Terra Firma is a Swedish stoner metal band which was formed by Fredrik Lindgren after leaving Unleashed

Unleashed (band)

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 and with Lord Chritus a.k.a. Christian Lindersson, who used to sing in the Swedish band Count Raven

Count Raven

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 and Los Angeles based band Saint Vitus

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. Terra Firma would later break up and Fredrik would start a new band called Harms Way. Terra Firma also featured the band members Izmo Hedlund on Drums and Nico Moosebeach
on bass who would later move onto Entombed

Entombed (band)

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. The band recorded 2 full length albums, a couple of vinyl singles and appeared on a couple of compilation CDs and split 7" vinyl. Terra Firma played some gigs in Sweden and did some European tours with band such as Atomic Bitchwax, Cathedral

Cathedral (band)

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, Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin

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, Dozer, Masters of Reality, Blackshine, Dismember

Dismember (band)

Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...

, Murder Squad

Murder Squad

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, Entombed and Mammoth Volume.

Band members

• Lord Chritus - vocals
• Freddie Eugene - guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Izmo Ledderfejs - drum
  Drum
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• Nico Moosebeach - Bass
  Bass guitar
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Studio albums

• Terra Firma CD (1999 The Music Cartel
  The Music Cartel
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• Harms Way CD (2001 Steamhammer Records)

External links

• Terra Firma at metal-archives.com (Accessed 2010-07-15)
• Official Terra Firma website (Accessed 2010-07-15)