Swedish

Band: Dismember

Logo: Jagged, symmetrical, simple. As a whole looks almost like fangs of evil beast. Sharp and menacing.

Album: 

Like an Ever Flowing Stream - 1991

Gate to a mystical realm. Horrific armored dragon sculptures/fountains guard this place. Fire seeps through wall adorned with fanged creature. Horrible spiked worm like creatures found above doorways. Beautiful epic landscape found in distance. Classic Dan Seagrave cover art.

Sound: Lightning fast. Sunlight Studios buzzsaw guitar tone. Influence from hardcore punk and d-beat bands. Clear production value displays bands many talents. Down-tuned guitars create pummeling atmosphere. Solos lace songs with haunting melodies. Grunted and barked vocals as frantic as music. Eerie keyboards utilized sparingly, creates haunting atmosphere.

Lyrics:

"From the skies blood drips like rain
Tell me how I suffer, tell me how I'll die
My arms stretched out in eternal pain

The life that we knew drowned in the stream of death
The agony within tears my worthless being

Crushed
By the blasphemous horror inside
Enter a world
Beyond this [fucking] global tomb"

Gore and agony. Pain can be heard in vocals. Emphasis on decimation, destruction, power. Suffering and death. Serial killers, hell, dismemberment, and mysticism. Futile attempts to escape from death. Imminence of death.

Feeling: Claustrophobic and frantic. Leaves one's head spinning. Extremely fast pace fuels rage. Ominous while pummeling. Hectic nature instills fear and paranoia. Extreme speeds makes one want to mosh and punch. Lurking evil ignored due to induced anger. Lyrics creep out.

Relation to Scene: Perfect example of what is known as "classic Swedish sound". Buzzsaw guitar and hardcore influence found within rest of scene. Members played in other classic Swedish bands (Carnage, Grave, Entombed, etc.).

The Band: Members wear leather or band t-shirts. Long hair and beards. Some members getting old at this point. In typical Swedish fashion new/younger members have been recruited over time.

Members:

Matti Kärki - Vocals

David Blomqvist - Guitars

Martin Persson  - Guitars

Tobias Cristiansson - Bass

Thomas Daun - Drums