Immersed in Blood

Biography

IMMERSED IN BLOOD emerged from the remnants of the Swedish Death metal band INVERTED in Oct. 1998. Joel Andersson (bass) and Johan Ohlsson (guitar) decided to continue to play together but in an even more brutal direction. Vocalist Stefan Lundberg (also ex-INVERTED member) and drummer Jocke Unger decided to get immersed in blood in Dec. 1998. The death-roll was completed when Robert Tyborn Axt (guitar) joined the band in Feb. 1999. The band played their debut gig in March 1999 and only two months later, in May 1999, they recorded their debut demo entitled "Eine Kleine Deathmusik", featuring four tracks of brutal bloody Death Metal. This demo was released in Aug. 1999. In Nov. and Dec. 1999 the band went to Germany and played some gigs after which they started to write new songs. Two of them was recorded in May 2000. These two songs was released on a 3-way split CD called "Sweets For My Sweet Chapter 1" (split with CONFESSIONS OF OBSCURITY and OUTCAST), along with the "Eine Kleine Deathmusik" demo. It was released by LOWLIFE RECORDS in late 2001. At the end of January 2001 the band entered Studiomega to record 5 new songs and a cover, "We Have Arrived" (a Dark Angel song for a tribute album, which will be released by ARCTIC MUSIC GROUP). These 5 songs was released as a MCD entitled "Relentless Retaliation" on DOWNFALL RECORDS in late Sept 2001. In May IMMERSED IN BLOOD played at the “2 Heavy 4 You!” festival in Falkenberg where ENSLAVED(Nor), ROOT(Cze), NIFELHEIM, HYPNOSIA, THE FORSAKEN played as well. In January 2002 IMMERSED IN BLOOD signed a deal with ARCTIC MUSIC GROUP. IMMERSED IN BLOOD once again went to Germany in March 2002 and played with IMPURE(Ger), RESURRECTED(Ger) and JACK SLATER(Ger). In May 2002 IMMERSED IN BLOOD played their first tour (a mini tour) - and they did it in Finland with EMBEDDED(Ger) and DEEPRED(Fin). It was a very successful trip for each band with a very amazing live-performance at the “Westcoast Holocaust” Festival in Turku where THRONEAEON, SATANIC SLAUGHTER and MÖRK GRYNING played as well. In June IMMERSED IN BLOOD played at the “Gothenburg Deathfest” with HOUR OF PENANCE(Ita), CONVENT(Pol), INIQUITY(Den), IMPURE(Ger), DEEPRED(Fin), VISCERAL BLEEDING to name a few. Middle of June the band entered Studiomega once again to record their debut full length album “Killing Season”. The band recorded 10 brutal blood songs. 8 new and 2 re-recorded demo songs now even faster! And remember...only DEATH is real!!!