You could make a longer story shorter by telling that Max Thornell and Johan Liiva used to play together in a bunch of different bands between ´84 and ´94 (Furbowl, Devourment etc). In ´94 Johan decided to leave their long time cooperation Furbowl (Those Shredded Dreams CD ´92 / The Autumn Years CD ´94). Then some time ago, when it was time for Max to put together a new constallation, Johan immediately came to his mind. As the two old friends hadn´t been rocking together for 6 long years it sure was about time. Johan had at the time just quit with Arch Enemy and one phone call later he was ready to scream out his lungs again.
Now there was a real need for a guitar player. An old colleague of Max named Mattias Ljung was asked to join the band. He hadn´t actually played any metal licks and tricks for several years, which Max saw as a great advantage. " Hmmmthis man isn´t deep down in the swamp of metal which means he´ll probably look at the music a bit differently and hopefully give it some unexpected twists!".So there it was! The complete Hearse line-up!
The band´s first demo was sent around in a few copies to some magazines and some labels. Besides from some good reviews in the mags it also attained interest from Hammerheart Records. Soon a contract was signed and the band began recording 2 songs for a 7" single including the songs "Torch" and "Avalon". Shortly after the single recording the band began recording the debut album "Dominion Reptilian". This album saw the light of day in March of 2003.
In the summer of 2003 Hearse started recording their second album titled "Armageddon Mon Amour". It was finally released in April 2004 on Karmageddon Media (ex. Hammerheart Records), this time also with a proper US release through Candlelight Records. How to describe the new album then? Well, taste this description from TheWeekInMetal.com:
Dripping with classic metal hooks, arena rock strut, and deadly thrash riffs, and dragged through the dirt like chicken through breading by Johan Liivas gurgling death metal holler, Armageddon Mon Amour is equal parts funk and crust, Motorhead meets Discharge meets Entombed meets Spiritual Beggars in a grand orgy of hooks and swagger
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Out now - the one and only album you'll ever need: "In These Veins"
Official Johan Liiva website: www.johanliiva.se
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I dreamt tonight - being in a Lord of the Rings-like world - with elfs and humans - and in the background somewhere, orchs. In the dream I sit there with the guitar in my hand, by the fireplace in a little hall like community building. So I was listening to one of the master musicians of this world. In the dream-world the musician I listened to has to be compared with our world's Mike Oldfield or Philip Glass. One older man, presumably my music teacher asks me, can you play this? Which means what I just listened to. So I just fetch the guitar neck and nail the chord (chord one in the tune). Chord two also stems from the dream.
Teknoprophet live As we’ve already announced, Tie has taken some very nice moving pictures on this year’s Masters Of Rock. He has also kindly given us the files to tamper with, so now we serve you the result. Even the other videos saw a bit of refurbishment, so you can get them in the download section on our webpages (www.triotus.com) in full resolution (720/576), in case of Tekno-Prophet it is in HD quality (1080/720)! Enjoy..
Hey we're Colour System Failure, check out our stuff, say hi and let us know what you think:) We're playing in the Academy on June 27th with Home Star Runner and then we're playing Dorans on July 4th with Jody Has A Hitlist. We've also got gigs confirmed in Drogheda and Mullingar aswell. We're still booking for the summer so if you're involved in gigs or know anyone who is, make sure to give us a shout.
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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.
Labels/ Distributors & Ancient Death Worshippers, get in touch via email (info@konqueror-records.com).
David Benson latest project Dbeality , Produced By : Robert Sweet of Stryper.
For fans of Doom oriented Hard Rock!
"Sounds like a good mix of old school doom inspired by Black Sabbath with a mix of modern influence and heavy stuff. The singer could be Ozzy's brother !" -Alexander Rack, President Of Black Sabbath Fan Club, Germany
"If Ozzy ever needs a ghostsinger, it should be David Benson!" -Horst Odermatt, Heavy Oder Was !? Magazine, Germany
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