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Country of origin: Sweden Location: Uppsala, Uppsala
Formed in: 1990
Genre: Death Metal (early); Melodic/Blackened Death Metal (later)
Themes: Death, Darkness, Gore (early); Philosophy, Surrealism, Universe (later)
SARCASM was born 1990 from the ashes of THIRD STORM (Heval Bozarslan - vocals) and EMBALMED (Fredrik Wallenberg - guitar) in Uppsala, Sweden. While the death metal scene in Stockholm was enormous, the scene in Uppsala was rather poor back then, there were only a couple of bands who played this kind of brutal metal. In the beginning the band had trouble finding a suitable drummer who had the same passion for this extreme music as Heval and Fredrik. Finally Henrik Forslund who actually is a guitarist agreed to play drums and bassist Dave Janney (R.I.P.) completed the line-up. Inspired primarily by american underground bands and the idea was to create the heaviest and scariest death metal at that time. Til the end of 1992 the band managed to record three demo tapes (“Fleshwaste”, “In Hate” and “Soul Enchantment”) “In Hate” (nov 92) was the one that was seriously spread and dropped like a bomb in the underground scene. It received very good reviews and people actually embraced this kind of death metal which was more popular a couple of years before, but something fresh was needed for the genre for it to survive but people saw quality in SARCASM’s music and that’s what mattered in the end. But things were starting to change at the very beginning of 93 anyway, the band wanted new elements in the mix, 17 songs of the same flavor and all about corpses, gore, hate etc was enough. Both songs (Never After and You Bleed (I Enjoy) which became the “Dark” demo had nothing of that kind. The lyrics changed completely and melodies started to creep into the music which was very new for this genre at that time. But of course the band didn’t want to lose its furiousness and the brutal aspect of this music, the balance was found and the band was very satisfied in this new dimension which much could be explored and was explored, and with a very fast pace. Another four songs demo was recorded in the summer of 93, the band this time took things a step further and showed people how well and elegant you can execute death metal with songs like Through Tears Of Gold and Scattered Ashes. SARCASM is now a tasteful band? How could that be? Well 1993 was a very exciting year for death metal, a lot of bands became “melodic” and change was needed and welcomed by many. People loved how SARCASM had evolved and wanted more. As the songs became more complex and melodic, a second guitarist was more than needed. Drummer Henrik took over the rhythm guitars, a position that was his in the beginning, and the drummer who was recruited was Oscar Karlsson (R.I.P.), who also was in DEFLESHED at that time. The band was very lucky to have found a drummer like Oscar, the songs demanded technical skills and he was perfect! Three new songs were written, along with Through Tears Of Gold, SARCASM entered the studio february of 94 and recorded these four songs which became their classic demo tape “A Touch Of The Burning Red Sunset”. The reaction to this demo was stunning, it sold like hell and only good reviews were pouring in and everyone waited for a record deal. During the recording of that demo, guitarist and songwriter Fredrik Wallenberg decided to leave the band and move to Gothenburg. Sad and strange as it was, the band quickly found a replacement, Anders Eriksson joined the band just after the demo release. A record deal arrived, everything look good at first so the band booked the same studio in the summer of 94 and recorded their debut album “Burial Dimensions”. During the recording process for this album the label started to make demands and changes, that was unacceptable of course so the deal was cancelled before the album was even complete. By the end of the summer that year the band realized they couldn’t go on without Fredrik, there were no new songs written after he left and much effort was not given to create new tunes, and the sound and atmosphere would not have been the same without the key member and the frustration over the record deal that went flat, there was no energy left to continue. The album was not spread or even sent to labels, it remained unheard and unreleased for many years.
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