Fission (Band)

Fission is a 2002 was to start the thrash metal project with influences from the melodic death metal of the two Swedish musician Benny Hägglund and Andreas " Vintersorg " Hedlund.

History

The project " Fisson " In 2002, Benny Hägglund, who was at times also the drummer of " Vintersorg " was founded. After Hägglund began to write songs for the project, he hired Andreas Hedlund, the mind behind " Vintersorg ", first for vocal passages. In addition, some demos were recorded, as well as a two - track demo was sent to the Austrian label Napalm Records, which the band later signed a record deal just there. In 2004 the first album Crater what Hedlund, among other texts, the singing and the keyboard deposits contributed while Hägglund played on guitar, bass and drums. By May 2005, the songs were written for the next album. Since November of the same year is supposedly waiting for a commitment by the record company for a follow-up album.

Style

The style is Thrash Metal is associated, in this case a strong influence by the Gothenburg melodic death metal, and many other modern influences can not be dismissed out of hand. Even many progressive slot elements can be found. A characteristic feature of this is the constant change between aggressive shouts and clear, epic song, which is attributed to more other genres. Overall a very broad spectrum of music is offered and on almost every song on the debut album are other stylistic elements present. Those progressive development is due to the influence of Andreas Hedlund, while Benny Hägglund wanted to specialize more on the thrash metal of the 1980s. Music this style plays his band TME, in which also Vintersorg guitarist Mattias Marklund is involved.

Discography

• 2004: Crater
• 2008: Pain Parade