Band Biography:
One day in the beginning of the year 2002, in a small and damp rehearsal room located somewhere in the town of Falun, Sweden, three musicians without anything better to do decided to kill some time with a rehearsal session. Erik Skoglund (former in FIVE MORE VICTIMS), Björn Åström (drummer of BLUDGE) and Ola Berg (former bass player of WITHOUT GRIEF) felt after playing a couple of hours in that rehearsal session, a band should be formed. After completing two songs, the band and the style of music was a fact. Naming the band after the first song they had written, the grindcore ensemble GRIDLOCK saw the light of day. After another session, they felt that the sound was lacking a pair of strings so Nicklas Lindh (who had played with Ola in WITHOUT GRIEF) was asked to join and he accepted the offer.
Shortly after that, a two-song demo was recorded. The demo was never intended to be sent to any labels or magazines, so the band concentrated on writing more material. Now with Lindh’s membership, the band started to include influences from genres such as Death and Thrash into their already brutal sound. In addition to the creation of new material, the band also started the search for a new name as the original name GRIDLOCK was, mildly put, over-represented in the metal scene. After stumbling on a newspaper article about a group of kids in Australia, who in pure boredom, had started to amuse themselves with arson, the hunt for a new name was over. The headline of the article read: 21 LUCIFERS.
After concluding one gig and another demo recording, Erik felt that he would rather concentrate solely on the vocals instead of both vocals and guitar. So another old WITHOUT GRIEF member, Tobias Ols, was asked to join the band. And with his acceptance, the line-up is finally complete. So the now five-man strong ensemble booked two days worth of recording time with Jonas Kjellgrens at Black Lounge studio. The result: a five-track demo entitled "Retaliation" was born. After receiving nothing but good reviews for their debut demo, the band started to work on their next release, mixing this with frequent live performances.
Since their first visit at Black Lounge proved to be a success, the ambition was to record the second demo there as well. This was not as easy as it first would appear though. After numerous obstacles like sickness, bands who were not able to keep their recording schedule and other shit, and just when the demo was about to be put on tape, the drummer who was one of the founding members BJ, decided that he wanted to put his drumming on the shelf and quit the band. The issue of a replacement was discussed and the former live session drummer Olle Ferner was asked to join and he accepted it. But the changes didn’t just stop there. With just one week away from the recording, the bass player Ola Berg also decides to leave the band. The recording still went on as planned, now with Erik both on bass and vocals. Shortly after the demo was completed, the line-up once again was complete.
With the addition of the thin but oh-so-evil Per Sodomizer Eriksson, replacing Erik from the burden of bass, the second demo “Hope Fades”, received only good reviews and the band managed to secure an album contract with Pulverised Records. 21 LUCIFERS finally releases their first full length album. "IN THE NAME OF..." Recorded and produced at BLACK LOUNGE STUDIOS by Jonas Kjellgren (former vocalist of CARNAL FORGE and active guitarist of CENTINEX etc.) where he also recorded bands such as CARNAL FORGE, CENTINEX, SCAR SYMMETRY, INCAPACITY etc. Prepare to get knocked out by this explosion of hyper-aggressive lyrics, furious speed, catchy hooks and bursting breakdowns.
Country Of Origin: Sweden
Line-up:
Erik Skoglund - Vocals
Tobbe Ols - Guitar
Nicklas Lindh - Guitar & Backing Vocals
Per Eriksson - Bass
Olle Ferner - Drums
Discography:
'In The Name Of…' CD 2007
'Hope Fades' CD 2004
'Retaliation' Demo 2002
Official website: http://www.21lucifers.com
Myspace page: www.myspace.com/21lucifers
