Sonic Syndicate
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They are influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames, Soilwork, and metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage.
The band currently consists of British singer Nathan J. Biggs, bass player Karin Axelsson, drummer John Bengtsson and cousin guitarists (who are often mistaken as brothers) Roger and Robin Sjunnesson. Christoffer Andersson is currently filling as the second vocalist in 2010/11 after the departure of Roger's brother, previous vocalist Richard Sjunnesson.
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Swedish modern rock / metal metal act Sonic Syndicate has announced the band's one and only club show for 2011. The band will headline the 6 years Bleeding Nose anniversary party in Stuttgart, Germany on May 13, 2011 at Universum.
Nuclear Blast commented on the show:
"Since the bands friendship with the Bleeding Nose crew lasts for ages now it was obvious Sonic Syndicate would be part of this event. Fans can expect an absolutely exclusive club gig with a special set list! The tickets for this show will be limited to 300 – so prepare for a packed sweaty metal concert! Tickets can be ordered at this location, Bleeding Nose and/or at the Universum/Goldmark’s. Tickets cost 19,50 EUR incl. all fees & Bleeding Nose Party. If you just want to visit the Bleeding Nose Party tickets cost 5,00 EUR and will also be available through the above mentioned channels."
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Sonic Syndicate is a metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden.
They are influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames, Soilwork, and metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage.
The band currently consists of British singer Nathan J. Biggs, bass player Karin Axelsson, drummer John Bengtsson and cousin guitarists (who are often mistaken as brothers) Roger and Robin Sjunnesson. Christoffer Andersson is currently filling as the second vocalist in 2010/11 after the departure of Roger's brother, previous vocalist Richard Sjunnesson.
Before Sonic Syndicate, the brothers Richard and Roger and their cousin Robin Sjunnesson played in a heavy-metal-orientated band called Tunes of Silence, which was formed in 2000, in their teens.
In 2002, the brothers of eventually decided to break away from the band in order to focus on various other aspects of music. This led to the forming of Fallen Angels in 2002 together with Andreas Mårtensson, Magnus Svensson and Kristoffer Backlund.[5] They recorded three demo albums, Fall From Heaven, Black Lotus, and Extinction before signing with Pivotal Rockordings in 2005. Bassist Karin Axelsson replaced Svensson in 2004 before the band changed its name to Sonic Syndicate and released its debut studio album, Eden Fire.
The band toured extensively throughout Sweden in support of Eden Fire, alongside such bands as Avatar. In early February 2006, during their tour with Avatar, both drummer Kristoffer Bäcklund and keyboardist Andreas Mårtensson were asked to leave the band due to lack of interest and musical differences. Kristoffer was replaced by John Bengtsson, whilst lead guitarist Roger Sjunnesson took over on keyboards. 2006 also saw the arrival of Roland Johansson as a permanent member. The band completed the tour, then began demoing new material in early March.
Originally a Melodic-Death Metal band, Sonic Syndicate's style has changed radically over the years. Fallen Angels' demos contained no clean vocals at all and had a similar sound to early Gothenburg bands such as Dark Tranquillity and In Flames. Eden Fire featured clean vocals on some tracks as well as some occasional female vocals from bass player Karin Axelsson.
Their second album Only Inhuman had many new additions to the band's sound. Clean vocals were now a full-time feature (by this point the band had two vocalists rather than one) and the band began to include metalcore elements into their music. It also included the band's first recorded ballad (Enclave). Love and Other Disasters saw more keyboards and slower songs than before and was commercially more successful than Only Inhuman.
Their 2009 EP Burn This City featured two songs. The title track was radio friendly with mostly clean vocals and synthesizers while the song Rebellion In Nightmareland had a somewhat similar sound to Eden Fire and Only Inhuman being very aggressive in dynamic and having both clean vocals and screams lead together.
Their fourth album We Rule the Night is a very diverse album compared to all their prior releases as it includes their trademark sound of metalcore and melodic death metal, but also incorporates new ones to their style such as pop metal, nu metal, industrial metal, hard rock and alternative metal. There is also a fairly use of acoustic guitars as well as mainstream influenced synthesizers. Clean vocals are also featured as the lead vocals compared to their previous albums were both harsh and clean vocals were leading together, on We Rule the Night however the harsh vocals have been mixed behind layers of distorted guitars, acoustic guitars and mainstream synthesizers and the clean vocals was left untouched to appeal to a younger, more mainstream audience.
From the beginning to Love and Other Disasters all of Sonic Syndicate's songs were written by lead guitarist/keyboardist Roger (music) and harsh vocalist Richard Sjunnesson (lyrics) with the exception of Enclave where the music was written by other (rhythm) guitarist Robin Sjunnesson and clean singer Roland Johansson. Robin and Roland together wrote the music to about 5 songs on Love and Other Disasters, with the rest by Roger and all the lyrics as normal were written by Richard. Burn This City and We Rule The Night however, featured a second lyricist (new singer Nathan J. Biggs) as well as Robin now composing half the music for Sonic Syndicate. This is thought to be one of many things that made We Rule the Night different from their early material.
Current members
Nathan James Biggs – vocals
Roger Sjunnesson – lead guitar, keyboards
Robin Sjunnesson – rhythm guitar
Karin Axelsson – bass guitar
John “Runken” Bengtsson – drums, percussion
They are influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames, Soilwork, and metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage.
The band currently consists of British singer Nathan J. Biggs, bass player Karin Axelsson, drummer John Bengtsson and cousin guitarists (who are often mistaken as brothers) Roger and Robin Sjunnesson. Christoffer Andersson is currently filling as the second vocalist in 2010/11 after the departure of Roger's brother, previous vocalist Richard Sjunnesson.
Before Sonic Syndicate, the brothers Richard and Roger and their cousin Robin Sjunnesson played in a heavy-metal-orientated band called Tunes of Silence, which was formed in 2000, in their teens.
In 2002, the brothers of eventually decided to break away from the band in order to focus on various other aspects of music. This led to the forming of Fallen Angels in 2002 together with Andreas Mårtensson, Magnus Svensson and Kristoffer Backlund.[5] They recorded three demo albums, Fall From Heaven, Black Lotus, and Extinction before signing with Pivotal Rockordings in 2005. Bassist Karin Axelsson replaced Svensson in 2004 before the band changed its name to Sonic Syndicate and released its debut studio album, Eden Fire.
The band toured extensively throughout Sweden in support of Eden Fire, alongside such bands as Avatar. In early February 2006, during their tour with Avatar, both drummer Kristoffer Bäcklund and keyboardist Andreas Mårtensson were asked to leave the band due to lack of interest and musical differences. Kristoffer was replaced by John Bengtsson, whilst lead guitarist Roger Sjunnesson took over on keyboards. 2006 also saw the arrival of Roland Johansson as a permanent member. The band completed the tour, then began demoing new material in early March.
Originally a Melodic-Death Metal band, Sonic Syndicate's style has changed radically over the years. Fallen Angels' demos contained no clean vocals at all and had a similar sound to early Gothenburg bands such as Dark Tranquillity and In Flames. Eden Fire featured clean vocals on some tracks as well as some occasional female vocals from bass player Karin Axelsson.
Their second album Only Inhuman had many new additions to the band's sound. Clean vocals were now a full-time feature (by this point the band had two vocalists rather than one) and the band began to include metalcore elements into their music. It also included the band's first recorded ballad (Enclave). Love and Other Disasters saw more keyboards and slower songs than before and was commercially more successful than Only Inhuman.
Their 2009 EP Burn This City featured two songs. The title track was radio friendly with mostly clean vocals and synthesizers while the song Rebellion In Nightmareland had a somewhat similar sound to Eden Fire and Only Inhuman being very aggressive in dynamic and having both clean vocals and screams lead together.
Their fourth album We Rule the Night is a very diverse album compared to all their prior releases as it includes their trademark sound of metalcore and melodic death metal, but also incorporates new ones to their style such as pop metal, nu metal, industrial metal, hard rock and alternative metal. There is also a fairly use of acoustic guitars as well as mainstream influenced synthesizers. Clean vocals are also featured as the lead vocals compared to their previous albums were both harsh and clean vocals were leading together, on We Rule the Night however the harsh vocals have been mixed behind layers of distorted guitars, acoustic guitars and mainstream synthesizers and the clean vocals was left untouched to appeal to a younger, more mainstream audience.
From the beginning to Love and Other Disasters all of Sonic Syndicate's songs were written by lead guitarist/keyboardist Roger (music) and harsh vocalist Richard Sjunnesson (lyrics) with the exception of Enclave where the music was written by other (rhythm) guitarist Robin Sjunnesson and clean singer Roland Johansson. Robin and Roland together wrote the music to about 5 songs on Love and Other Disasters, with the rest by Roger and all the lyrics as normal were written by Richard. Burn This City and We Rule The Night however, featured a second lyricist (new singer Nathan J. Biggs) as well as Robin now composing half the music for Sonic Syndicate. This is thought to be one of many things that made We Rule the Night different from their early material.
Current members
Nathan James Biggs – vocals
Roger Sjunnesson – lead guitar, keyboards
Robin Sjunnesson – rhythm guitar
Karin Axelsson – bass guitar
John “Runken” Bengtsson – drums, percussion
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