Unanimated is one of Sweden's best kept secrets. A band that is commonly accepted as a band that never gained the recognition that it deserved. And many labelled the band as highly influential for bands that came after them in Sweden. A cult band all in all. The music is best described as melodic death Swedish death metal with a slight black metal feel to it as well. The use of keyboards made it even atmospheric at times. The band consisted out of a lot of members who later played in very different bands gaining some fame after all, links can be found with bands such as General Surgery, Entombed, Dark Funeral, Regurgitate, Dismember, Murder Squad, Therion and Merciless for instance.

UNANIMATED Was brought to life 1988 in Stockholm,Sweden by longtime friends Richard(vocals), Jojje(guitar) and Peter(drums). The goal was (and still is!) to play extreme metal,Lyrically the band was drawn to the dark and occult with strong satanic philosophies. In early 1990 The band recorded two songs " Unholy Funeral" and "Ancient god of evil" and decided to release the songs as a Rehearsal Demo. The songs where recorded on a regular cassette player... The sound was horrible. But the spirit was there and the oath was made. The band did two live performances. Later same year two members left the band due to lack of interest and commitment. Original members Chris Alvarez(guitar) and Tim Strandberg(bas) left the band. The remaining three members continued to play and soon Lead Guitar player Jonas Mellberg was recruited and rapidly new songs where written. At this point Unanimated's sound started to change and get more refined to the direction to what the goal was. The band wanted to play fast extreme and brutal metal but with more ambiance and melody than what was around at that time. Acoustic guitars and keyboards was brought in to the songs. The band recorded their second Demo "Firestorm" in 1991, four songs where recorded "Through the gates" ''Blackness of the fallen star" "Storms from the skies of grief" and "In the forrest of the dreaming dead"...Unanimated started to play live shows more often and it didn't take long to a record deal with No Fashion/House of kicks was signed. At this point Richard had to leave the band due to his commitment with DISMEMBER. The band recruited Micke Jansson on vocals and Daniel Lofthagen on bass and live member Jocke Westman. So in May 1992, Finally came the time for the band to enter Unicorn/Noble House Studio to record their debut full-length album. "In the forest of the dreaming dead" was the title for the album. Not much fuzz around the debut was made.... Nor did the record company do much to promote the album either. Even though the album received great world wide reviews. Unanimated returned to the studio and recorded a 5 song ep. Three new songs and two cover songs where recorded, The cover where "Tormentor" by WASP and "Shock me" by KISS. The recording was never released and the band was focusing on writing new material instead. At this time the band had parted ways with bas player Daniel and when the writing progress to the album started, the band asked Richard to take over the bass duties again. In 1994 the band entered Unisound studios With producer Dan Svanö to record the "Ancient god of evil" album. The album received great reviews All over the world and it has been said that this album became a template for the stadium rock fusion that is "Swedish melodic death metal" at the present time. With their unique sound of melodic Death/Black Metal, Unanimated was ready to conquer the world! In 1996 the band entered Sunlight Studios and recorded two cover songs, "Dead skin mask" by Slayer was recorde for the "Slatanic Slaughter 2" compelation and "Raise the dead" by mighty Bathory was recorded for "In conspiracy with satan-Tribute to Bathory".A couple of live performances around Sweden to follow up the album was about it.....Internal turbulence within the band Had starting to grow stronger and due to musical and personal differences, Jonas Mellberg was asked to leave the band. At this point in late 1996 the remaining members Jojje, Micke, Peter and Richard decided it was time to take a break and Unanimated was put on hold......... Since the last couple of years the Founding members Richard and Jojje, Have been in the works of reuniting the band again. But due to the members involvements in other bands such as DISMEMBER, ENTOMBED, DARK FUNERAL, MURDER SQUAD, MERCILESS, FACE DOWN, KRUX AND NIFELHEIM,Ups and downs in personal life,Richard relocated to Texas and prison sentences...you name it! Finding the right time has been difficult....... Currently the band are working on new material and planing possible live performances in 2008. Four brand new songs are in the works....Titels like "Nemissis/Retaliation", "Vacuum-Draining Cosmos" and "In the light of darkness" are some of the new songs that are made. Musically the band will continue where they left off.....Metal Fucking Metal! Be prepared...The Firestorm is coming! AVE LUCIFER

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