Deranged 2017.04.02 Transylvania Metal Pub, Vigo

 

Deranged - Deranged (2001)

Deranged was formed 1991 by a couple of bored teens in the southern parts of Sweden that basically wanted something to do on their sparetime.

Former vocalist Per Gyllenbäck was the co-owner (along with Wez Wenedikter) of Wrong Again Records. Inspired by the bloodiest and most violent bands of the time, like early Carcass, Napalm Death, Impetigo, Suffocation et c, and even bloodier horror films, they started to grind.

 Rikard Wermén left the band in spring of 2008, Johan Axelsson left shortly thereafter, and the band was then effectively dissolved. The band was resurrected in the summer of 2009.

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Flesh Rebel     05:33    
2. Cum on Command     02:28    
3. Dead Hand Strangulation     04:25    
4. Endophagy     02:54    
5. Injected by Filth     02:22
   
Side B:
6. La orgía de los muertos     01:46    
7. Humanity; God's Failure     04:01    
8. Malebolgia     02:37    
9. Incurable     03:56    
10. Impulse, Prey, Pleasure     03:31    
11. Screen Passion     01:57 

 

-Line up:

- Rikard Wermén: Drums, Lyrics (tracks 2, 4-9, 11)
- Johan Anderberg: Vocals, Bass, Lyrics (tracks 1, 3, 10)
- Johan Axelsson: Guitars. 

 

 

 

Label: Merciless Records.

 

 Gatefold sleeve.

Music by Johan Axelsson and Rikard Wermén except "La orgia de los muertos" by Berno Paulsson, Johan Axelsson and Rikard Wermén and "Screen Passion" by Berno Paulsson and Johan Axelsson.

"La orgia de los muertos" is spanish for "The Orgy of the Dead".

Recorded, mixed and produced at Berno Studio, in December 2000 by Berno Paulsson.
Mastered at Mastering Room by Göran Finnberg.

 

Deranged - High On Blood (1998) [Reissue] (2005)

 

Deranged was formed 1991 by a couple of bored teens in the southern parts of Sweden that basically wanted something to do on their sparetime. Inspired by the bloodiest and most violent bands of the time, like early Carcass, Napalm Death, Impetigo, Suffocation, etc. and even bloodier horror films, they started to grind.

* 1992, recorded and released their one only offical demo tape "The Confessions of a Necrophile".

* 1993-94, the band released their first label-supported material, being the first and second 7" single, ("...the Confessions Continues" and "Upon the Medical Slab"), Quickly followed by two mini CDs, ("Architects of Perversions" and "Sculpture of the Pead"). The cover and the lyrics of "...the Confessions Continues" was considered extreme enough to be banned in Germany.

* 1995-96 saw the first Deranged shows outside of Sweden, with gigs in Germany, Poland, etc. The band has kept touring Europe ever since, and has to this date probably played ten times more in Germany than in Sweden. The video for "Killing Spree" from the "Rated-X" debut album gets played on MTV's Headbanger's Ball. In -96, founding member and vocalist Per Gyllenbäck left, replaced by Fredrick Sandberg. At the same time, the side-project Murder Corporation was kicked off, releasing 2 albums on Displeased, plus several minor releases.

* 1998, High on Blood was released on Regain Records (founded by Gyllenbäck), which is still considered by many to be one of the "classic" Deranged albums. "By Knife..." has been a part of the live-set ever since. Tours with Dying Fetus, Defaced Creation, Vomitory and Aborted, among others.

* In 2000, Deranged signed with French label Listenable, and the slot as basist and vocalist was filled by Johan Anderberg. The third album, simply titled III, and the fourth self-titled, was released, alongside a split with US legends Abscess. "Rogga" Johansson did some live vocals for a tour with Immolation, Decapitated and Deströyer 666, but was never a member of the band. The band also visits Japan, first time outside Europe.

* 2002: Anderberg is replaced by Calle Fäldt, and Deranged's most extreme album so far, Plainfield Cemetary, is unleashed, followed by among other a massive euro-tour with Vader and Arkhon Infaustus, and UK dates with Kreator. After folding Murder Corporation, a second side project is started: Killaman!

* In 2006, the "Obscenities in B-Flat" album is released, which is the last album with Fäldt, and the last one on Listenable.

* 2007 sees the trio become a four-piece, when Thomas Ahlgren picks up the bass and Martin Schönherr starts to scream. This line-up records "The Redlight Murder Case", with every song-title taken from classic Giallo flicks. Just after the release, back on Regain this time, both original members Rikard Wermén and Johan Axelsson leaves, killing off the band.

* The dead will never rest, they always come back - in the summer of 2009, the band is resurrected, with Wermén and Schönherr back where they were before. Thomas Ahlgren picks up the guitar after Axelsson, with Andreas Johansson filling the bassist slot. After some festival gigs across Europe and a short Russian tour, the band returned to Berno Studio in February 2011, to record the "come-back" album "Cut Carve Rip Serve", released on the US label Sevared Records.

-Tracklist:

1. Razor Divine     03:20
2. Humanity Feeds on Filth     03:20
3. (Eroti)kill     03:57
4. Raised on Human Sin     02:38
5. High on Blood     03:20
6. Robber of Life     03:23
7. Nailed Ejaculation     03:56
8. By Knife...     04:23
9. Haunted by Natural Danger     03:48
10. With the Silence Came Horror     04:18
11. Experience the Flesh     03:51

12. Razor Divine (2003 version)     02:53
13. By Knife... (2003 version)     04:13

 

 

-Line up:

• Rikard Wermén: drums, lyrics (tracks 2-8, 10, 11)
• Johan Axelsson: guitars, lyrics (track 9)
• Fredrik Sandberg: vocals
• Dan Bengtsson: bass, lyrics (track 1).

 

 

 

 

 

Produced by Berno Paulsson and Deranged.

Artwork by Ron Goldsurfer and Deranged.

Recorded and mixed at Berno Studio, Malmoe, Sweden, July 1997.

Mastered at the Mastering Room, Gothenburg, Sweden.

 

 Tracks 12 and 13 recorded in Berno Studio, January 2003.

 

 Label: CD-Maximum.