Hatred was formed in the province of Dalarna, Sweden, in 1985 as a punk / metal crossover band by guitarist Kenneth Wiklund (former bass player of a punk band called Asocial), bassist / vocalist T.B. (previously the singer of Asocial) and drummer Sonny Svedlund. After having written and recorded a couple of strongly punk influences songs they decided that they needed a new singer. They asked Thomas Lundin (formerly the singer of a band which mostly played covers from bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, T.N.T. etc.) who joined.