2007–present) - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Nökkvi G. Gylfason (2007–present) - guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Ævar Örn Sigurðsson (2008–present) - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Stefán A. Stefánsson (2007–present) - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Former members
- Tristan Barnes (2010) - guitar
- Haukur Hannes (2007–2009) - guitar
- Daníel S. Hallgrímsson (2008) - bass
- Karl B. Flosason (2007) - bass
- Úlfur Hansson (session live) (2007) - bass
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | In the Depths of Despair In the Depths of Despair (album) In the Depths of Despair is the debut album of the death metal band Gone Postal. It was released in 2008 under Molestin Records.-Track listing:# "Modern Misanthrope" - 01:53# "Postnatal Abortion" - 02:40# "Throne of Depravity" - 04:34... |
Molestin Molestin Records Molestin Records are an independent record label based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was founded in 2008 by members of the Icelandic heavy metal bands Celestine and Momentum and they release metal albums... |
| 2011 | Spearheading the Umbrageous (TBR) |
Other
| Year | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Grindethic Records: Damn & Blast Vol.4 | Compilation Compilation album A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter... |
| 2008 | Promo 2008 | Self-released demo |
| 2011 | Promo II | Self-released promo with rough mixes from the upcoming album |