By Night

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By Night
Origin	Falkenberg, Sweden
Genre(s)	Death metal, Extreme metal
Years active	1999–present
Label(s)	Lifeforce
Website	www.bynightonline.com
Members
Adrian Westin André Gonzales Henrik Persson Markus Wesslén Per Qvarnström
Former members
Christoffer Andersson Simon Wien

By Night is an extreme metal act from Falkenberg in Sweden. It was formed by André Gonzales (guitar), Simon Wien (guitar) and Per Qvarnström (drums) in 1999. Eventually, after several different members, bassist Henrik Persson joined and stayed, later on singer Christoffer Andersson as well. Two demos were now recorded, By Night (2000) and Derelict (2001).

However, Christoffer Andersson had to leave the band in 2002 due to some social reasons and a new singer was needed. And so they found Adrian Westin, singer of the band Agressive Serpent (now called Trendkill). Now they recorded the demo Lamenation. After that By Night was voted as the best unsigned band by magazines like Monster Magazine and Close-Up.

In 2004 they decided to cooperate with Lifeforce Records and to release an EP together with Cipher System (also signed under Lifeforce). And so Split was released.

They have now released two full albums, Burn the Flags in 2005 and A New Shape of Desperation in 2006. In 2005 they also went on tour through Europe with the We are the enemy-tour with Destiny and Deadsoil and the Monster Mosh Down-tour with Ektomorf, Disbelief and Betzefer. Shortly after the release of Burn the Flags Simon Wien quit. Henrik Persson took his place as a guitarrist and bassist Markus Wesslén (from Trendkill) joined. After the release of their second album they went on a third tour through Europe with fellow Lifeforce band Fall of Serenity.

In 2007 they played at the With Full Force festival along with bands like Slayer, Children of Bodom, Korn and Amon Amarth.

They are currently working on their third album that is planned to be released the spring-summer of 2008.