Blinded Colony

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Blinded Colony

Background information
Origin Flag of Sweden Karlshamn, Sweden
Genre(s) Metalcore
Melodic death metal
Years active 2000 – present
Label(s) Pivotal Rockordings
Scarlet Records
Soundholic Records
Website www.blindedcolony.com
Members
Johan Schuster
Tobias Olsson
Johan Blomstrom
Roy Erlandsson
Staffan Franzen
Former members
Christoffer Nilsson
Annika Haptén
Niklas Svensson

Blinded Colony is a metalcore/melodic death metal band from Karlshamn, Sweden formely known as Stigmata. They are currently signed to Pivotal Rockordings.

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[edit] Background

[edit] Stigmata (2000-2002)

Blinded Colony was formed in January 2000, by guitarists, Johan Blomstrom, Tobias Olsson and vocalist Niklas Svensson. At that point the band was known as Stigmata. In June 2000, the band began recording their first demo, Painreceiver, and two new members were recruited, Christoffer Nilsson to play drums, and Annika Haptén, who would provide female vocals. Later that summer Staffan Franzén was officially announced as the bass player. After finishing the recording of Painreceiver, the band performed shows around Sweden, but began to lose faith in the endeavor. Due to lack of interest the band went on hiatus.

Six months later drummer Christoffer Nilsson decided to leave the band. Staffan then made the decision of switching from playing bass guitar to playing drums. Shortly after Christoffer's departure, Johan and Tobias began playing again and eventually found a new bass player, Roy Erlandsson. After reforming, Annika Haptén quit the band due to musical differences. In 2002, the band's second demo, Tribute to Chaos, was released. Tribute to Chaos caught the attention of Italy-based Scarlet Records. Coinciding with their new record deal, the band officially changed their name to Blinded Colony.[1]

[edit] Divine and Scarlet Records

Blinded Colony's debut studio album, Divine, was self-produced and released in 2003 through Scarlet Records throughout Europe and was distributed in Japan through Soundholic Records. Blinded Colony and Scarlet Records parted ways a year later.[2]

[edit] Bedtime Prayers and Pivotal Rockordings

After parting ways with Scarlet Records, Blinded Colony announced the departure of the band's original vocalist, Niklas Svensson, and the addition of new vocalist Johan Schuster.[3]. The band then recorded 2005's Promo Demo, which caught the attention of U.S. based upstart record label, Pivotal Rockordings.[4]

After signing with Pivotal Rockordings, Blinded Colony began recording their second full-length album, Bedtime Prayers, in the spring of 2006. The band chose once again to produce and record the album themselves at their home studio, SoundPalace.[5] Bedtime Prayers, was warmly received by underground metal circles and was compared to the works of other established melodic death metal bands like In Flames and Soilwork.[6]. A music video for the song "Heart" was made.

Blinded Colony recently completed the 'Outcasts Over Europe' tour in support of Ektomorf and former Scarlet Records label-mates Kayser.[7] They have also shared the stage with notable acts such as former Pivotal Rockording label-mates Sonic Syndicate, and Dark Tranquillity.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

[edit] Demos

[edit] Members

[edit] Current members

  • Johan Schuster – vocals
  • Tobias Olssson – guitar
  • Johan Blomstrom – guitar
  • Roy Erlandsson – bass
  • Staffan Franzen – drums, (formerly bass guitar)

[edit] Former members

  • Christoffer Nilsson – drums
  • Annika Haptén – vocals
  • Niklas Svensson – vocals

[edit] Sources

[edit] External links

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