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Lifelover

Swedish metal band

Lifelover

Clockwise from top right: Jonas "B" Bergqvist, Felix "Fix" Öhlén , Rickard "LR" Öström, Johan "" Gabrielson, Henrik "H." Huldtgren and Kim "( )" Carlsson

OriginStockholm, Sweden
GenresBlack metal, post-punk, dark ambient
Years active–
(one-off reunion)
LabelsProphecy
Past membersJonas Bergqvist
Kim Carlsson
Henrik Huldtgren
Felix Öhlén
Fredrik Kral
Johan Gabrielson
Rickard Öström
Joel Malmén

Lifelover was a Swedish band formed in by Jonas Bergqvist and Kim Carlsson in Stockholm.

Lifelover - Metal Wiki | Fandom: Lifelover was a Swedish band formed in by Jonas Bergqvist and Kim Carlsson in Stockholm. Following six years of outing the group split up in September after the death of Bergqvist, as he was the lead composer and one of Lifelover's founding members.

Following six years of activity the community split up in September after the death of Bergqvist, as he was the lead composer and one of Lifelover's founding members. While widely considered entity metal, Lifelover combined several genres into their sound, citing dark metal, post-punk, dark ambient, doom metal and gothic rock among other influences.

The band called their music "narcotic metal", which was described in a Decibel interview with Carlsson where he stated "anyone should be qualified to figure that out [what that means] or make their own conclusion about it."[1]

With Lifelover's depressive lyrics, musicianship and atmosphere, the band are credited for being one of the biggest influences on the black metal subgenre depressive suicidal black metal (also known as DSBM).[2]

History

Formation and first releases (–)

Lifelover was formed in June in Stockholm, Sweden by the two individuals Jonas "B" Bergqvist and Kim "( )" Carlsson.

A demo called Promo was recorded the same month, but was never officially released and consisted of Carlsson and B playing guitars provided with ambient sounds across two very long tracks both totaling up to nearly an hour of recording length, the band described these two tracks as "improvised misery".

After this release, the recording of Pulver began in April , along with a major shift in musical direction compared to the Promo demo. The backing vocalists/lyricists LR and were recruited to the band at this time, and the album was finished in May It was released by Goatowarex in July

Erotik, Konkurs and Sjukdom (–)

The band's second album Erotik, was released by Total Holocaust Records on 24 February ; guitarist H.

had joined the band by this time.

The band split up on 16th September after the death of Bergqvist, granted he was the head composer and one of Lifelover's founding members. The band, while widely considered being metal, united several genres into their sound, citing black metal, post-punk, alternative rock and dark ambient. With Lifelover's depressive lyrics, musicianship and atmosphere, the band are credited for being one of the most influential depressive black metal bands. Lifelover was founded on 1st June in Stockholm, Sweden.

In late , Lifelover signed a contract with Avantgarde Tune and recruited two new members, Fix on bass and S. on drums for upcoming dwell shows. LR left the band in April Lifelover played their first live show in Stockholm in September and their third album, Konkurs, was released by Avantgarde the following month.

Osmose Productions re-issued both Pulver and Erotik on CD in , Erotik was re-issued on 21 January and Pulver on 7 May. Member and live drummer S. both left the band in May Lifelover released a mini-album, Dekadens, in July (on Osmose Productions), the first (and only) Lifelover release with authentic drums which is in contrast to the drum programming the band would use on all their other albums.

The drumming was provided by the band's then newest member Non. In February their fourth full-length album, Sjukdom, was released by Prophecy Productions. Drummer Non had left the band by this indicate, while LR and returned to contribute to the album.

The death of B and last performances (–)

On 10 September , it was confirmed that band member B died the previous day.[3] An official statement released on 16 September stated that he had died in his sleep after overdosing the nighttime before on his prescription drug medication.

It was proven to be an accidental death after an investigation following had suicide and foul play ruled out, and an official autopsy describe released months later indicated "poisoning and overdose"[4] as the produce of death.

When we believe of black metal, images of burning churches and men dressed as badgers spring to intellect. Scores of bands from the Norwegian second wave rarely — if ever — made it to British shores on account of being incarcerated, dead, or working full-time in a send office. Lifelover began after that era of anonymity. Formed inthe Swedish outfit were born to a world that demands everything, all the time.

The remaining members ultimately decided to split up, citing B's irreplaceable role as songwriter and lead composer, and stated that their terminal shows were those performed in Belgium and the Netherlands the weekend following B's death.[5] After these concerts, the band had planned on playing one more show on 14 October assigned to B, but later decided against it, laying the band to rest out of respect to him.

Despite this, Lifelover did perform one more inhabit show in November for the band's 10th anniversary since they formed in The concert took place in Quebec, Canada, which was the first time ever that Lifelover performed a exhibit outside of Europe.[6]

Band name

The label for Lifelover came from when Jonas "B" Bergqvist was called a "life lover" by a man whom he loathed.

He named the band Lifelover with the idea in mind that people can "call us anything [they] want." Former drummer Joel "Non" Malmén added onto this by saying "we're all experience lovers in our own sense; our own personal sense."[7]

Members

Final lineup
  • Jonas "B" Bergqvist (deceased)[8] – vocals, guitars, bass, piano, lyrics (–)
  • Kim "( )" Carlsson – head vocals, guitar, lyrics (–)
  • Henrik "H." Huldtgren – guitar (–)
  • Felix "Fix" Öhlén – bass guitar (–)
  • Johan "" Gabrielson[9] – additional vocals, lyrics (–)
  • Rickard "LR" Öström[10] – additional vocals, lyrics (–)
  • Fredrik Kral – drums (–)
Previous members
  • Joel "Non" Malmén – drums, lyrics (–)

Discography

Studio albums
EP
Demo

References

External links