GODDEFIED (Swe) – ‘Inhumation of Shreds 1991-2009’ D-LP Gatefold (silver vinyl)

Sunlight Studio. Tomas Skogsberg. Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal pedal. You just can´t wrong with those premises when it comes to old school Swedish Death Metal. And that´s exactly what you´ll get from Goddefied, an obscure yet legendary act hailing from the small city of Karlskoga, in the province of Värmland, about 200 Km away from Stockholm. Formed back in 1990 under the monicker Enshrined, Goddefied, along with God Macabre, Wombbath, Nirvana 2002, Abhoth and Toxaemia (amongst many others) belonged in a 2nd wave of Swedish bands that drew their influences from the seminal recordings of Nihilist/Entombed, Dismember and Carnage, and helped establish and perpetuate what would become one of the strongest scenes in the history of Death Metal, as well as one of its most recognizable and particular sub-genres soundwise. This compilation of all the material that Goddefied ever recorded is indeed a small yet worthy piece of Death Metal history itself.