Silencer - The Slow Kill In The Cold

Silencer Country of origin: Sweden Location: Stockholm (early), Malmö (later) Status: Split-up Formed in: 1995 Genre: Depressive Black Metal Lyrical themes: Suicide, Death, Misanthropy, Insanity Last label: Prophecy Productions Years active: 1995-2001 Founded in Stockholm by the guitarist Leere in 1995, Silencer grew from being a strictly solo musical project into a black metal duo when the vocalist Nattramn was enlisted. At the end of 1998, Silencer released a one-track demo, Death - Pierce Me, with the session drummer Jonas Mattsson of Nominon, that attained them a deal with the German label Prophecy Productions in 1999. The recordings took place during July 2000 with Steve Wolz (Bethlehem, Angel, Imperia) on drums. The full-length, also entitled Death - Pierce Me, was released one year later in October 2001,by which time the group had already disbanded. A vinyl version was also released in a limited number of 200 copies. According to rumours, Nattramn was institutionalised. In 2005 Leere (. Casado) joined the Swedish black metal band Shining, whom he already had a close connection with from the past. By the end of the year, after some touring, Casado left Shining. In the years to come within the black metal underground, although defunct, Silencer gained somewhat of a cult status. Nattramn was not a part of the band Frostrike. That is a completely different artist. The band split up supposedly because Nattramn was institutionalised, but apparently he is back now with an industrial/dark ambient project called Diagnose: Lebensgefahr. Album: Death - Pierce Me Type: Full-length Release date: October 30th, 2001 Label: Prophecy Productions Lineup: Nattramn Vocals, Lyrics (tracks 1-3, 5) Leere Guitars, Bass, Lyrics (track 4) Additional notes: Side Kill: Tracks 1 to 3 Side Yourself: Tracks 4 to 6 Recorded and mixed at Klangschmiede Studio E, July 2000. Music written between 1995 - 2000. Lyrics written between 1998 - 2000. Also released as Vinyl (200 copies). CD reissued in 2006 by Autopsy Kitchen Records. Reissued on vinyl by Autopsy Kitchen Records on April 21, 2008 in the US and April 27 in Europe. Black vinyl limited to 400 copies, picture disc limited to 500 copies. 100 copies come pressed on marble vinyl and also comes with a 10-inch bonus one. Sided vinyl with the demo version of the “Death - Pierce Me“ track. Released on tape in 2008 by Basilisk Productions limited to 500 copies. Re-released in 2009 by Lupus Lounge (WOLF 009) in Digi-format with the bonus song No. 7: “Death - Pierce Me (Demo 1998)“. Re-released in 2012 by Lupus Lounge (wolf 009LP) on Gatefold LP, with a poster, limited to 500 copies.