Deathstars

industrial metal

Deathstars is an Industrial Metal band formed in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2000. The current lineup consists primarily of members from Swordmaster, a black metal project that has former members of Dissection, and Ophthalamia. The band currently consists of Whiplasher Bernadotte (lead vocals), Nightmare Industries (guitar and keyboards), Skinny Disco (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Vice (Drums). They have released four full length studio albums. Formation, Synthetic Generation (2000-2003) Stockholm's Deathstars is, in fact, a metamorphosed version of 1993 founded heavy metal act Swordmaster, featuring former Dissection drummer Ole Öhman (Bone W Machine) and guitarist Emil Nodtveidt (Nightmare Industries). Deathstars was fronted by Andreas Bergh (Whiplasher Bernadotte) and saw Erik Halvorsen (Beast X Electric) on guitar. The band took on both a radical image and change in musical direction for the album Synthetic Generation. Synthetic Generation first surfaced in Sweden during March 2002 on LED Recordings, but would be picked up for European release by the German Nuclear Blast label the following year. Originally only a live bass player for Deathstars, Jonas Kangur (Skinny Disco) became an official member on October 1, 2003. Termination Bliss, new line-up (2004-2006) Plans to commence recording of a second album in June 2004 were delayed as, returning home from an appearance at the Wave Gotik Treffen festival in Leipzig, Germany, Deathstars had over $15,000 worth o...