Necrophobic is a Swedish

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 formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and guitarist David Parland

David Parland

David Parland is a Swedish metal guitarist, best known for his work in the bands Dark Funeral, Necrophobic and Infernal, in all of which he was one of the founding members.-Biography:...

. It is believed that the band named themselves after a 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...

 song from the 1986 seminal album Reign in Blood

Reign in Blood

Reign in Blood is the third studio album and the major label debut by the American thrash metal band Slayer. It was released on October 7, 1986 through Def Jam Recordings. The album was the band's first collaboration with record producer Rick Rubin, whose input helped the band's sound evolve...

. The pair played with a 'revolving door' line-up of musicians until the permanent addition of bassist Tobias Sidegård. This addition occurred prior to recording their debut 7" Single, "The Call" in early 1992.

With this line up and the addition of Anders Strokirk on vocals who replaced Stefan Harrvik (who had sung on the "Unholy Prophecies" demo and
"The Call" 7" EP) the band entered Sunlight Studio in March 1993 and
recorded the debut "The Nocturnal Silence" album. The band had previously worked with the Wild Rags label and store for its singles.

Following the addition of second guitarist Martin Halfdahn, Necrophobic released a four-song extended play, Spawned By Evil, in 1996. This was a teaser for the full-length release, Darkside, which came out later that same year. This album featured a guest appearance by Jon of Dissection on the song Nailing the Holy One. Third Antichrist was released in fall 2000 through Black Mark Records. A switch to Hammerheart Records led to Bloodhymns. Necrophobic's Death To All was issued in May 2009 and won the title of the Album Of The Month on Metallian.com Webzine. This album was the band's second for Regain Records.

The lyrics generally tend to revolve around darkness, evil, anti-Christianity and Viking mythology.

Band members

Current members:

Johan Bergebäck - Guitar (Nifelheim, ex-Dismember

Dismember (band)

Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...

, ex-Morpheus )

Sebastian Ramstedt - Guitar (Nifelheim, ex-Morpheus)

Tobias Sidegård - Vocals (ex-Therion)

Alex Friberg - Bass (Trident)

Joakim Sterner - Drums (Souldevourer)

Former members:

Martin Halfdan 1993-2000 - Guitar

Stefan Zander 1990 - Vocals, Bass

Stefan Harrvik - Vocals (Crematory)

Anders Strokirk - Vocals (Blackshine, Hetsheads, ex-Mykorrhiza)

Joakim Stabel - Bass (Blackshine, Hetsheads)

David Parland

David Parland

David Parland is a Swedish metal guitarist, best known for his work in the bands Dark Funeral, Necrophobic and Infernal, in all of which he was one of the founding members.-Biography:...

 1989-1996, 2000-2001 - Guitar (Dark Funeral, Infernal, War)

Demos

• Slow Asphyxiation - (1990) on Witchhunt Records - Believe in Church and Agonize
• Retaliation - (1990) on Witchhunt Records - Believe in Church and Agonize

Albums

• The Nocturnal Silence
  The Nocturnal Silence
  The Nocturnal Silence is the first album recorded by Swedish Death metal band Necrophobic. It was recorded and mixed at Sunlight Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in March 1993...
  
  - (1993)
• Darkside - (1997)
• The Third Antichrist
  The Third Antichrist
  The Third Antichrist is the third full-length album by the Swedish Blackened death metal band Necrophobic. It was recorded and mixed at Sunlight studios in Stockholm, Sweden December 1998 - June 1999, and released by Black Mark Production in October 1999...
  
  - (1999)
• Bloodhymns
  Bloodhymns
  Bloodhymns is Necrophobic's fourth full-length studio album.- Track listing :# Taste of Black# Dreams Shall Flesh# Act of Rebellion# Shadowseeds# Morningsoul# Helfire# Cult of Blood# Roots of Heldrasill# Blood Anthem# Among the Storms...
  
  - (2002)
• Hrimthursum
  Hrimthursum
  Hrimthursum is the fifth full-length album by Swedish blackened death metal band Necrophobic. It was released on Regain in 2006.-Track listing:-Songwriters:...
  
  - (2006)
• Death To All - (2009)

Other

• Satanic Blasphemies - Compilation - (2008)
• Satanic Blasphemies - Boxed Set - (2008)

External links

• Official website
• "Blinded by Light, Enlightened by Darkness" music video
• Sebastian Ramstedt interviewed by Highwire Daze (2006)