Erik Rundqvist: Vocals / Bass
Urban Gustafsson: Guitar
Christian Fredriksson: Lead Guitar
Tobias Gustafsson: Drums
In any serious conversation about death metal, Vomitory‘s name is a must-mention. Formed in 1989, the Swedish band unleashed eight blistering albums between 1996 and 2011, cementing their status as genre titans before parting ways in 2013. However, their retirement was short-lived, as they returned to the stage in 2019 to mark their 30th anniversary. Now, three years after the release of their critically acclaimed comeback album All Heads Are Gonna Roll in 2023, Vomitory are back with their latest beast, In Death Throes.
The band shows no signs of slowing down. “After All Heads Are Gonna Roll dropped in May 2023, we went straight into the European festival season, playing Obscene Extreme, Alcatraz Open Air, and Hellsinki Metal Festival, among others. Later that year, we had the honor of supporting Vader on their 40th-anniversary tour across Europe, and we capped it off with a show at Mexico Metal Fest in Monterrey,” the band shares. Sadly, this Mexican gig marked the final performance for longtime guitarist Peter Östlund. “Peter just couldn’t keep up with the tour schedule, so we parted ways on great terms. Christian Fredriksson, who had partly stepped in for Peter during the recording of All Heads Are Gonna Roll, continued on as our live guitarist throughout 2024.”
The momentum didn’t stop. “In May 2024, we returned to the U.S. after a long absence for a highly praised performance at Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore. We then played a string of European festivals, and in August, we hit the U.S. again for shows in Chicago and New York City. In October, we did a brief Latin American run, including Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Chile. By January 2025, Christian was officially announced as our new lead guitarist, a role he’d been effectively filling since late 2022, when he contributed most of the solos on All Heads Are Gonna Roll.“
The band didn’t miss a beat in getting back to writing. According to drummer Tobias Gustafsson, while the unmistakable Vomitory sound remains, the new album cranks up the intensity. “In Death Throes picks up where All Heads Are Gonna Roll left off, but we’ve turned the intensity up a notch. Christian quickly found his place and even contributed music to four killer tracks. These additions bring a bit of diversity to our sound without straying too far from the formula.”
The songwriting process began in the summer of 2024 with Tobias and bassist Erik Rundqvist riffing away over beers. The first fruit of their labor was “Two and a Half Men,” followed by the album opener, “Rapture in Rupture.” From there, the band worked together closely, with each member contributing to the arrangements and fine-tuning the tracks in the rehearsal space before finalizing them. Lyrically, Erik once again brought his trademark gore, but with some fresh, more contemporary twists on In Death Throes.
Recording took place across multiple studios in late 2025. Drums and vocals were recorded at Leon Music Studios in Karlstad, Sweden, with producer Rikard Löfgren (who had previously worked on Terrorize Brutalize Sodomize, Carnage Euphoria and Opus Mortis VIII) handling the engineering. Guitars and bass were tracked at Goff Studios in Karlstad, with Christian Fredriksson taking the reins as the engineer. For mixing and mastering, the band once again turned to Lawrence Mackrory (Paradise Lost, Bloodbath, Lik) at Rorysound Studios in Uppsala, Sweden, who delivered a crushing, heavy sound that still manages to breathe.
As with All Heads Are Gonna Roll, the album artwork was handled by Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design, while Seiya Ogino of Ogino Design handled the layout. The result is an album that’s as ferocious as it is visually stunning.
