Thursday, 26 June 2008
Raised Fist
Artist: Raised Fist
Genre(s):
Rock
Pop
Discography:
Sound of the Republic
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
You'Re Not Like Me
Year: 2003
Tracks: 6
Dedication
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
Watch Your Step
Year: 2001
Tracks: 19
Ignoring the Guidelines
Year: 2001
Tracks: 11
Fuel
Year: 1998
Tracks: 11
Stronger Than Ever [UK-Import]
Year: 1997
Tracks: 9
Formed in 1993, Swedish hardcore punkers Raised Fist shape an strong-growing withal inviting reasoned when honing their old-school-influenced thug roots with a alloy edge. Taking their call from a Rage Against the Machine lyric, Alexander "Alle" Rajkovic (vocals), Andreas "Josse" Johansson (bass), Marco Eronen (guitar), and Oskar Karlsson (drums) were praised early on by European critics. Early sovereign releases such as the 1994 You're Not Like Me and 1996 Stronger Than Ever EPs, on with their 1998 hailed debut, Fuel, farther marked Raised Fist's pinch-hitting approach and molded them abroad. Ignoring the Guidelines marked the band's proper major-label debut, issued in 2000 on Burning Heart. The following tour was a massive success, and the band -- adding second guitarist Daniel Holmberg along the way -- returned to the studio the succeeding class to pump forbidden Dedication for their growing base of fanatical fans. The record book arrived on Epitaph in the fall of 2002, a year subsequently a appeal of early real showed up with Watch Your Step. Spring 2006 institute Raised Fist dropping their fourth studio record album, Sound of the Republic; it was a ferocious record of hard-core and metal produced by Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Meshuggah) that featured new drummer Matte Modin (ex-Dark Funeral). Both headlining dates and ones with Comeback Kid were played through the summer around Europe.