IN
BATTLE
In
Battle was formed in 1996 when Frölén,
Wiklund and Östlund-Sandin of ODHINN joined forces
with Sjödin (aka Mysteriis) of SETHERIAL. The
band recorded a rehearsal tape containing three songs
in a local studio in Sundsvall. The tape was sent
to Napalm Records Austria and a record deal for two
albums was signed. In April 1997 the first album "In
Battle" was recorded at Sunlight Studio in Stockholm
Sweden. The album contains twelve extremely fast and
brutal songs. The response was great and a European
tour was to follow...
Nov-Dec
1997 In Battle made their first public appearance
on the "With Us Or Against Us Tour" with
SETHERIAL and MALIGNAT ETERNAL. In 1998 the second
album "The Rage of the Northmen" was recorded
at Ballerina Audio in Umea Sweden. Before entering
the studio, the IN BATTLE line-up was reduced due
to some personal problems in the band. Wiklund took
over the vocals after Östlund-Sandin who left
the band one week before entering the studio. Frölen
played all Guitars/Bass guitars on the album since
Sjödin decided to leave the band after the first
album to concentrate on his main band SETHERIAL
In
2001, the only member left is John Frölen because
Wiklund left the band after the second album. Frölén
(guitar and vocals) and Sandin (drums) started rehearsing
new material and asked Hans Karlsson (guitar) from
DIABOLICAL to join the force in 2002. Then in 2003
In Battle played their first gig in 3 years on the
SmackRockFestival in July as one of the headline bands,
with J.O. Sandin on drums, Frölen guitar,H Karlsson
guitar, ( M. Ödling of DIABOLICAL on session
vocals and Victor Brandt of NECROCIDE on session bas).
It
was time to take In Battle to new heights...after
some searching for a drummer the band finally got
their hands on Nils "the machine" Fjellström
also in (AEON). In Battle went to Necromorbus studio
to record a 4-song promo called "Soul Metamorphosis",
the result was good production and sound. In Battle
then signed to ColdRecords, a sub-label to Metal Blade
in Europe with their first release on the new label
in 2004.
IN
BATTLE 2004
The third full-length album "WELCOME TO THE BATTLEFIELD"
is recorded.
The recording started at COURTHOUSE STUDIO in Östersund
Sweden, where the drums were recorded on the 2nd and
3rd of February. The guitars and bass were recorded
at NECROMORBUS STUDIO in Stockholm Sweden, between
the 19th of February and the 7th of March. On the
9th of March the band got on the plane to Tampa and
went to MANA RECORDING STUDIOS in the U.S.A. Engineer
SHAWN OHTANI recorded the vocals and the album was
mixed and mastered at by producer ERIK RUTAN.
“Welcome
to the Battlefield” contains 11 songs of true
aggression and boiling adrenaline. The production
from famous guitarist of ex MORBID ANGEL/HATE ETERNAL
came out excellent and fit this album perfectly. As
Rutan said..."Hey guy’s do you know how
good this sounds? This is a fucking killer man, I’m
proud to be a part of this album". Erik Rutan
did a awesome job with the sound; every little tone
from the guitars, drums, etc came out in this great
production. This piece of work is just something you
all got to have… so welcome to the battlefield…enjoy
your stay.
Guest
appearance by ERIK RUTAN (Guitar solo)
