Group

Nihilist

Swedish death metal

From: Stockholm, Sweden
Active: 1987–1989
Releases: 5

death metal

About

Nihilist was a Swedish death metal band formed in 1987 by Nicke Andersson and Alex Hellid. The band split up in 1989 when Johnny Hedlund left to form Unleashed. The remaining members reformed the band as Entombed. Nihilist never recorded a full-length album before they renamed themselves, but a collection of their demo work was released in 2005. Guitarist Leif "Leffe" Cuzner died in June 2006.

Nicke Andersson admitted in the book about death metal and grindcore Choosing Death that after his relationship with Hedlund grew acrimonious, he deliberately split the band up to part company with him. The last lineup of Nihilist minus Hedlund reformed as Entombed, while Hedlund formed the band Unleashed.

From Nihilist (band) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Mattias Boström 1987–1988 · original member · former lead vocals
Leif Cuzner 1987–1988, 1988–1989 · original member · former electric bass guitar, electric guitar
Nicke Andersson 1987–1989 · original member · former drums (drum set)
Alex Hellid 1987–1989 · original member · former electric guitar
Johnny Hedlund 1988–1989 · former electric bass guitar
Lars-Göran Petrov 1988–1989 · former lead vocals
Uffe Cederlund 1989–1989 · former electric guitar