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DISMEMBER
CURRENT NAME	Dismember
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden
STATUS	Active
FORMED IN	1988
LABEL	Regain Records
GENRE	Death metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2005-12-15, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2008-08-23, 09:43

Band biography

Dismember was originally formed as a trio in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1988 by David Blomqvist, Robert Sennebäck and Fred Estby. Within 18 months they had released two demos called "Dismembered" and "Last Blasphemie", both of which became very popular. The band has since then undergone several line-up changes. In late 1989 the band broke up with Blomqvist and Estby joining the new upcoming band Carnage. In early 1991 Carnage broke up when Michael Amott left to join the British Carcass. The remaining Carnage members Estby, Matti Kärki and Blomqvist decided to resurrect Dismember.

The newly reborn Dismember trio recorded a new demo called "Reborn In Blasphemy", after which Sennebäck returned to the band and Richard Cabeza from Carbonized joined in on bass. With the completion of the line-up they were offered a couple of record contracts and decided to sign with the German Nuclear Blast. In early 1991 Dismember recorded their debut album "Like An Ever Flowing Stream" in Sunlight Studio which was released in May. In June 1991 they went on their first European tour with Morbid Angel which ended before it was completed because of disagreements with the headliner.

In March 1992 they released a 5-track EP called "Pieces" and in May-July they went on a new tour through Europe together with Napalm Death and Obituary. In July they were subjects of an obscenity trial at Her Magistrates Court in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK, where the band's lyrics to the track "Skin Her Alive" were described as "hideous, frightfull and repulsive to the senses... liable to inspire a sense of violence in the listener". However the magistrate decided that the lyrics were not intended to inspire criminal acts. They now started working on their new album "Indecent And Obscene".

Soon after the release they went on their first American tour, followed by anouther European one. Dismember has become one of the leading brutal death metal bands in the world and in early 2001 they went from Nuclear Blast to the Dutch upcoming label Hammerheart Records.

Current members Add - Fetch
Tobias Christiansson	2005-	Bass
Martin Persson	2003-	Guitars	See also Berserk
David Blomqvist	1988-	Guitars	See also Carnage, Entombed
Matti Kärki	1991-	Vocals	See also Carbonized, General Surgery

Former members Add - Fetch
Fred Estby	1988-2007	Drums	See also Carnage
Johan Bergebäck	2004-2005	Bass	See also Morpheus, Necrophobic, Nifelheim, Sin
Richard Cabeza	1991-1998, 2000-2004	Bass	See also Born Of Fire, Dark Funeral, General Surgery, Murder Squad, Unanimated
Thijs Cuppen	1998-2000	Bass	See also Arabesque, Elysion, Sun Caged
Magnus Sahlgren	1998-2003	Guitars	See also Celeborn, Lake Of Tears, Tiamat
Robert Sennebäck	1988-1998	Bass, guitars, vocals	See also Souldevourer, Unleashed

Session musicians Add - Fetch
Keren Bruce		Viola da Gamba	On Death Metal.
Nicke Andersson		Guitars	On Like An Ever. See also Death Breath, Entombed, Nihilist
Thomas Daun		Drums	On tour 2007. See also Insision

Buy Dismember albums

Official releases Add
1988	Dismembered	No label
1989	Last Blasphemies	No label
1990	Dismembered	Avanzada Metalica
1991	Reborn In Blasphemy	No label
1991	Like An Ever Flowing Stream	Nuclear Blast
1992	Pieces	Nuclear Blast
1993	Indecent And Obscene	Nuclear Blast
1995	Casket Garden	Nuclear Blast
1995	Massive Killing Capacity	Nuclear Blast
1995	Misanthropic	Nuclear Blast
1996	The God That Never Was	Hot Records
1997	Death Metal 8.5 / 10 Read our review here	Nuclear Blast
2000	Hate Campaign 7.5 / 10 Read our review here	Nuclear Blast
2004	Where Ironcrosses Grow 9 / 10 Read our review here	Karmageddon Media
2006	The God That Never Was	Regain Records
2008	Dismember	Regain Records

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