FLESCRAWL came to life in spring 1987 by Stefan Hanus and Bastian Herzog. The band worked under the name Morgöth until the year 1990, when they changed their monicker to Suffocation and decided to become much more extreme concerning the musical direction. After their first demo tape "Festering Flesh" they were again forced to change their band name because of the upcoming US Suffocation and their first vinyl appearance. After having found a constant band name in Fleshcrawl they released their first 7'' EP "Lost in a Grave" in 1991 on Morbid Records. One year later Fleshcrawl inked a record contract with Black Mark Production. In June 1992 they recorded their debut album "Descend into the Absurd" at Montezuma Studio, Stockholm. Shortly after, Mike Hanus replaced Gero Schmitt on guitar. In 1993 Fleshcrawl's second album "Impurity" was produced in Dan Swanö's Unisound Studio. Fleshcrawl received great reviews from the international press for their brutal and uncompromising Death Metal sound, not to mention their highly powered live shows. They proved their power at the Easter Bash Tour '95 where they were joined by Deicide, Cathedral and Brutal Truth.
In December '95 Fleshcrawl recorded their third album "Bloodsoul" being followed by their fourth album "Bloodred Massacre" in 1997 - both recorded at Abyss Studios by Peter Tägtgren. Having been the debut for the new singer Sven Gross who took over the place of Alex Pretzer, "Bloodred Massacre" earned the best reviews since their first album in 1992.
In 1998 Tobias Schick occupied the long time vacant bassist slot. After the release of "Bloodred Massacre", Fleshcrawl cut the ties with Black Mark and went on a four week European Tour with Vader and Kataklysm, also participating in festivals with Cannibal Corpse and Dark Funeral. Back from the tour, Fleshcrawl signed a contract with Metal Blade Records. In January 2000 "As Blood Rains from the Sky - We Walk The Path Of Endless Fire" - produced at Fredman Studios in Gothenburg - was released. A top class production with killer riffs and vocals that penetrate to the bone made "As Blood Rains from the Sky - We Walk The Path Of Endless Fire" an absolute must have item for all Death Metal Fans. Press reactions and reviews for this album turned out to be the best since the band came together in 1987.
In June 2000 Fleshcrawl went out to tour Europe together with Vader and Vital Remains for a 25 show trek. Several single shows and festivals followed throughout the summer (e.g. Czech Dynamo Festival, Summer Breeze Festival). In the meantime, Fleshcrawl started preparing their new song material for their 2nd album on Metal Blade. In January 2001 they supported Bolt Thrower on a warm-up tour of Germany and Holland followed by the Torture-Tour in June 2001 supporting Six Feet Under. That same year Fleshcrawl performed live on the Party-San Open Air. In September 2001 the band entered Studio Underground in Västeras, Sweden, to produce album No. 6 - "Soulskinner". After having returned from the studio with the best feeling ever, the band went out to promote "Soulskinner" supporting Bolt Thrower and Benediction on a 4 week European Tour in January 2002.
Having played a few single shows in Germany and Europe throughout spring and early summer 2002, Fleshcrawl performed on Wacken 2002, which turned out to be a really successful experience. This also was the first appearance of new guitarist Oliver Grbavac substituting founding member Stefan Hanus, who quit the band for personal and private reasons. In fall 2002 the band appeared on the Westfalenfestival in Dortmund amongst other things. Another premiere took place in November 2002: Fleshcrawl played their first tour of Japan supporting Hypocrisy from Sweden. This was a very intense and huge experience in the band's career. In retrospect, the year 2002 became the most successful since the band's foundation.
After having returned from Japan, Fleshcrawl started writing for the next album. During the year 2003 the band made itself scarce concerning live shows in order to intensely prepare the new song material for the follow-up to "Soulskinner". In November 2003, Fleshcrawl again headed up to Studio Underground in Sweden to record album No. 7, entitled "MADE OF FLESH", which musically kicks off where "Soulskinner" ended. "MADE OF FLESH" features 10 songs of extreme variety and deadliness - having something in store for every die-hard death metal fan !
"MADE OF FLESH" was unleashed 23rd February 2004 in Europe and 9th March 2004 in the U.S. !
In support of "MADE OF FLESH", Fleshcrawl supported Six Feet Under in February/March 2004 throughout a very successful european tour. During the summer of 2004, the band performed several single shows as well as on some of the major european openair festivals for extreme metal (Party-San OpenAir, Summer Breeze Open Air, Metalcamp Slovenia, Rock Harz, Skeleton Bash, Kaltenbach OpenAir). I created my own profile using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM and you should too!
NEW CD "Infiltrate...Obliterate...Dominate..." IN STORES JULY, 31ST 2009 - WORLDWIDE RELEASE - TWILIGHT VERTRIEB - PRE-ORDER ON www.twilight-vertrieb.de (Worldwide) OR www.cede.ch (only Switzerland)
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PRODUCED BY ANDY CLASSEN / STAGE ONE STUDIO GERMANY (LEGION OF THE DAMNED, KRISIUN, BELPHEGOR, DISBELIEF etc.)
COVER ARTWORK BY DAN SEAGRAVE (MORBID ANGEL, DISMEMBER, MALEVOLENT CREATION, SUFFOCATION, PESTILENCE etc.)
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Finally, this sought after gem from the early Swedish Death Metal Underground is available again! Originally released back in 1992 by the highly respected French label Thrash Records. So anyone who missed this long lost album earlier has this great opportunity for the second time. The CD will come with new improved layouts and feature bonus tracks taken from the classick split with EXCRUCIATE.
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VIOLENT HEADACHE / NECROMORPH - split CD VIOLENT HEADACHE, Grindcore institution from Xpain is back and gives us 15 new, harsh and intense studio recorded punches of old school grindcore mixed with dirty crust tunes in the vein of early Napalm Death.
NECROMORPH from Germoney presents 17 fucking hard scandinavian styled grindcore trax with influeces of crust and death metal. Their stuff was mastered by Pluto (Haemorrhage..) Get 40 minutes pure massacre !
Tach Männer! Wann hört man mal wieder Live was von Euch?! Schön das es noch Bands wie euch gibt, die nicht mit dem Einheitsbrei der derzeit alles bestimmt mitschwimmen. Bleibt wie ihr seit, Daumen hoch!!!
IMMORTAL RITES A deadly combination between old and new school Swedish sounding Death Metal. Still available: Album "For Tyrant's Sake" - mastered by Dan Swanö (BLOODBATH, NIGHTINGALE, Ex - EDGE OF SANITY). Click in for more.
Line Up for Metalfest URI 2008 complete: Malevolent Creation(US) Vital Remains(US) Darkane(S) Desaster(D) Eminence(BRA) Wykked Wytch(US) Davidian(D) Carnal Decay(CH) Pigskin(CH)
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