- God Macabre
God Macabre were one of the first Swedish
death metal bands along with peers Carnage and Entombed and as such are essential in the creation of Swedish death metal [ [http://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/interviews/god-macabre.htm Macabre End ] ] . They were formed in the winter of1988 as agrindcore band named Botten På Burken In1989 the switched to playing death metal and changed their name to Macabre End. They released a demo in September1990 titled "Consumed by Darkness" which turned into an underground hit. Thereafter they changed their name once again to God Macabre. In1992 the band split up after Johansson and Nilsson left the band in1991 and no suitable replacements could be found. Boder and Sjöberg formed the bandSnake Machine which evolved intoSpace Probe Taurus . After the split-up the only album recorded was released - "The Winterlong...". The album was re-issued in 2002 with the demo as bonus tracks byRelapse Records . In March 2008 the Relapse version of the album was also released on vinyl for the first time by the swedish labelBloodharvest Records .Discography
* "Consumed by Darkness" (demo, September 1990) - as Macabre End: The demo was remixed and released as a 7" in June 1991.
* "The Winterlong..." (Recorded December 1991, Released December 1993)Members
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Per Boder - Vocals (1988-1992)
*Ola Sjöberg - Guitars (1988-1992)
*Jonas Stålhammar - Guitars (1990-1992)
*Tomas Johansson - Bass (1988-1991)
*Niklas Nilsson - Drums (1988-1991)References
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/godmacabreend Myspace page]
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