God Macabre is a Swedish death metal band.[2] They were formed in the winter of 1988 as a grindcore band named Botten På Burken. In 1989 they switched to playing death metal and changed their name to Macabre End.[3] Jonas Stålhammar joined the band in the spring of 1990 and took over most of the songwriting (music). They released a demo in September 1990 titled Consumed by Darkness. Thereafter they changed their name once again to God Macabre. In 1992 the band split up, after Johansson and Nilsson had left the band in 1991, and no suitable replacements could be found. Boder and Sjöberg formed the band Snake Machine which evolved into Space Probe Taurus. After the split-up the only album recorded was released - The Winterlong.... The album was re-issued in 2002 with the demo as bonus tracks by Relapse Records. In March 2008 the Relapse version of the album was also released on vinyl for the first time by the Swedish label Bloodharvest Records. May 2014 saw a second re-release of The Winterlong... this time by Relapse Records with the added bonus track "Life's Verge", an old song from 1991 that was not recorded until 2013. [4]

God Macabre
Swedish death metal band God Macabre 2014. L to R: Jonas Stålhammar, Björn Larsson, Per Boder, Ola Sjöberg, Tobias Gustafsson.
Swedish death metal band God Macabre 2014. L to R: Jonas Stålhammar, Björn Larsson, Per Boder, Ola Sjöberg, Tobias Gustafsson.
Background information
Also known asBotten På Burken
Macabre End
OriginVålberg, Sweden
GenresDeath metal
Years active1988-1989 (as Botten På Burken)
1989-1991 (as Macabre End)
1991-1992
2013-present
LabelsM.B.R., Relapse, H.M.S.S. Records
MembersPer Boder
Jonas Stålhammar
Ola Sjöberg
Björn Larsson
Tobias Gustafsson
Past membersNiklas Nilsson
Tomas Johansson
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Discography edit

  • Consumed by Darkness (demo, September 1990) - as Macabre End
The demo was remixed and released as a 7" in June 1991.
  • The Winterlong... (Recorded December 1991, Released December 1993)[5]
  • Eve Of Souls Forsaken (Live Album, Recorded September 1991, Released 2010)

Members edit

Current members
  • Per Boder - Vocals (1991-1992, 2013–present)
  • Ola Sjöberg - Guitars (1991-1992, 2013–present)
  • Jonas Stålhammar - Guitars, Bass (1991-1992), Guitars (2013-present)
  • Björn Larsson - Bass (2013–present)
  • Tobias Gustafsson - Drums (2013–present)
Former members
  • Niklas Nilsson - Drums (1991)
  • Tomas Johansson - Bass (1991)

References edit

  1. ^ "At the Gates - To Drink From the Night Itself". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  2. ^ "Macabre End". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2006-10-07.
  3. ^ "God Macabre - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. ^ "God Macabre biography". www.metallian.com.
  5. ^ "The Winterlong - God Macabre - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

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