UNMOORED
Current Members
- Thomas Johansson (Plec) - DIVINEFIRE
Guitar - Henrik Schönström - TRAUMATIZED, QUEST OF AIDANCE, SOLAR DAWN, INCAPACITY, FIRST EARTH BATTALION, TORCHBEARER
Drums - Christian Älvestam - ZONARIA, SOLUTION.45, THE FEW AGAINST MANY, QUEST OF AIDANCE, CARNALIZED, SOLAR DAWN, JARAWYNJA, TORCHBEARER, MISERATION, INCAPACITY, SYCONAUT, SCAR SYMMETRY, ANGEL BLAKE, NUCLEAR BLAST ALLSTARS
Guitar / Vocals
Past Members
- Niclas Wahlén -
Drums - Jocke Pettersson (Morth) - BLOODSHED NIHIL, REGURGITATE, RETALIATION, OCEAN CHIEF, NIDEN DIV. 187, CARCAROHT, CRANIUM, DAWN, MIDIAM, THY PRIMORDIAL
Bass / Drums - Torbjorn Öhrling - THORON
Bass - Rickard Larsson - THORON
guitar
Biography
Progressive Death Metal band UNMOORED, hailing from Skövde, emerged with the demos 'Wood Chuck Tune' in 1994 and 'Shadow Of The Obscure' in 1995 issuing the later tape 'More To The Story Than Meets The Eye' prior to recording of the debut album 'Cimmerian', record at Sunlight Studios with Tomas Skogsberg acting as sound engineer. After many delays the album finally emerged on Pulverized Records in May 1999. Following this release drummer Niclas Wahlén decamped. Still without a drummer the August 2000 album 'Kingdoms Of Greed' would be sessioned by Jocke Pettersson, better known as 'Morth' from THY PRIMORDIAL and also a veteran of DAWN and CRANIUM. Members billed on the recording were frontman Christian 'Evil Spice' Älvestam, guitarist Rickard 'Infernal Spice' Larsson and bassist Torbjörn 'Hellish Spice' Öhrling. The industrious Älvestam has an extended roll call of band endeavours such as CARNALIZED, ANDUIN '98, EVENDIM, LORD OF THRONES, ORGY OF FLESH, SATTYG, RED SKIES DAWNING, THE STINK BUG COLLECTIVE and DEN TIDLÖSA EVIGHETEN.
Älvestam and Petterson would also become members of Death Metal band SOLAR DAWN. By 2003 Christian Älvestam and the UNMOORED credited drummer Henrik Schönström had united with EDGE OF SANITY and INFESTDEAD singer Andreas "Dread" Axelsson, PAN-THY-MONIUM and ASHES guitarist Robert Ivarsson and SOLAR DAWN bassist Anders Edlund to create a new Death Metal project billed as INCAPACITY.
Guitarist Tomas Johansson rejoined UNMOORED in 2003 for a new studio album 'Indefinite Soul-Extension' released by the Italian Code666 label. During 2003 Christian Älvestam and Henrik Schönström featured in the Death / Thrash Metal project TORCHBEARER. The following year Älvestam would be found fronting Jonas Kjellgren's SCAR SYMMETRY band for their 'Symmetric In Design' debut.
In January 2006 Christian Älvestam enrolled into ANGEL BLAKE, a new band assembled by MNEMIC and ex-TRANSPORT LEAGUE vocalist Tony Jelencovich. Älvestam donated guest vocals to ZONARIA's 2006 debut album 'Rendered In Vain', featuring on the track 'Attending Annihilation'.
During late 2007 Christian Älvestam and ANGEL BLAKE bassist Anders Edlund announced the Swedish/Finnish Progressive Metal "supergroup" SOLUTION.45, featuring in its ranks keyboard player Mikko Härkin, ex-SONATA ARCTICA and KOTIPELTO, second guitarist Jani Stefanovic, from MISERATION and ESSENCE OF SORROW, guitarist Tom Gardiner, of SCORCHED EARTH TACTICS and HATEFORM, and drummer 'Stuka' (a.k.a. Rolf Pilve), of ESSENCE OF SORROW, MISERATION and DREAMTALE.
In early 2009 Christian Älvestam formed THE FEW AGAINST MANY alongside guitarist Patrik Gardberg, of TORCHBEARER, DIVINEFIRE, AMMOTRACK and MISERATION, bassist Anders Edlund, of SOLAR DAWN, INCAPACITY and SOLUTION.45, with Jani Stefanovic on drums, a seasoned veteran citing credits with RENASCENT, TRAIL OF TEARS, SABAOTH, ESSENCE OF SORROW, MISERATION, SINS OF OMISSION, THE WEAKENING, CRIMSON MOONLIGHT, HILASTHERION, DIVINEFIRE, SOLUTION.45, AM I BLOOD and MEHIDA.
Discography
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![]() INDEFINATE SOUL-EXTENSION 2003 | ![]() KINGDOMS OF GREED 2000 | ![]() CIMMERIAN 1999 |
Promotion
![]() More To The Story Than Meets The Eye 1997 | ![]() In The Shadows Of The Obscure 1995 | ![]() Wood Chuck Tune 1994 |
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