Ice Age (SWE) - Biography
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1986-
Biography
It may come as a surprise to many metal fans that one of the most successful all female thrash bands of the last 30 years have never actually released an album.
Ice Age, from Gothenburg in Sweden, was formed in January 1985 by Sabrina Kihlstrand and Pia Nyström, who met through an ad in a music store. The band lineup was completed with Sabrina's sister, Helena, and Tina Strömberg behind the drums.
During the band's early stages they were more power metal oriented, and this sound fed through their first demo "Rock Solid", (which was the band's original short lived name before changing to Ice Age - something more akin with their origins in the cold winters of Scandinavia.
There then came the first of the band's lineup changes when Helena passed over her bass duties to Viktoria Larsson at the end of 1986.
Their sound gradually became more raw, which distanced them from the more standard metal riffs of Iron Maiden and Queensryche, and more towards the thrash style of early Megadeth and Metallica.
Ice Age played very technical thrash , which can be heard in their demos "General Alert" (1987) and another that was untitled (1988).
The band toured in several countries and played many festivals, including the well known Open Air in Lamone Switzerland, in front of 5000 people. They also played the legendary Marquee Club in London.
The four Swedes gradually gained more and more popularity, which surged after the recording of their next demo "Instant Justice" in 1989.
Midway through their next tour came a major problem though: vocalist Sabrina left the band due to irreconcilable problems with the band's then manager.
Curiously, it wasn't one but two new members that replaced her. The Italian guitarist Isabella Fronzoni, and American Debbie Gunn on vocals. This line-up existed only for six months and yet again, problems with the bands then manager caused too many problems to repair.
Finally, Ice Age split in 1990 after having sold thousands of copies of their demos.
Over the years the interest from fans worldwide has remained, and although Ice-Age may have long been split, they have not been forgotten. Some years ago, The Big 4 show, (comprising Metallica,Slayer,Megadeth and Anthrax at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg and broadcast on Swedish national TV), was even dedicated to Ice Age.
Now, in 2015, a new era for the band has begun. With a strong new line up, which besides original members Sabrina and Viktoria, adds Linnea Landstedt (from Tyranex) on Lead Guitar, and André Holmqvist (Zero Illusions) on Drums. The new reinvigorated Ice Age have gigs in the pipeline, and new music is being written. A brand new chapter is ready to be written in the history of one of the most acclaimed unsigned thrash bands of all time.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/pg/iceage.se.official/about/?ref=page_internal
Ice Age, from Gothenburg in Sweden, was formed in January 1985 by Sabrina Kihlstrand and Pia Nyström, who met through an ad in a music store. The band lineup was completed with Sabrina's sister, Helena, and Tina Strömberg behind the drums.
During the band's early stages they were more power metal oriented, and this sound fed through their first demo "Rock Solid", (which was the band's original short lived name before changing to Ice Age - something more akin with their origins in the cold winters of Scandinavia.
There then came the first of the band's lineup changes when Helena passed over her bass duties to Viktoria Larsson at the end of 1986.
Their sound gradually became more raw, which distanced them from the more standard metal riffs of Iron Maiden and Queensryche, and more towards the thrash style of early Megadeth and Metallica.
Ice Age played very technical thrash , which can be heard in their demos "General Alert" (1987) and another that was untitled (1988).
The band toured in several countries and played many festivals, including the well known Open Air in Lamone Switzerland, in front of 5000 people. They also played the legendary Marquee Club in London.
The four Swedes gradually gained more and more popularity, which surged after the recording of their next demo "Instant Justice" in 1989.
Midway through their next tour came a major problem though: vocalist Sabrina left the band due to irreconcilable problems with the band's then manager.
Curiously, it wasn't one but two new members that replaced her. The Italian guitarist Isabella Fronzoni, and American Debbie Gunn on vocals. This line-up existed only for six months and yet again, problems with the bands then manager caused too many problems to repair.
Finally, Ice Age split in 1990 after having sold thousands of copies of their demos.
Over the years the interest from fans worldwide has remained, and although Ice-Age may have long been split, they have not been forgotten. Some years ago, The Big 4 show, (comprising Metallica,Slayer,Megadeth and Anthrax at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg and broadcast on Swedish national TV), was even dedicated to Ice Age.
Now, in 2015, a new era for the band has begun. With a strong new line up, which besides original members Sabrina and Viktoria, adds Linnea Landstedt (from Tyranex) on Lead Guitar, and André Holmqvist (Zero Illusions) on Drums. The new reinvigorated Ice Age have gigs in the pipeline, and new music is being written. A brand new chapter is ready to be written in the history of one of the most acclaimed unsigned thrash bands of all time.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/pg/iceage.se.official/about/?ref=page_internal