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Assailant
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Assailant is a Swedish metal band formed in 2004 and currently on the label Dockyard 1. Their debut album Nemesis Within was released in may 2006.
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| Origin | Umea, Sweden |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Genres | Metal |
| Labels | Dockyard 1 |
| Members | Peder Sundqvist Oskar Norberg Patrik Larsson Joakim Jonsson Peder Sandström Marcus Sundbom |
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Oskar Norberg and Joakim Jonsson started playing together around 1996-1998 and furthermore started a band. In 1999 the band took the name Sacra Via and at this time the band played music much influenced by Dream Theater. Line-up is unknown but a guy named Lars played the drums and one named Fredrik played the keyboard. In 2000 Fredrik quit the band and Peder Sandström took the place behind the keyboard. They hadn't got a vocalist but soon produced an instrumental demo(unknown title). In 2001 Lars got replaced by new drummer Patrik Larsson, an old friend of Peder Sandström, and it was time for a change of name. The bands new name was Ecliptica. They produced some songs, recorded demos and soon was able to find vocalist Marcus Granberg. With a full line-up they could now do more live performances. After some time they felt they needed a more full sound on stage and so recruited Kristofer Eriksson, childhood friend of Patrik and Peder, on guitars. The year was now 2003.
In early 2004 Marcus Granberg left the band for a job in Spain and somewhere around that time Kristofer moved to stockholm to study music. At this time the band seemed to disappear for a while, but apparently just to come back stronger then ever. Under the summer 2004 they recruited vocalist Peder Sundqvist(Dead street journal, former Lesra) and later on Marcus Sundbom(Dead street journal, Diaspora) and also changed their sound totally. The new sound was more raw and aggressive(reminds me of Evergrey and the "Gothenburg sound" (In flames)) and they probably felt it was time for a change of name again. The band Assailant had erupted from the remains of Ecliptica but with very little similarities in sound.
In 2005 Assailant produced a demo record named Mental State, consisting of 8 songs. This record, it seems, was however only for promotion, record companies and reviews - not for sale or free to download. In April/May they played at Demons of the Opera in Umeå, not with the philharmonic orchestra though, but on the "Black Box" stage. The German label Dockyard 1 took the bate quick and signed with the band some time near August/September 2005. It seems Emil Norberg(Persuader), the brother of Oskar, might have been the one hooking them up with Dockyard since Persuader already had a contract with that company. Furthermore the band had a lot of gigs between this time and May 2006 when their debut album Nemesis Within was released.
Rumours are they're working on their next album now, which might be the reason we haven't seen them play live for a while.
- Peder Sundqvist, Vocals
- Oskar Norberg, Guitars
- Patrik Larsson, Drums
- Joakim Jonsson, Bass
- Peder Sandström, Keyboards
- Marcus Sundbom, Guitars
Assailant has no former members, but Ecliptica, the band Assailant evolved from however had other members.
- Kristofer Eriksson, Guitars
- Marcus Granberg, Vocals
- Nemesis Within (2006)
- Mental State (2004, Demo)
