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Members
3 Male
Origin
Stockholm, Sweden
Genre
Doom Metal
Style
Metal
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3 MaleOrigin
Stockholm, SwedenGenre
Doom MetalStyle
MetalMood
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Born
1989
Active
1989 to Present...
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Count Raven - The Poltergeist4 users
Count Raven - Scream4 users
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Count Raven - Inam Naudemina3 users
Count Raven - Until Death Do Us Part
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The band, formed in 1987 by vocalist Christian Linderson, guitarist Dan Fondelius, bassist Tommy Eriksson, and drummer Christer Pettersson, was called originally Stormvarning. In 1989, they changed their name to Count Raven, and released their debut album, Storm Warning, a year later. It received positive reviews from the European metal press (4 K's in Kerrang!, 10/10 in Rock Hard, 6/7 in Metal Hammer).
Linderson then left to join Saint Vitus and Dan "Fodde" Fondelius became the new frontman, beginning with 1992's Destruction of the Void, released via Nuclear Blast Records, to be declared 'Doom Album of the Year' by Rock Hard magazine. The band's third album High on Infinity appeared one year later, after which the band took a three-year break before returning in 1996 with Messiah of Confusion, which dealt with the band's outlook on society and its dubious ways. "The album's name is our bass player's nickname, but when the album began to see the light of day, we thought the title was a good idea. There's a lot of 'messiahs of confusion' out there", drummer Christer Pettersson explained.
In 1998, Count Raven broke up. Dan Fondelius formed a new doom metal band called Doomsday Government, while Eriksson joined Semlah in 2001. In 2003, the trio reformed, broke up again in 2006 and revived instantly with Fondelius at the helm, Fredrik Jansson (ex-Abramis Brama) on bass, and Jens Bock on drums. In 2009, Count Raven's fifth album Mammons War, produced by Zeb King and released by I Hate, came out. The album earned a positive review by Kerrang! which gave it a 4K rating.
Count Raven signed a new record deal with I Hate on 1 February 2019.
Their sixth album The Sixth Storm was released October 29th, 2021.
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