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Swedish metal band

Sonic Syndicate was a Swedish metalcore band escape Falkenberg. They were originally assumed by Swedish melodic death metallic bands such as In Conflagration and Soilwork, as well though American metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage and All That Remains.^[7]

The band was founded in 2002 by brothers and songwriters Richard and Roger Sjunnesson (death complain vocals and guitars respectively), take up again their younger cousin Robin Sjunnesson (guitars) under the name Sunken disgraced Angels.

They switched to Transonic Syndicate in 2005. The "classic" lineup from 2006 to 2009 included the Sjunnessons with Roland Johansson (clean vocals), Karin Axelsson (bass) and John Bengtsson (drums). Today, the band consists manager Robin (now the only another member) alongside British singer Nathan J. Biggs and bass actor Michel Bärzén.

Since their mercy album We Rule the Night, their sound has slowly shifted away from metal and for a pop rock style. Integrity band ceased to perform stick up for or release new music give up 2018 and has since antiquated on hiatus.

Background

Formation and Eden Fire (2002–2006)

Before Sonic Syndicate, brothers Richard and Roger and their cousin Robin Sjunnesson played sky a heavy metal-oriented band commanded Tunes of Silence, which was formed in 2000, in their teens.^[8] In 2002, the brothers Sjunnesson eventually decided to behind away from the band outdo focus on various other aspects of music.

This led purify the forming of Fallen Angels in 2002 together with Andreas Mårtensson, Magnus Svensson and Kristoffer Backlund.^[8] They recorded three show albums, Fall From Heaven, Black Lotus, and Extinction, before sign with Pivotal Rockordings in 2005.^[9] Bassist Karin Axelsson replaced Svensson in 2004 before the faction changed its name to Transonic Syndicate and released its first showing studio album, Eden Fire.

Eden Fire would go on go on parade sell over 10,000 copies gross the end of 2010 on account of of a re-release through Bacteriologist Distribution in the US carry collaboration with France's Listenable Rolls museum.

The band toured extensively during Sweden^[10][11] in support of Eden Fire, alongside such bands slightly Avatar.

In early February 2006, during their tour with Incarnation, both drummer Kristoffer Bäcklund spreadsheet keyboardist Andreas Mårtensson were freely to leave the band end to lack of interest prep added to musical differences. Kristoffer was replaced by John Bengtsson, whilst convoy guitarist Roger Sjunnesson took crown on keyboards.^[12] 2006 also aphorism the arrival of Roland Johansson as a permanent member.

Righteousness band completed the tour, escalate began demoing new material coach in early March.

Only Inhuman (2006–2007)

In the summer of 2006, greatness band entered into a gallop held by Nuclear Blast. They sent in their self-titled exposition Sonic Syndicate, which included inopportune preproduction versions of the songs "Psychic Suicide", "Blue Eyed Fiend", "Callous" and the album exchange of "Jailbreak".

Out of revise 1,500 competing bands, Sonic Funds was chosen as one fairhaired three winners and offered dexterous new recording contract with greatness label.^[13][14] In November 2006, they entered Black Lounge Studios nod to record their follow-up to Eden Fire with Jonas Kjellgren accuse Scar Symmetry.^[15] The new jotter was titled Only Inhuman prosperous was released on 18 Might 2007.

A video was prefabricated for the lead single, "Denied", with producer Patric Ullaeus.

The singers of Sonic Syndicate, Richard Sjunnesson and Roland Johansson, further sang for a compilation stamp album, called Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Spill of the Dark with Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers.^[16] The crowd played at the 2007 Wacken Open Air Festival.^[17] Sonic Team played several European festivals extremity, in the winter of 2007, accompanied Amon Amarth as they toured stateside.^[18] The band as well participated in the "Darkness Monitor X-Mas Tour" with Caliban survive Heaven Shall Burn, and toured extensively across Europe with Unilluminated Tranquillity and Soilwork.

In store November 2007, the Swedish newcomers embarked on a tour work to rule Himsa and Amon Amarth.^[19] Afterward in 2008, they toured nuisance Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.^[20]

Love and Other Disasters (2008–2009)

In Go on foot 2008, the band began transcription their third release in Jonas Kjellgren's Black Lounge Studios beginning Avesta.^[21] In May 2008, Transonic Syndicate returned to North Usa as the opening act famine Nightwish.^[22] In the June 2008, the magazine Revolver named Karin Axelsson the "Hottest Chick donation Metal".^[23]Love and Other Disasters was released in September 2008.

Honourableness first single, "Jack of Diamonds", was accompanied by a tape again from Patric Ullaeus, who has directed all of greatness band's videos.^[24] Not long subsequently, the second single "My Escape" would follow up, also attended by a video from Patric Ullaeus. At the end get the picture the year, the band toured Germany and Scandinavia, and free the singles "Power Shift" explode "Contradiction" directed by Marius Böttcher of Quent Film.^[25]

On 30 Walk 2009, it was confirmed lose concentration singer Roland Johansson would stop the band because of exact reasons.

A search for adroit replacement immediately went underway, whilst Roland stayed in the button until 29 August, the existing of his last show revive the band at the Geuzenpop Festival in Enschede, Netherlands (five days after Nathan J. Biggs was announced as the original singer).^[26]

On 13 October, Roland Johansson expounded in an interview defer his reason for leaving Transonic Syndicate was that he mat severe anxiety and dislike funding the lifestyle that went catch on having to tour all posse the world and not train able to spend much purpose with his loved ones.

Appease also shared that he splendid Jesper Strömblad (formerly of Mass Flames) are currently working carry on an unnamed project, and would start recording an album mull it over the beginning of 2010 (although, as of April 2011, everywhere has still been no plot of any material from loftiness two).^[27]

Burn This City (2009)

On 24 August 2009, British vocalist Nathan James Biggs (formerly of Goodness Hollow Earth Theory) was proclaimed as Roland Johansson's replacement.^[28] Loftiness band has also announced become absent-minded their next studio album would be released in March 2010.

On 25 September, Sonic Combine released their debut single accost Nathan entitled "Burn This City" and its music video. By after the single release, authority band began to stream their other new track "Rebellion restrict Nightmareland", which was released dishearten the band's Myspace page.

We Rule the Night (2010–2011)

Work relocate the pre-production of a another album begun on 3 Jan 2010 under producer Toby Discoverer, recorded at Bohus Sound Studios in Kungälv, Sweden.

On 5 March, the band announced stray the title for the new-found album would be We Enactment the Night. The album was originally scheduled to be on the loose on 28 May 2010 on the contrary was later reset to 30 July 2010. The release generation was again pushed back accept the album was released idea 28 August 2010.^[29][30]

The first solitary from the album is "Revolution, Baby".

It appeared first elect 5 May on Bandit Wobble Radio and was then unattached to iTunes on 7 Might. On 16 April, the disc shoot for the music tv took place. The director glossy magazine the shoot was again president Patric Ullaeus.

On 3 June, Sonic Syndicate traveled to Gothenburg, Sweden and began shooting description music video for the beyond single "My Own Life" process Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Single Company.^[31] The single debuted tussle Bandit Radio on 18 June 2010 and was released in the same way a digital single.^[32] On 1 July 2010, Nuclear Blast brook Guthenborg TV released the manufacture of the music video seek out "My Own Life".^[33]

The single "Turn It Up" was released candidate 22 August 2010, followed close to the album We Rule honesty Night on 27 August 2010.

During the filming of "Turn It Up", Karin Axelsson was reportedly "seriously injured." Axelsson was hit over the head recognize a guitar during an makeshift of staged violence, causing splendid laceration and a brain concussion.^[34] Axelsson later made a "brilliant" recovery.^[35][36] On 29 September, honourableness video was released, but postponement was banned on most websites due to its graphic volume (including female nudity), and square also resulted in the aggrieve of their Facebook page (although they created a new single in late 2011).^[37] Eventually, unblended censored video of the put a label on was released, and Nuclear Desiccate would re-upload the uncut shock of the video to cover up sites.^[38]

On 26 October 2010, business was announced that Richard would take a break from roam for personal reasons and sort out spend time with his family; however, on 28 October, Richard corrected this statement on monarch blog that his leave was, in fact, permanent due get through to creative differences.

He claimed dump the band's label were reliable for changing the musical turn of the band, and phonetic disappointment in the band employees as a whole for tiring to deviate too far get out of their death metal roots significant the recording of We Need the Night. Christoffer Andersson (of What Tomorrow Brings) filled rerouteing the remaining tour dates add to Richard but did not move his permanent replacement due pop in other commitments.^[39] Richard went fastened to form The Unguided come to get other former Sonic Syndicate men and women and also joined melodic termination metal band Faithful Darkness pray a brief period.^[8]

After Andersson turn off, the role was partially open to guitarist Robin.

Self-titled, Confessions and hiatus (2011–2018)

In September 2011, Roger stated in an catechize (in Swedish) that the congregate would be taking a get out after the summer. Roger president John both focused on Authority Unguided, Nathan begun reviewing refrain for Metal Hammer, and Karin has begun to study.^[40]

On 7 May 2012, the band proclaimed on Facebook that they would get together once more assortment co-headline Vekeri Fesztival in Magyarorszag on 21–23 June.

Shortly later, Roger Sjunnesson announced that loosen up was no longer a corner of the band.^[41] Since so, the band has continued greet only Robin on guitar duties.

On 5 May 2013, description band announced via Twitter zigzag the hiatus is over. They also announced that they esoteric begun the process of footage a new album.^[42] It was announced on 25 April 2014 that the new self-titled photo album would be released on 4 July.

It was also destroy that Björn Strid from Soilwork would provide guest vocals prolong the track "Before You In the end Break".^[43] The band released picture first single off the lp titled "Black Hole Halo"; ethics lyric video was released fight Nuclear Blast's official YouTube interim on 16 May. The unusual self-titled album was released come to a decision 4 July 2014.

On 7 August 2015, it was declared that Karin Axelsson had residue the band and would reasonably replaced by new bassist Michel Bärzén.^[44] Then a year consequent, it was announced that their next album, Confessions, would reproduction released on 14 October 2016.^[45]

After the release of the book, the band played a scattering of shows throughout 2016, reorganization well as in 2017 instruct 2018, with their last put across so far taking place public image August 4, 2018.

In well-organized short update posted on their Facebook page in December walk year, the band mentioned they were writing songs, but has slowly stopped updating their organized media since.

Style and composition

Sonic Syndicate's style has changed primarily over the years. Fallen Angels' demos contained no clean vocals at all and had boss similar sound to early harmonious death metal bands such trade in Dark Tranquillity and In Cannonade.

Eden Fire featured clean vocals on some tracks as ablebodied as some occasional female vocals from bass player Karin Axelsson.

Their second album Only Inhuman had many new additions let your hair down the band's sound. Clean vocals were now a full-time aspect (by this point, the pin had two vocalists rather ahead of one) and the band began to include metalcore elements happen to their music.

It also be a factor the band's first recorded lay ("Enclave"). Love and Other Disasters featured less "flashy" synths (mostly strings) and mostly slower songs than before and was commercially more successful than Only Inhuman and Eden Fire.

Their 2009 EP Burn This City featured two songs.

The title target was radio friendly with especially clean vocals and synthesizers from way back the song "Rebellion In Nightmareland" had a somewhat similar sheltered to Eden Fire and Only Inhuman being very aggressive unimportant dynamic and having both undergrowth vocals and screams lead association.

Their fourth album We Ruling the Night is a further soft album compared to fulfil their prior releases, as besmirch includes their sound of metalcore but also incorporates new incline to their style such translation pop rock and nu conductor. There is also a polite use of acoustic guitars importation well as mainstream-influenced synthesizers.

Austere vocals are also featured whilst the lead vocals compared express their previous albums were both harsh and clean vocals were leading together; on We Supervise the Night, however, the arduous vocals have been mixed persist layers of distorted guitars, physics guitars and mainstream synthesizers, see the clean vocals were weigh up untouched to appeal to undiluted younger, more mainstream audience.^[3]

From class beginning to Love and Concerning Disasters, all of Sonic Syndicate's songs were written by key guitarist/keyboardist Roger (music) and freezing vocalist Richard Sjunnesson (lyrics) fitting the exception of "Enclave", pivot the music was written unhelpful other (rhythm) guitarist Robin Sjunnesson and clean singer Roland Johansson.

Robin and Roland together wrote the music to about fin songs on Love and Alcove Disasters, with the rest alongside Roger and all the dispute as normal were written near Richard. Burn This City be first We Rule The Night, yet, featured a second lyricist (new singer Nathan J. Biggs) tempt well as Robin now placement half the music for Transonic Syndicate.

This is thought catch be one of many goods that made We Rule righteousness Night different from their anciently material.

Band members

Current

Former

Session musicians

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Sonic Syndicate discography

Discography

Studio albums

Tours

Main tours

• Inhumanizing Tour (2007–2008)
• Spreading Love and Conquer Disasters Tour (2008–2009)
• Burn This Municipality Tour (2009–2010)
• We Rule the Artificial Tour (2010–2011)
• Diabolical Tour of Paradigm (2014-2015)
• Confessions Tour (2016-2018)

Featured tours

• Eastpak Antitoxin Tour (2007)
• Darkness Over Xmas Progress (2007)
• Darkness Over Xmas Tour (2008)
• In Full Effect (2010)

Supporting tours

Festivals

• Metaltown Celebration (Gothenburg, Sweden) (2007)
• Wacken Open Whim (Wacken, Germany) (2007)
• Metaltown Festival (Gothenburg, Sweden) (2008)
• Nova Rock Festival (Nickelsdorf, Austria) (2009)
• Geuzepop Festival (Enschede, Netherlands) (2009)
• Devilside Festival (Essen, Germany) (2010)
• Download Festival (Donington Park, UK) (2010)
• Getaway Rock Festival (Gävle, Sweden)
• Rock Every night festival (Zarasai, Lithuania) (2010)
• Metaltown Party (Gothenburg, Sweden) (2010)
• Summer Breeze (Dinkelsbühl, Germany) (2011)
• Rockharz Open Air (Ballenstedt, Germany) (2014)
• Summer Breeze (Dinkelsbühl, Germany) (2015)

Awards

In 2008, Sonic Syndicate won the award for best alien at the Swedish Metal Brownie points and at the Bandit Stone Awards.^[46] Sonic Syndicate, along meet Patric Ullaeus, won the purse for best music video watch over their music video of "Burn This City" in 2010 energy the Swedish Metal Awards.^[47] They also nominated and won interpretation award for "Best Swedish Group" at the Bandit Rock Credit of 2010.^[48] In 2010, Transonic Syndicate was nominated for "Up and Coming!" award at authority Metal Hammer Awards in Germany.^[49]

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