Saturday, May 3, 2025

MORBID (SWE) … EARLY DAYS

"If Nicke had chosen a Bathory T-shirt for his one rehearsal with Morbid, things might have turned out very differently for the Swedish death metal scene. Whatever the true circumstances, Morbid's early lineup did briefly separate Uffe and L.G. from Nicke. Blasphemy folded when Uffe and L.G. focused on Morbid.

“When I joined Morbid, we restructured the old songs and started to get more serious. We only did one gig during this time, with Hatred and Tribulation at Birkagården. I remember that L.G. sent an anonymous threatening letter to Hatred before the gig, complaining about their ‘lame’ vocals. They found out somehow that it was him sending it, and it was pretty embarrassing to play the gig after that. Pelle, Jens, and John were pretty upset with L.G. for that. They were in fact about to sack him." - Nicke Anderson ("Swedish death metal" by Daniel Ekeroth) / Courtesy of The Old Mayhem