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Seance

 
Artist: Seance
 

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  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Awakening of the Gods," "Saltrubbed Eyes," "Fornever Laid to Rest"

Biography

A textbook 1990's death metal band from Sweden, Linköping's Seance were never distinctive enough to compete with like-sounding but more inspired contemporaries such as Entombed, At the Gates or Edge of Sanity, but ultimately served as an incubator for important heavy metal bands yet to come. Formed in 1990 and featuring vocalist Johan Ekström, guitarists Tony ‘Toxine' Kampner and Patrik Jensen, bassist Bino Carlsson, and drummer Micke (a.k.a. Mique), the band recorded a demo called "Levitised Spirit" before signing with homegrown Black Mark Records and issuing two very competent, but not quite unique albums in 1992's Fornever Laid to Rest and 1994's Saltrubbed Eyes. They then chose to go their separate ways in order to find greater, individual renown: Jensen, Toxine and Mique all put in time with death metal institution Satanic Slaughter at one point or another, and founded horror-enthusiasts Witchery, to boot, while Jensen also found time to join neo-thrashers The Haunted full time. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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Album Review: Seance
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  • Artist: The Church
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1983
  • Genre: Rock

Review

The cover may have looked like something of a goth record of the era, though then again not many goths would have used pink as the dominant color of an album. On this, the band's third full album, the band consolidated the advances of Blurred Crusade well; if Seance isn't as immediately striking as the first two albums, it still has its share of winners, starting with the opening "Fly." Its string-synth touched, stripped-down arrangement almost sounded like something from the Chameleons' quieter moments, but the following "One Day" returned the Church to more familiar ringing-yet-forceful guitar territory. One very curious thing about this song and many of the others on the album has to with the drumming -- while Ploog very much remains the key credited drummer, here and on many other cuts nearly everything sounds produced by a particularly muffled drum machine. Whether or not one was used, the result is at once stiff and more than a little underwhelming, making what should be stronger songs sound more run of the mill than they are. Even the otherwise excellent remastering of the early catalog when the albums were reissued on Arista can't save some of the problems. Aside from this major flaw, Séance keeps at the understated guitar groove that the Church rapidly made its own, containing marvelous songs like "Disappear?" and the nicely paced "Electric Lash." Experimenting with keyboards more provides some nice results, as the Kilbey-and-synth introduction to the lovely "It's No Reason" shows. Meanwhile, the interplay between Willson-Piper, Koppes, and Kilbey on their respective instruments remains strong, with many noted strong points: the dramatic, tense build of "Travel By Thought," the low-key combination on "Electric" bursting into keyboard-touched life on its choruses, and the quick, punchy "Dropping Names." ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Fly Steve Kilbey The Church (2:12)
One Day Steve Kilbey The Church (4:36)
Electric Steve Kilbey The Church (6:03)
It's No Reason Steve Kilbey The Church (5:54)
Travel by Thought Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes, Marty Willson-Piper, Richard Ploog The Church (4:35)
Disappear The Church (5:46)
Electric Lash Steve Kilbey The Church (4:25)
Now I Wonder Why Steve Kilbey The Church (5:40)
Dropping Names Steve Kilbey The Church (2:57)
It Doesn't Change Steve Kilbey The Church (5:52)

Credits

The Church (Main Performer), Steve Kilbey (Bass), Steve Kilbey (Keyboards), Steve Kilbey (Vocals), Peter Koppes (Guitar), Peter Koppes (Organ (Hammond)), John Bee (Engineer), Russell Kilbey (Harmonica), Nick Launay (Producer), Nick Launay (Engineer), Michele Parker (Vocals), Marty Willson-Piper (Guitar), Marty Willson-Piper (Vocals), Richard Ploog (Arranger), Richard Ploog (Bongos), Richard Ploog (Drums), Richard Ploog (Keyboards)
 
Wikipedia: Seance (band)
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Seance
Origin Linköping, Sweden
Genre(s) Death metal
Years active 1990–1998
2008–present
Label(s) Black Mark (early)
Pulverised Records (now)
Associated acts Satanic Slaughter
Witchery
Website Seance at MySpace
Members
Johan Larsson
Tony Kampner
Rille
Micke
Former members
Bino Carlsson
Patrick Jensen

Seance is a Swedish death metal band. The band was formed in March 1990 when two local Linköping bands, Orchriste and Total Death, fused. They split up after two albums in 1998. Most band members were also involved in the bands Satanic Slaughter and Witchery. Patrick Jensen later joined the band The Haunted. They reunited in early 2008. Their new album, Awakening of the Gods, is to be released on Pulverised Records[1].

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Members

Line-up

  • Johan Larsson – vocals, bass (1990–1995, 2008–)
  • Tony Kampner (aka Toxine) – guitar (1990–1998, 2008–)
  • Rille (aka Richard Corpse) – guitar (1995–1998, 2008–)
  • Micke – drums (1990–1998, 2008–)

Former members

  • Bino Carlsson (1990–1995)
  • Patrik Jensen – Guitar (1990–1995)

Discography

References

  1. ^ SEANCE - Unveils new revamped artwork cover for "Awakening Of The Gods" and tracklisting at Pulverised Records 2008-11-10

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