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Sonic Syndicate

Sonic Syndicate are a metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden. They are influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames, Soilwork and metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage.[4]

Background

Eden Fire

Sonic Syndicate started off as power metal/heavy metal band Tunes of Silence. It consisted of a line-up completely different from the current members until brothers Richard (vocals) and Roger Sjunnesson (guitar) joined the group sometime in 2002. The brothers of Tunes of Silence eventually decided to break away from the band in order to focus on various other aspects of music. The Sjunnesson brothers started the band Fallen Angels in late 2002, began writing songs and recruited their younger brother Robin Sjunnesson (guitar) as well as Andreas Mårtensson (keyboards), Magnus Svensson (bass) and Kristoffer Backlund (drums). They recorded three demo albums, Fall From Heaven, Black Lotus, and Extinction before signing with Pivotal Rockordings in 2005.[5] Bassist Karin Axelsson replaced Svensson in 2004 before the band changed its name to Sonic Syndicate and recorded its debut studio album, Eden Fire.

The band toured extensively throughout Sweden[6][7] in support of Eden Fire, alongside such bands as Avatar. In early February 2006, during their tour with Avatar, drummer Kristoffer Bäcklund left the band, and was replaced by John Bengtsson.[8] 2006 also saw the departure of the band's keyboardist, and the arrival of Roland Johansson as second vocalist. The band completed the tour, then began demoing new material in early March.

Only Inhuman

In the summer of 2006, the band entered into a contest held by Nuclear Blast. They sent in their self titled demo Sonic Syndicate, which included three tracks (all rerecorded for Only Inhuman). Out of over 1,500 competing bands, Sonic Syndicate was chosen as one of three winners and offered a new recording contract with the label.[9][10] In November 2006, they entered Black Lounge Studios to record their follow-up to Eden Fire with Jonas Kjellgren of Scar Symmetry.[11] The new album was titled Only Inhuman and was released on May 18, 2007. A video was made for the lead single, "Denied," with renowned producer Patric Ullaeus.

The singers of Sonic Syndicate, Richard Sjunnesson and Roland Johansson, also sang for a compilation album, called Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Out of the Dark with Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers.[12] The band played at the 2007 Wacken Open Air Festival.[13] Sonic Syndicate played several European festivals and, in the winter of 2007, accompanied Amon Amarth as they toured stateside.[14] The band also participated in the "Darkness over X-Mas Tour" with Caliban and Heaven Shall Burn, and toured extensively across Europe with Dark Tranquillity and Soilwork. In late November 2007, the Swedish newcomers embarked on a tour with Himsa and Amon Amarth.[15] Later in 2008, they toured with Finnish symphonic metal band, Nightwish.[16]

Love and Other Disasters

In March 2008 the band began recording their third release in Jonas Kjellgren's Black Lounge Studios in Avesta.[17] In May 2008, Sonic Syndicate returned to North America as the opening act for Nightwish.[18] In the June issue of Revolver Magazine, Karin Axelsson was named one of the "Hottest Chicks in Metal".[19] Love and Other Disasters was released in September 2008. The first single, "Jack of Diamonds", is accompanied by a video again from Patric Ullaeus who has directed all of the bands videos.[20] Not long after the second single "My Escape" would follow up, also accompanied by a video from Patric Ullaeus. At the end of the year, the band toured Germany and Scandinavia, and released the singles "Power Shift" and "Contradiction" directed by Marius Böttcher of Quent Film.[21]

On March 30, 2009 it was confirmed that singer Roland Johansson would quit the band because of personal reasons. A search for a replacement immediately went underway, whilst Roland stayed in the band until August 29, the day of his last show with the band at the Geuzenpop Festival in Enschede, The Netherlands.[22]

On October 13 Roland Johansson told on an interview that the reason of leaving Sonic Syndicate was the anxiety he felt and the dislike of the life style having to tour all around the world and being able to spend only very limited time with his loved ones. He also shared that he and Jesper Strömblad from In Flames are currently working on an unnamed project and will start recording an album in the beginning of 2010. He is also back playing with his old band Dodge again.[23] [24]

Burn This City

On August 24, 2009, British vocalist Nathan James Biggs (formerly of The Hollow Earth Theory) was announced as Roland Johansson's replacement.[25] Sonic Syndicate released an EP called Rebellion featuring two new songs with Nathan on November 6, 2009.[citation needed] The band has also announced that their next studio album will be out in March 2010. On September 25, Sonic Syndicate released their debut single with Nathan entitled "Burn This City" and also began filming a music video for the track on September 10.[citation needed] The music video for "Burn This City" was released on September 25 to coincide with the release of the single.[citation needed] Shortly after the single release, the band began to stream their other new track "Rebellion in Nightmareland", which was released onto the bands Myspace page. As of October 31, the band has begun to tour with Nathan.[citation needed]

We Rule the Night

Work on the preproduction of We Rule the Night begun as of January 3, 2010. Sonic Syndicate announced that the producer for the album would be legendary U.S. producer Toby Wright. They also announced that the album will be recorded at Bohus Sound Studios in Kungälv, Sweden. They also uploaded studio reports on their days in the studio on their RockSpot blog. On February 11, 2010, the band announced that the new album was almost finished.[26] According to the official website of Sonic Syndicate, the recording of We Rule the Night is done. On March 5, the band announced that the title for their new record will be called We Rule the Night. The album was originally scheduled to be released on May 28, 2010 but was later reset to July 30, 2010. Shortly thereafter, it was again changed to August 28, 2010.[27][28]

The first single from the album is "Revolution, Baby." It appeared first on May 5 on Bandit Rock Radio and was then released to iTunes on May 7. Karin announced on the band's official Twitter page that the music video for "Revolution, Baby" would also be released on May 7; this would later appear to be false information since the video was never released on that date. If it has been delayed or if it simply was a rumor is still to be announced. On April 16, the video shoot for the music video took place. The director for the shoot was again director Patric Ullaeus who has worked before with the band on several other music videos. The video for "Revolution, Baby" was released to the public on May 17.[citation needed]

On May 4, Sonic Syndicate released via the homepage of Nuclear Blast free download of the album-mix of "Burn This City," which has been remixed to match the songs on We Rule the Night. On June 3, Sonic Syndicate traveled to Guthenborg, Sweden and began shooting the music video for the second single "My Own Life" (again) with Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company [29] The single debuted on Bandit Radio on June 18, 2010 and was released as a digital single featuring the radio version of the song.[30]

On June 12, 2010, the band appeared on the Ronnie James Dio stage at UK's Download Festival 2010. On June 10, Nuclear Blast releasd the first trailer for the music video of "My Own Life" on YouTube.[31] On June 18, Nuclear Blast released the second trailer for the music video of "My Own Life" on YouTube.[32]

On July 1, 2010, Nuclear Blast and Guthenborg TV released the making of the music video for "My Own Life" [33][34] As of July 3, 2010, the band released new merchandise T-shirts, including a T-shirt of "Revolution, Baby," which includes, for a limited time only, a signed promotional CD single of "Revolution, Baby.[35] The video was released on the band's official MySpace page on July 7.[34][36] On July 15, Nuclear Blast offered another free download of a song from the upcoming album. This time, they made "Revolution, Baby" available for free download.[37]

On August 1, the radio version of "My Own Life" was released. On August 2, Nuclear Blast released the We Rule the Night e-Card and revealed that the third single for the album is "Turn It Up".[38] On August 8, the album version of "My Own Life" was released as a digital single.[citation needed]

The single "Turn It Up" was released on August 22, 2010, followed by the album We Rule the Night on August 27, 2010. During the filming of "Turn It Up," Karin Axelsson was reportedly "seriously injured." Axelsson was hit over the head with a guitar during an act of staged violence, causing a laceration and a brain concussion. This pushed the release date of the video to September. It was not known if Axelsson would perform in upcoming concerts in August but she made brilliant recovery and continiued touring.[39][40][41]

On August 20, the whole album was released on the bands MySpace page.[42]

The band released an exclusive single including the unreleased track "Heart of Eve", "Burn This City" and "Revolution, Baby" on September 13 with the 74th issue of the Sweden Rock Magazine. "Heart of Eve" was original planned to be released as the second bonus track for the album.[34][43]

On September 29, Nuclear Blast released the music video for "Turn It Up".[44]

On October 26. 2010, the band released an official statement on their homepage, stating that Richard would be leaving the band. His replacement will be Christoffer Andersson.

Band members

Sonic Syndicate Lineups
(2003)
Fall from Heaven
Black Lotus
  • Richard Sjunnesson - vocals
  • Roger Sjunnesson - guitars
  • Robin Sjunnesson - guitars
  • Kristoffer Bäcklund - drums
  • Andreas Mårtensson - keyboards
  • Magnus Svensson - bass guitar
(2004–2005)
Extinction
Eden Fire
  • Richard Sjunnesson - vocals
  • Roger Sjunnesson - guitars
  • Robin Sjunnesson - guitars
  • Kristoffer Bäcklund - drums
  • Andreas Mårtensson - keyboards
  • Karin Axelsson - bass guitar
(2006–2009)
Only Inhuman
Love and Other Disasters
  • Roland Johansson - vocals
  • Richard Sjunnesson - vocals
  • Roger Sjunnesson - guitars
  • Robin Sjunnesson - guitars
  • John Bengtsson - drums
  • Karin Axelsson - bass guitar
(2009–present)
Burn This City
We Rule the Night
  • Nathan James Biggs - vocals
  • Christoffer Andersson - vocals
  • Roger Sjunnesson - guitars
  • Robin Sjunnesson - guitars
  • John Bengtsson - drums
  • Karin Axelsson - bass guitar

Current members

Name Instrument Membership Additional information
Richard Sjunnesson Harsh Vocals 2002–2010, 2011-present
Nathan James Biggs Clean/Harsh Vocals 2009–present Occasional lyricist
Former singer of The Hollow Earth Theory
Roger Sjunnesson Lead guitar,Keyboards 2002–present Primary composer
Robin Sjunnesson Lead guitar,Backing Vocals (only live) 2002–present Occasional composer
Karin Axelsson Bass guitar 2004–present Provided female vocals on Eden Fire
John Bengtsson Drums, percussion 2006–present

Session members

Former members

Name Instrument Membership
Christoffer Andersson Harsh vocals 2010-
Name Instrument Membership Reason for departure
Roland Johansson vocals, occasional guitar 2006–2009 Quit due to issues with touring.
Kristoffer Bäcklund drums, percussion, vocals 2002–2006 Undisclosed.
Andreas Mårtensson keyboards 2002–2006 Undisclosed.
Magnus Svensson bass guitar 2002–2004 Undisclosed.

Discography

Main article: Sonic Syndicate discography

Tours

Main tours

Feautured tours

  • Eastpack Antidote Tour (2007)
  • Darkness Over Xmas Tour (2007)
  • Darkness Over Xmas Tour (2008)
  • In Full Effect (2010)

Supporting tours

Festivals

Awards

In 2008 Sonic Syndicate won the award for best newcomer at the Swedish Metal Awards and at the Bandit Rock Awards.[45] Sonic Syndicate along with Patric Ullaeus won the award for best music video for their music video of "Burn This City" in 2010 at the Swedish Metal Awards.[46] They also nominated and won the award for "Best Swedish Group" at the Bandit Rock Awards of 2010.[47] In 2010 Sonic Syndicate was were nominated for "Up and Coming!" award at the Metal Hammer Awards in Germany.[48]

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