Paganizer 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 playing the classic Swedish style metal, in the style of Grave

Grave (band)

Grave is a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1986 by vocalist and guitarist Ola Lindgren, who is their only constant member. The band had particular success in the early 1990s, and their first four albums, Into the Grave, You'll Never See..., Soulless and Hating Life, cemented their...

 and 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:...

. The band was started by Johansson and Jocke in 1998. They have released six full-lengths and two best of/compilation albums.

In early 2005 it was announced that Paganizer was finished; however, soon the band was activated once again, in the Johansson/Fiebig/Halvarsson lineup. Many members, including Rogga, are also involved in the band Ribspreader

Ribspreader

Ribspreader is a Swedish death metal band.-History:Ribspreader was formed in June of 2002 by Rogga Johansson and Andreas Karlsson, both also of Paganizer. Their debut album features the famous Swedish musician and producer Dan Swanö on drums and lead guitar. The band split up shortly after the...

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Current members

• Roger "Rogga" Johansson - guitar, vocals (1998-)
• Andreas "Dea" Karlsson - lead guitar (2009-)
• Anders Brisheim - bass
• Jocke Ringdahl - drums (2011-)

Past members

• Oskar Nilsson - bass (1998–2004)
• Jocke Ringdahl - drums (1998–2000)
• Diener - bass (1998)
• Fredrik "Fregge" Pettersson (1999–2001) - lead guitar
• Patrik Halvarsson - bass (2004-)
• Mattias Fiebig - drums (2000-)

Discography

• Stormfire (Demo, 1998)
• Deadbanger (CD, Psychic Scream Entertainment, 1999)
• In Glory's Arms We Will Fall (Split EP w/ Abattory, Psychic Scream Entertainment, 1999)
• Warlust (EP, Unreleased, 1999)
• Promoting Total Death (CD, Forever Underground, 2001)
• Dead Unburied
  Dead Unburied
  Dead Unburied is an album by the Swedish death metal band Paganizer. It was released in 2002 by Forever Underground. It was recorded in the Sunlight Studios.-Track listing:All tracks by Rogga Johansson & Paganizer except were noted...
  
   (CD, Forever Underground, 2002)
• Murder Death Kill
  Murder Death Kill
  Murder Death Kill is an album by the Swedish death metal band Paganizer. It was released in 2003 on Xtreem Music.-Track listing:# "Meateater" # "Mourning Life" # "Bleed unto Me" # "Shallow Burial"...
  
   (CD, Xtreem music
  Xtreem Music
  Xtreem Music is an independent Spanish record label, founded after the collapse of Repulse Records in 2002, and managed by Dave Rotten . It mainly produce extreme death metal and black metal bands.- Bands :* Kronos* Avulsed...
  
  , 2003)
• Death Forever - The Pest of Paganizer (Best of/Compilation CD, Onslaught Records, 2004)
• No Divine Rapture
  No Divine Rapture
  No Divine Rapture is an album by the Swedish death metal band Paganizer. It was released in 2004 on Xtreem Music.-Track listing:# "No Divine Rapture" # "On Your Knees" # "Nailed Forever" # "Brutally Torn Sanity"...
  
   (CD, Xtreem music, 2004)
• 'Deadbanger/Promoting Total Death/Dead Unburied/Warlust (Best of/Compilation, Forever Underground, 2005; Paganizer's first three albums and an unreleased MCD, limited to 1000 copies)
• Chapel Of Blood (Split with Eroded, Imperium, 2006)
• Unglaube/Split Wide Open (Split CD with Depression, Suffer Productions music, 2008)
• Born To Be Buried Alive (EP, Asphyxiate, 2008)
• Carnage Junkie (CD, Vic Records, 2008)
• Scandinavian Warmachine (2009)
• Into the Catacombs (CD, Cyclone Empire, 2011)