Nihilist

death metal · Stockholm

Founded

1987 to 1989

City

Stockholm

Hub region

Stockholm

Status as of 5 September 2026

became Entombed 1989

Connections

14 edges, 14 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.024 (rank 23 of 371) · people and production 0.017 (rank 28)

Confidence

High · sources: [W] [LSN] [GWS] [IOE] [EKE] [MA] (register)

Nicke Andersson and Alex Hellid's band records Only Shreds Remain at Sunlight in 1988, where guitarist Leffe Cuzner turns every knob on a Boss HM-2 to ten and the Stockholm buzzsaw is born. Andersson says the band was trying to copy the underground American scene, naming Death, Possessed, Repulsion and Autopsy. Splits in 1989 over songwriting; the remainder becomes Entombed and Johnny Hedlund founds Unleashed.

Connections

People and personnel

• founderNicke Andersson1987 to 1989
• memberL-G Petrov1988 to 1989
• memberJohnny Hedlund1988 to 1989
• produced byTomas SkogsbergOnly Shreds Remain1988

Lineage

• came out ofMorbidL-G Petrov and Uffe Cederlund1988
• spawnedUnleashedJohnny Hedlund1989
• becameEntombedRenamed after the split1989

Recording credits

• recorded atSunlight StudioOnly Shreds Remain; the HM-2 turned up to ten1988

Influence

• influenced byPossessed1988
• influenced byRepulsionNamed by Nicke Andersson among the American demos the band copied1986
• influenced byDeathNamed by Andersson among the American bands the band copied; Leprosy and Scream Bloody Gore on the tape circuit1988
• influenced byAutopsy1989

Labels, festivals, tours, collaborations

• festival, venue or tourTape trading networkThe Stockholm demos travel the other way1988 to 1989
• festival, venue or tourHeavy Sound1988