ARCADIA was formed in 1996. The first demo tape, entitled "War of Silence", dates back to March 1998 when it met with a favorable reception from the specialized press and got the band two deals for two national cd compilations: "Into the Underground Vol. 3" (Mariano Fontaine's Whiplash Prod.) and "Italian Experience Vol. 2" (P.O.E. Records). The band started playing gigs around in small and big Italian clubs to promote their demo. After the bassist replacement in June 1999, they entered the studio to record the promo cd "Trust". The three cd tracks reveal the true value of the band and its modern, violent, full-impact sound. - (Read more)

Compos Mentis started playing in January 1996 and since then we have been experimenting with various kinds of metal. We started out as a Metallica jam band with the line-up: Jesper on guitars and vocal, Ryan on guitars and Andreas on drums. Later Dan joined in on bass guitar. After a year or so we began listening to bands like Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, Withering Surface and Moonspell, and with these new influences the Compos Mentis sound turned towards melodic death/black. In the early spring 1999, after having recorded "Vulturous" and found out that keyboards fit the music very well, we were blessed with yet another member in the band: Bo joined in on keyboards. A few months later we were offered to participate on "Extremity Rising Vol. 4", a compilation disc from the Danish label Serious Entertainment (RIP). We recorded "Brave and Lonely" and "Extremity Rising Vol. 4" was released in the autumn of 1999. From the 14th till the 16th April 2000 we recorded a new four track-demo. This time in Aabenraa-Studiet with Jacob Hansen as producer. The demo-cd was released in the fall of 2000 under the moniker "Quadrology of Sorrow". You can listen to two of the tracks in the Download section« - (Read more)

In the beginning of 1998, Magnus Pettersson, Olof Knutsson and drummer Robert Eng started the band Corporation187 . They started out as a Slayer-cover band in 1995 but under a different bandname, with Pelle Severin on vocals and Filip Leo (former known as Filip Carlsson) on bass for a short period of time. Corporation 187 recorded "promo 98", the summer of 1998. Bassplayer Johan Ekström joined in the spring of 1999. By the beginning of 1999 Wicked World had signed the band. Subliminal Fear was recorded in Studio Underground and Studio Helltower the summer of 1999, and released in February 2000. The band’s first shows outside of Sweden was with label-mates Decapitated and Lock Up in UK in August 2000. Short after the tour vocalist Pelle quit the band, and he was replaced by Filip Leo. Corporation 187 toured Germany and Holland in April 2002 with Lord Belial and Satanic Slaughter as they geared up for the recording of their second album. Returning from Europe bassist Johan was replaced by Viktor Klint. "Perfection in Pain" was recorded in July and August 2002 at Studio Underground and Studio Helltower. Peter Tägtgren mixed the album at Abyss Studios . “Perfection in Pain” got released November 2002 and the following year turned out great for Corporation 187. Touring through United Kingdom together with Arch Enemy and Without Face in December 2002 led to the following Scandinavian tour with Arch Enemy in January 2003. Corporation 187 hooked up with Australian monsters “The Berzerker” and “December” from USA for the EARACHE EXTREMITY EXPERIMENT 03. Starting out in Bradford (UK) 28th of February to slay the rest of England. Roaring through Germany, Holland, Belgium, Denmark and finally Switzerland. The band continued through Sweden with various gigs and a last show in hometown Linköping with Godhate, May 22nd, 2004. During the year 2007, 12 new songs was recorded in Studio Helltower, Linköping. Drummer Robert Eng engineered - (Read more)

Crawling out the middle hole of the US, Chicago's Coughs are a six piece band with kling-klang percussion from sheets of metal, snaking melodies crawling out of exotic instruments, and racy patter. So if you enjoy cacophony, hypnotizing polyrhythms, DEICIDE, THE SWANS, MERZBOW, THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS, picnics in the park, and/or intemperate discomfort than consider a new choice for your finicky lifestyle. COUGHS are cool, join the team and stock your bunker pilgrim.

CRISES was found in 1995 by Ondrej Hurbanic and Thomas Abts. After many member changes and stilistic and musical advancements the bands today style is a "take no prisoners" and intelligent crossover from Rock, Alternative, Progressive, Metal and NuMetal elements - (Read more)