The first ideas of creating a band like Blodsrit were formed in the mid 90s due to the fact that I felt all the bands I was involved in at that point of time were too musically advanced and / or too technical in my taste. I have always felt drawn to the more raw, simple and harsh style that amongst others Darkthrone, Marduk and Carpathian Forest delivers, so the birth of Blodsrit was in fact just waiting to happen.
So, in 1998 I found myself almost totally isolated from the rest of the world in a strange way due to several reasons and that was the perfect moment that gave birth to the band that soon would evolve into Blodsrit. I met Kettil, a person that had the same ideas and ideals for a black metal band that I had felt my creation would have so we started creating some tracks under the name Skuggrike. These songs were later recorded and compiled to a demo entitled "The Arrival Of Kaos". Due to several reasons this demo was never released though and we decided to go separate ways with our musical paths. He went on and started up the thrash / heavy metal band Paganizer (that today have changed into death metal), and I continued by myself with the only exception that I changed the bane name into Blodsrit. A band name that is taken from an old heathen ritual performed by sacrificing blood in order to gain better crops, lovelife etc. The name was chosen due to its grim touch and feeling that perfectly fits my ideas of Blodsrit.

In early 1999 a new demo was recorded. One of the copies of the demo found its way to the obscure label Psychic Scream Entertainment that is located in Malaysia, and a contract for one split-cd was signed. An extremely short deadline forced the recordings to take place during shitty circumstances, and the result did not in any way please me but was anyhow well received and gave Blodsrit a name within the underground. The album was to be called "Storm of Immolation" and featured besides Blodsrit the Indonesian black metal act Ritual Orchestra.

In 2000 a contract between Blodsrit and the French label Chanteloup Creations was signed, and in Dec 2000 - Jan 2001 the fullength album "Supreme misanthropy" was recorded. Unfortunately Chanteloup Creations was laid to eternal rest before the release of the album and the contract was instead signed over to Oaken Shield Rec which is a sublabel of the more known Adipocere Rec. Whilst Oaken Shield prepared for the release of the album I started the search for a drummer and found Fiebig which probably was the best that ever could have happened in the band. To try out this new recruit a new studio session was booked and in September 2001 we entered Impa Music and recorded a 4-track promo entitled "Secrets Unveiled". At the same time the "Supreme misanthropy" album was unleashed and so far it has received great responses worldwide.

In September 2002, we travel to France in order to record our 2nd album with producer Ludovic Tournier. (Dan Swanö will do the mastering in Sweden). Blodsrit took the opportunity to do a successful French tour with label mates Nehëmah and Crystalium. June 2003, the new album "Ocularis Infernum" is now released...

The future is yet to come upon us but beware. Blodsrit has never been stronger than now! The time to come is most definitely ours!

Nazgûl

Official biography