Terror 2000

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Terror 2000
Origin Helsingborg, Sweden
Genre(s) Thrash metal
Melodic death metal
Years active 1999 - present
Label(s) Nuclear Blast
Associated acts Soilwork
Darkane
The Defaced
Website www.terror2000.net/
Members
Björn "Speed" Strid
Klas Ideberg
Nick Sword (Niklas Svärd)
Erik Thyselius
Dan Svensson
Former members
Henry Ranta

Terror 2000 is a thrash metal/melodic death metal band from Helsingborg, Sweden.

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[edit] History

A side project of Soilwork singer Björn "Speed" Strid, the band also includes guitarists Klas Ideberg (of Darkane) and Nick Sword, drummer Erik Thyselius, and bassist Dan Svensson. The band was initially formed under the name "Killing Machine" in 1999, and its original drummer was Henry Ranta of Soilwork, but he was replaced after the release of Slaughterhouse Supremacy.

[edit] Critical reception

During a review of the band's album Terror for Sale, Decibel Magazine described their sound as "joke-rock", and states that the album is "fun and rockin', but way too fun to really be all that rockin'".[1] The All Music Guide was also critical, awarding the album two and a half stars out of five, and expressing disappointment that the band's "indistinctive neo-thrash songwriting" did not live up to the promise of its lyrics and energy.[2]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Line-up

[edit] Current members

[edit] Former members

  • Henry Ranta − Drums on Slaughterhouse Supremacy (ex-Soilwork, ex-The Defaced)

[edit] Guest musicians

  • Von Benzo singer Jay Smith sang backup in one song from Terror for Sale: "King Kong Song".

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bosler, D. Shawn. "Terror 2000 - Terror for Sale, Decibel Magazine, July 2006.
  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Terror for Sale - Overview", the All Music Guide.