In 1998 Mikael Nilsson (bass) and Henrik Tranemyr (guitar) conspired to start a metal band and decided to seek out others that would share there musical ambition. They quickly recruited Jonny Westerback (guitar) and Tobhias Ljung (drums).
In August 2000 The Bereaved were confirmed to appear on a Blind Guardian tribute-record. They went into the studio and recorded "Welcome to Dying" with Tobhias behind the microphone.
This time with Jonny taking care of the vocals position, the “Inverted Icons” demo was recorded in Soundlab studios by Mathias Färm and Mieszko Talarczyk (R.I.P.) and The Bereaved in 2002.The band sent the demo out to various magazines and record companies and the feedback was great with amazing reviews and several contract offers. The band felt that Black Lotus records had the best offer for The Bereaved, so the band signed the contracts in the summer of 2003 and started writing material for the debut album, adding the talents of keyboardist Tony Thorén to the band and giving The Bereaved the ability to expand its sound and song writing.
In January 2004 The Bereaved entered Studio Underground for three weeks, working 24/7 to complete there first full length release “Darkened Silhouette” (Recorded, produced and mixed by Pelle Saether and The Bereaved, engineered by Lars Linden and Pelle Saether). For the artwork and layout of “Darkened Silhouette” The Bereaved sought out Seth Design to create a unique design that would capture interests. The mastering for the record was done by Athens mastering studio.
Due to delays out of the bands control, the bereaved were forced to wait for over a year until “Darkened Silhouette” was finally released in the beginning of 2005.
In the beginning of 2006 The Bereaved got an OK from Black Lotus records to start recording the second record. The Bereaved entered Studio Underground once again in March 06 for two and a half intensive weeks. This time around the band was just recording there; the mixing was set to be done by Dan Swanö (Edge of sanity, Nightingale) at Unisound. While waiting for Black Lotus to take care of the finances for the studio time (scheduled till June 06) so the band could get there hands on the raw material to do some finishing touches and then send to mixing and mastering, The band received a phone call instead, Informing The bereaved that Black Lotus Records was shutting down!!
As the time passed the band was at a complete stand still and starting to plan the next move. Meanwhile Dan Swanö had been in contact with VIC Records about The Bereaved to try to line up a new record deal. After some time VIC showed interest in The Bereaved and felt that the label could be a good home for the band. After some talk, serious negotiations were engaged and The Bereaved signed a deal with VIC records.
In early 2007 Jonny parted ways with The Bereaved, feeling that all the trouble wasn’t worth it anymore. Everything that had been the bands dreams turned out to become the bands nightmares and he felt all the fun was gone, but didn’t want to abandon the ship before things had straighten up. The Bereaved felt it was time to seek out a replacement. With only two auditions to fill the void, The Bereaved added the talents of Denny Axelsson (Blinded Colony) to handle the vocals and the Per Bergquist (Closer) to fill the second guitar spot. After a few months of writing, some differences started within the band. The band felt that due to creative differences the bereaved would part ways with Denny Axelsson. So once again the search was on to find a replacement to fill the vocalist spot in The Bereaved. After a few auditions the band received an e-mail from a US singer Travis Neal (Mother Mae I) inquiring about auditioning. The band sent him a demo track from the untitled upcoming release. He recorded vocals to the track in San Diego and the results were amazing. The band felt that it was all or nothing!! Travis took a flight to Sweden to start recording the vocal tracks for the upcoming record and they all very quickly became a great union. Travis was a perfect fit in “The Bereaved” family! The upcoming release is titled “Daylight Deception” with the artwork by Ivan S. Bragin (The Gathering, Paganizer, October Tide) and is to be released 18th of May (2009) by VIC Records.
With the unit now complete, the bereaved are seeking a full tour schedule to support “Daylight Deception” for the coming year as well as next year. The band has also just finished up filming a promo video for the first single from the record titled “Alter the image”. The band has had some interests from some endorsement’s as well as sponsorship’s and plan on expanding there name to a global scale. With all this said the bereaved will be a tough contender in the national metal scene and will turn heads world wide. Keep your ears and eyes open and get ready for The Bereaved!!!!!
In the studio recording the vocals for "Zero of the day" from "Daylight Deception" due out 18th May from VIC Records. also a little bullshitting around to pass the time :)
This is a video shot from a friends cell phone. It's of us playing live in Orebro Sweden on 1/27/08. The live tracks are "Alter the image" and "Skeleteen". The sound quality is not perfect but you get a little preveiw of the live show and some new tracks!! ENJOY!!!
The video for the single "Alter The Image"
CHECK OUT SIK WORLD THE OFFICAL CLOTHING OF THE BEREAVED!!
Already is on sale our 3th disc "ASYLUM", death melodic metal to the purest style of the European current metal, with an unsurpassable production at the expense of our band, engraving in SADMAN studies, to the hands of the sound engineer Carlos Santos, mastered for Mika Jussilla in the studies FINNVOX (Finland), cradle of the best European metal. We bring ours 3th disc, enjoy it.
Ten Years in Space, the 2 disc Metal and Experimental Best of Zebulon Kosted, is now available from Kapustin Yar Records! These albums feature the most essential material the long time fan, or new listener to Z.K. MUST OWN! Buy each separately for $8, or both for $14, and remember the words of Sun Ra......SPACE IS THE PLACE!!!
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Please forgive my excessive promotion, and thank you for your support :)
£leTriKa sounds completely different from any Metal band you have ever heard. The Brazilian rhythms and the Portuguese language added to the songs makes its style unique, giving birth to a new kind of Metal. If you are really looking for something new about Metal, you should check £leTriKa out!
Hugs from Brazil, Claudio David
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Valeu demais a força! Quando rolaumtempinho, me fala o que achou da £leTriKa. Agente junta Metal com umasparada Brasileira. Tamutendumbom feed nas rádios gringas nos quatrocontos. Mantenha contato, blz?
as you may have noticed in metal hammer, terrorizer, zero tolerance and a number of other publications, we're now hurtling towards the release of our debut 'reason & abstract' EP, distributed through eulogy media. in the meantime, be sure to check our page for news on the 'leftfield winter tour 2010' with dam throughout jan / feb.
while you wait though, feast your eyes on the newly released debut gig report from our performance on the main stage at fusion '09:
yea...I kept telling Dino and Trav they shoulda been headlining the tour...but Moonspell had the "bus" sooo hahaha
I've been trying to get ya'll spread round my town as much as possible. Ive left little cd samplers with "Alter The Image" "Parasitic Sleep" and "Zero Of The Day" in random CD slots @ my local hot topic's, Best Buy's,HhgregG's,Sam's,Costco's and Walmart's (lol) I'll be hittting up tons of shows in the next cople of months and I'll hand out some samplers and flyers I made as well...Id really love to get ya'll over here for a little tour some time in the near future.
Gimme a day or 2 to get all the local venues I know of there contact info and the right people to call and ill email you all the info. Theres prolly a good 15-25 diff places round florida (Tampa,Orlando,Ft Lauderdale) I know would love to book you guys.
Really?!?!...thats a shame...too bad all fans can't be like me and actually care enough to put in the work to keep an awesome band such as ya'll alive and kicken in the "scene"( I use that term VERY loosley lol)
do you guys have any shows planned over in Sweden??
He was still fighting a throat virus so his voice went out a few times but no one really noticed...least I dont think so. But he did kick some serious ass. They had a better audience response then Moonspell IMO
He said he would see which of the other 2 bands would be hittin the road next...said prolly Hate Times N9ne...so I kinda started giving him a shoulder rub and kept saying " The Bereaved" in his ear lol
Hope ya'll hop over the big pond soon...I know tons of metal heads that would go insane to go to a bereaved show in Tampa FL...specially me hehe
Hugs and Smooches Florida-Vol_Katelyn *U.S.V.B.C.**
Saw Trav with DH last week...pretty much got on my hands and knees begging him to get you guys to do a wee smidgen of a tour over here...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!
seriously there is a long story to tell behind the horrors of the bereaved first album u dont even know !!!! it was almost scarry to listen to !!! we thought it was a haunted cd everyone got hurt while listening to and some weird shit happened everytime we put it on !!! !!! it was pretty powerfull shit back in da day man !!! thanx for the memorys !!!!
im gonna have to buy a copy of Daylight Deception, the tracks are really fuckin good! what amps were u using for the tracking? im impulsing my guitars thru revalver mkIII, but the new recordings aren't up just yet
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...too bad all fans can't be like me and actually care enough to put in the work to keep an awesome band such as ya'll alive and kicken in the "scene"( I use that term VERY loosley lol)
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