Arise is a Swedish

Sweden

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 death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

/thrash metal

Thrash metal

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-band from Alingsås

Alingsås

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. Their name is taken from the Sepultura

Sepultura

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 album of the same name.

History

Arise was founded in 1996 in Alingsås (outside of Gothenburg

Gothenburg

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, Sweden) under another name, but got the name Arise in 1998 when their first demo was released. Their third demo, Abducted Intelligence, was recorded in Los Angered Recordings 2000 by Andy LaRoque, and became "demo recording of the month" in Swedish Close-Up

Close-up

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 Magazine. In 2001 the band was signed by Spinefarm Records

Spinefarm Records

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 and released their first full-length record, The Godly Work of Art. The same year, the band was nominated to the Swedish Rockbjörnen

Rockbjörnen

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 award. Their second studio album, Kings of the Cloned Generation, was released in 2003, and Spinefarm Records were bought by Universal Records

Universal Records

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during that time. Their third CD, The Beautiful New World, was recorded and released in 2005.

In December 2005 Patrik Skoglöw and Erik Ljungqvist parted ways with Daniel Bugno and L-G Jonasson due to "musical differences." They were replaced by Patrik Johansson (vocals), Sternberg (guitars), and Kaj (bass guitar).

Current members

• Patrik Johansson - vocals
• Sternberg - guitar
• L-G Hakamo (formely Jonasson) - guitar
• Kai L - bass
• Daniel Bugno - Drums

Discography

• Abducted Intelligence (Demo, 2000)
• The Godly Work of Art (CD, Spinefarm, 2001)
• Kings of the Cloned Generation (CD, Spinefarm, 2003)
• The Beautiful New World (CD, Universal, 2005)
• The Reckoning (CD, Regain, 2009)

External links

• Arise official website