Ultima Thule (Swedish band)

Ultima Thule is a rock band from Nyköping (Sweden ), which was founded in 1983. The band is one of the oldest and most famous Viking rock bands and since 1990 from Niklas Adolfsson, Thomas Krohn, Ulf Hansen and Jan " Janne " Thörnblom. Because of their contacts with the extreme right in Sweden and their patriotic and often nationalistic songs it is often associated with the right rock.

The name of the band comes from the Ancient Greek civilization and is the northernmost edge of the world.

History

The band was founded in 1983 by Bruno Hansen (vocals, guitar), Niklas Adolfsson (guitar ), Thomas Krohn (bass) and Ulf Hansen (drums). At the beginning it belonged to the far-right skinhead scene. In 1985, she debuted with the published about Sveamål EP Sverige, Sverige fosterland ( the song you gamla du fria also appeared on the right rock sampler No Surrender! Rock -O -Rama ). Singer Bruno Hansen left the group in 1987, which remained relatively unsuccessful until the mid- 1990s. This changed only in 1993, after the band had signed a deal with Bert Karlsson's label Marianne Records. Karlsson was at this time a party member and Swedish Member of Parliament for Democratic Ny. With the band together, he created a new concept: Ultima Thule was a " Viking power rock and roll band", a style that became known as the Viking rock later. With Karlsson had the belt rankings in the top 10 of the Swedish charts. Mid-1990s were Ultima Thule in her home within a quarter three gold records, later a platinum award. In Dresden 1998, the band played in front of over 700 spectators.

With the onset of success but also the past, the group has been examined in detail and Karlsson was criticized. Ultimately, he was forced to terminate the contract with Ultima Thule.

With the money earned Ultima Thule were able to start their own label. In addition to its own publications published albums of the Viking rock band Hel, but also the right-wing band Dirlewanger, which changed its name to hero.

The members of the band distancing themselves now of extreme right-wing ideas and profess to have had herewith never to do anything. The band has itself repeatedly spoken out against right-wing violence and racism, but describes itself as a nationalist. The attempts to explain the band were rejected by leftist groups with reference to multiple concerts with open neo-Nazi music groups in Sweden. As problematic or at least misleading the notice published in the year 2000 Single Herrlich Hermann country also is considered, on the explicit for German fans find themselves interpretations of two old songs in German language. The booklet is in addition to numerous photos of Wehrmacht soldiers, the sentence " These two songs are nearly 200 years old and are intended to remind everyone that your story began long before 1933 and ended in 1945 not " printed. On 11 February 2000, a bomb attack on the Valhalla studio the band. The resulting fire has the studio, much of the merchandise as well as numerous original recordings destroyed. In response to the attack Ultima Thule published in collaboration with their mates, Hel the split album genome eld och askan (German: Through fire and ashes ').

The Oi! Band The Headhunters and the psychobilly band Hotrod Frankie are side projects of Ultima Thule members.

On 27 July 2012, the band played in the Swedish Nyköping on the Kuggnäsfestivalen their farewell concert.

Texts

The songs from Ultima Thule act mainly on stories from Norse mythology and legends from other cultures, also there are many patriotic songs from ballads to modern rock stations.

Ultima Thule is internationally especially in the non-political part of the skinhead and punk scene as well as in the political right to the extreme right milieu trailer. But especially in Sweden, the band also reached broad sections of the general population.

Discography

Self- representation

• 2003 - Ultima Thule Four guys shake Sweden ( Dim Records autogenous pressure )