Martyrdöd
- COUNTRY: Sweden
What do we know about Sweden? Among other things, we know that when they decide to go punk or somewhere near it, they’re the best ones on the block. Martytdöd is a perfect example of that. They play an angry, often chaotic yet melodic, slaughter of music from somewhere between classic crust, metal, and neocrust. When they kick into high gear and go full d-beat, ruthless is the word.
History:
Martyrdöd came into being in 2001 and made their first imprint on the Swedish punk scene with a demo, released a year later. The band didn’t wait around long because in 2003, they released their debut self-titled record. The aggressive and then-usual blend of crust punk and the Scandi-favoured d-beat with black metal caused quite the stir in the European underground. The band rode on the momentum, solidifying their status with more excellent albums, aka In Extremis and Sekt. With each release, they were becoming an ever more important name of the Nordic punk scene, and today, they are its legends. The band’s latest record is the 2019 Hexhammaren.
Discography:
LP:
Martyrdöd, 2003
In Extremis, 2005
Sekt, 2009
Paranoia, 2012
Elddop, 2014
List, 2016
Hexhammaren, 2019
Demo:
Demo 2002, 2002
Splits:
We Walk the Line, 2004 (z Sunday Morning Einsteins)
Inner Adversary / War of Worlds, 2018 (z Neolithic)