Construcdead

Melodic Death Metal

Construcdead is a (melodic, on their 2nd album) death metal band with thrash influences. They were formed in 1999 by guitarists Christian, Rickard and drummer Erik from Stockholm, Sweden. Bassplayer Joakim Harju had just left Face Down, whose other members scattered across the scene to join bands like the The Haunted and Entombed. Joakim liked the style of music and joined the band. After trying a number of vocalists, Henrik from Thyrfing among others, the band finally stuck with Jonas Sandberg whose style worked well with the music. After just a few months the band had a full set going and played in Holland a number of times; the most noteworthy performance might have been at the Stonehenge Festival in Steenwijk. About a year after that, they got invited to play at the Nuclear Storm Festival in the Czech Republic and were greatly appreciated by the audience as well as the other bands, like Illdisposed etc. But things just kept getting better and better! After finishing their first record Repent they went out on a Japan Tour as a support act to Soilwork, Construcdead made Three shows, Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. That really gave the band a lot of experience and also a lot of attention from the media. The musicians in Construcdead have all played metal for many years and, as a consequence, have a great understanding of the scene as well as the music. (Like Erik´s sideproject Terror 2000, featuring members from Soilwork and Darkane). In the autumn of 2002 Construcdead and Jona...