Necrophobic - Two Guitarists Return, Working On New Album
Two former Necrophobic guitarists who had left the band back in 2011 are now returning to the fold: Johan Bergebäck and Sebastian Ramstedt. Meanwhile, guitarist Fredrik Folkare has been fired from the Swedish death metal unit. Back in 2013, frontman Tobias Sidegård was arrested for domestic violence and the band decided to go on without him. The follow-up to Womb Of Lilithu, their last album, is now finally seeing the light of day. The group has started to write new music and plan to record the long awaited new album during the end of 2017.
Commented Necrophobic drummer Joakim Sterner: "The last couple of years, Fredrik has been handling all the guitar parts as a single guitarist. He is a great guitar player, but he can't play two guitars live and to have two guitarists is an important part of our sound ? especially live. The music is written for two guitars. It has been so in the past and it's still so today. Lately, I have also come to realize that me and Fredrik are too far from each other on the musical side. Our mindset and our musical roots are too different.
"Necrophobic is very special in that way that it has very strict, call it rules, on how music shall sound, and not to sound, so with that in mind, along with that one guitar player was 'missing' live, I slowly started to think of this solution ? to let Fredrik go. It's always hard to tell a person to go, especially since we have always got along very well on the personal basis. He's a great guy, but I had to set the band, and what's best for the band, in first place. There's no hard feelings between us. At least not from my side."
Joakim added: "Since some time back, a newborn relationship started with my old friends, and former bandmates, Sebastian and Johan, and that made this lineup change into reality. Sebastian was part of this band for fifteen years and Johan for ten years, so I'm really excited to have them back in the band again and I'm looking forward to what we will accomplish together, both live and on the songwriting terms."
Read the full statement here.
Line-up:
Anders Strokirk - Vocals
Alexander Friberg - Bass
Joakim Sterner - Drums
Sebastian Ramstedt - Guitar
Johan Bergebäck - Guitar
Commented Necrophobic drummer Joakim Sterner: "The last couple of years, Fredrik has been handling all the guitar parts as a single guitarist. He is a great guitar player, but he can't play two guitars live and to have two guitarists is an important part of our sound ? especially live. The music is written for two guitars. It has been so in the past and it's still so today. Lately, I have also come to realize that me and Fredrik are too far from each other on the musical side. Our mindset and our musical roots are too different.
"Necrophobic is very special in that way that it has very strict, call it rules, on how music shall sound, and not to sound, so with that in mind, along with that one guitar player was 'missing' live, I slowly started to think of this solution ? to let Fredrik go. It's always hard to tell a person to go, especially since we have always got along very well on the personal basis. He's a great guy, but I had to set the band, and what's best for the band, in first place. There's no hard feelings between us. At least not from my side."
Joakim added: "Since some time back, a newborn relationship started with my old friends, and former bandmates, Sebastian and Johan, and that made this lineup change into reality. Sebastian was part of this band for fifteen years and Johan for ten years, so I'm really excited to have them back in the band again and I'm looking forward to what we will accomplish together, both live and on the songwriting terms."
Read the full statement here.
Line-up:
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Sad to hear about Fredrik Folkare being fired from the band, hope he's still with Unleashed at least?
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