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DISSECTION
CURRENT NAME	Dissection
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	Strömstad, Västra Götalands Län, Sweden
STATUS	Disbanded (since 2006)
FORMED IN	1989
GENRE	Black metal; Death metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2006-01-02, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2008-02-04, 02:28

Band biography

Dissection was formed in 1989 by guitarist/vocalist Jon Nödveidt and bass player Peter Palmdahl. Earlier they played in a thrash metal band called Siren´s Yell, a band existing between 1987 and 1989. They started writing songs and in the spring of 1990 drummer Ole Öhman joined the band. In 1990 they released their first demo called "The Grief Prophecy" and a little later they signed a deal with the French Corpsegrinder Records to release a 7" EP called "Into Infinite Obscurity" in 1991. In the beginning of 1992 they recorded their second demo called "The Somberlain" which helped them sign a one album deal with Swedish No Fashion Records. They now recorded their debut album called "The Somberlain" like the demo. Because of delays and label problems it wasn´t released until December 1993. The album was engineered by famous musician/producer Dan Swanö and it was dedicated to Euronymous of Mayhem, a good friend of the band. The guy who ran No Fashion had signed too many bands and therefore he got himself into financial problems and delays. About the same time that the debut album was released he sold the company to the major Swedish metal distributor House Of Kicks. House Of Kicks didn´t give the album any promotion at all but still about 8000 copies were sold.

In 1995 guitarist John Zweetslot had to leave the band which was a big setback since he was an important song-writer. He was getting lazy and didn´t bother coming to the rehearsals so there was no other way to go. John almost immediately started a new band called Cardinal Sin together with former members of the Swedish black metal band Marduk. The new guitarist was Johan Norman, a long time friend of the band. In July 1997 Jon Mödveidt and a guy named Vlad killed a 37-year old homosexual Algerian named Josef Ben Maddour and on the 7th of July Jon was sentenced to 8 years in prison and Vlad to 10 years. Vlad was also wanted for another murder and mutilation of a teenage girl but I don´t know if he was convicted for this. In October 1998 German major label Nuclear Blast signed Johan Norman's new band Reaper, later renamed Soulreaper.

In early January 2006 it was announced that the band were going to release their new album "Reinkaos" through their own label Black Horizon Music.

Former members Add - Fetch
Jon Nödtveidt	1989-2006	Vocals, guitars, bass	See also Black, The, De Infernali, Dissection, Necrophobic, Nifelheim, Ophthalamia, Satanized, Terror
Brice Leclercq	2004-2005	Bass	See also Netherbird, Nightrage
Tobias Kjellgren	1995-1998	Drums	See also Decameron, In Flames, Nifelheim, Nocrofobic, Satanized, Seventh One, Soulreaper, Swordmaster, Wolf
Johan Norman	1995-1998	Guitars	See also Decameron, Nocrofobic, Oderu, Satanized, Soulreaper
John Zwetsloot	1990-1995	Guitars	See also Cardinal Sin, Nifelheim
Peter Palmdahl	1989-1997	Bass	See also Deathwitch, Runemagick
Haakon Forwald	2005-2005	Bass	See also Archon, Disiplin, Maleficum, Myrkskog, Shaarimoth
Ole Öhman	1990-1995	Drums	See also Deathstars, Haunted, The, Ophthalamia, Swordmaster
Davide Totaro	2004-2006	Guitars, vocals	See also Aborym, Anaal Nathrakh, Bloodline, The, Dissection, Watain
Tomas Asklund	2004-2006	Drums	See also Dark Funeral, Dawn, Dissection, Infernal, Necromicon

Session musicians Add - Fetch
Erik Hagstedt		Vocals	On Storm. See also Black Goat, Devian, Marduk, Ophthalamia
Mattias "Mäbe"		Guitars	Session member 1989-1990. s
Emil Nödtveidt		Bass	On tour 1997. See also Deathstars, Ophthalamia, Swordmaster
Erik Danielsson		Bass	See also Watain
Tony Särkkä		Vocals	On Storm. See also 8th Sin, Abruptum, Ophthalamia, Vondur
Alexandra Balogh		Piano	On Storm. See also Ophthalamia

Buy Dissection albums

Official releases Add
1990	The Grief Prophecy	No label
1991	Into Infinite Obscurity	Corpsegrinder
1992	The Somberlain	No label
1993	The Somberlain	No Fashion Records
1996	Where Dead Angels Lie	Nuclear Blast
1997	The Past Is Alive	Necropolis Records
2003	Live Legacy (live)	Nuclear Blast
2004	Maha Kali	Escapi Music
2006	Reinkaos	Black Horizon Music

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