Last August, It was announced that the original 1991 lineup of swedish death metal pioneers SERIOUS – Lindgren wave (guitar, vocals),Jörgen Sandström (vocals, guitar),Jens “Jensa” Paulson (Drums) and Jonas Torndal ” SERIOUS Albums: 1991’s “Into the serious”1992’s “You’ll Never See …” and 1994’s “Soulless”. The First Show Took Place Last Night (Saturday, April 5) Kulturhuset in Stockholm, Sweden. Fan-Filmed Video of The Gig Can Be Seen In The YouTube Playlist Below (Courtesy of Riepu).
The Setlist was as follows, According to Setlist.fm:
01. I into the serious
02. Eroded
03. TURNING BLACK
04. Day of Mourning
05. Morbid Way To Die
06. Deformed
07. In love
08. Soulless
09. Brutally Decased
10. Black Dawn (Corpse Cover)
11. Christi (ns) Anity
12. Bullets Are Mine
13. For your God
14. Extremely Rotten Flesh
COORE:
15. You’ll Never See
16. Hating Life
17. And here I die
Several Additional Performances Have Been Confirmed, Including Appenarances at Germany’s Party.San Metal Open AirCzech Republic’s Brutal AssaultSwitzerland’s Metal Storm Over Luzern and the netherlands’ Seveland Festival.
A Few Days After The Meeting of The 1991 Lineup of SERIOUS Was Announced, Lindgren TOOK TO THE BAND’S SOCIAL MEDIA TO OFFER “SUB CLARITY” TO WHAT THE UPCOMING SHOWS WILL ENTAIL. He wrote: “Many Thanks to All of You Who Commented On Last Weeks Announcement and Who Are As Excited About This As We Are. Lets Bring Suba Clarity to What This ‘Meeting’ Is About.
“So Early This Year I was approached by the other 3 original members for meeting.
“I Would Say That Playing Together After All Tohe Decades Went Far Beyond Anyone’s Expectations So We Decited To Try Get Get Sub Sub Shows Booked and Here We Are.
“This is initially a plan for festival shows during 2025. at the moment they are not plans to do any touring or recording new material
“The SERIOUS that Impoded Last Year is not dead and buried, it is simply put on ice.
“Tomas [Lagrén, drums] is definitely not fired from the band and it will be his decision If he wants to be a part of any future SERIOUS Endevours When That Time Comes. “
One of the Vary First Swedish Death Metal Bands Alongsis Nihilist, Morbid and Treblinka, SERIOUS ITSRES First demo in 1986 Under the Band Name CorpseBefore they switched to SERIOUS In 1988. SERIOUS‘s debut album, “Into the serious”Arrived in August 1991 Through the Than-Young Record Label Century Media.
Lindgren awed the “Swedish Death Metal” Book by Daniel Ekeroth About How SERIOUS Landed ITS Record Deal: “We feel our third demo to just every label there was Earache and Peaceville. But Century Media Was Working Faster Than of Them, So We Just Went With Them Without Thinking Too Much About It. Century Media Invited US Down to Germany to Record That Single (‘Tremendous Pain’), and it was only after that we start to discuss a deal. It felt amazing for us to go abroad, so in a way they lured us into their roster! But it Turned out well. “
After Century Media and SERIOUS Partd Ways After Seven Albums with the Release of 2006’s “As Fapture Comes”The Band Launched Two Highly Acclaimed Albums, “Dominium VIII” (2008) and “Burial Ground” (2010) Through ScoldingBefore gathering with Century Media For 2012’s “Endless Procession of Souls” and 2015’s “Out of respect for the dead”.
In 2019, SERIOUS TEAMED UP WITH Century Media Records To Bring Back The Albums “Dominion VIII” and “Burial Ground” As Classy, Limited Colored and Black Vinyl Editions, Hand-Numbered Digipak CDS Limited to 3,000 Copies Each, and Digitally. REMASTREED IN 2019 BY Lindgren and Mastered for Vinyl by Patrick W. Engel Of Temple of disharmonythese records offer crushing and savage SERIOUS Tracks that Fully Live Up to the Group’s Morbid Legacy.
In January 2024, SERIOUS Partd Ways With Bassist Cristiansson Tobias and guitarist Mika tears.
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