SUSPERIA
COUNTRY: NORWAY
GENRE: HEAVY / THRASH METAL
NeKronos Promotion is proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are
SUSPERIA (Heavy / Thrash Metal)! One of the best Norwegian bands in their
genre. Having a strong identity and attitude allowed the band to set a fresh
mark on the metal scene! This band features former members
of Dimmu Borgir, Old Man's Child and Satyricon.
The live video for "Nothing Remains" from their "We Are the Ones" album ( Live on Eurovision contest Norway with Mustis (ex-Dimmu
Borgir on keys)
https://youtu.be/OWma_HutkdY
MORE ABOUT THE BANDS ON:
OFFICIAL SITE:
HTTP://WWW.SUSPERIA.NET
OFFICIAL FACEBOOK:
HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SUSPERIA
OFFICIAL YOUTUBE:
HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/SUSPERIAOFFICIAL
OFFICIAL REVERBNATION:
HTTP://WWW.REVERBNATION.COM/SUSPERIA
GENERAL CONTACT:
SUSPERIA.BAND@GMAIL.COM
SUSPERIA BIOGRAPHY
1999 - Record and distribute the Illusions Of Evil DEMO
Mustis (ex-Dimmu Borgir) puts down synthesizer tracks as guest musician having recently joined the ranks of Dimmu Borgir and becoming part of the family tree.
2000 - Sign with Nuclear Blast Records
2001 - Release the classic Thrash/Black album "Predominance", recorded in Abyss studios Special edition album released in South Korea.
Sell more than 10.000 copies in the first three weeks.
Tour Europe 2 weeks alongside In Flames, Nevermore, Lacuna Coil & Dimmu Borgir Tour Europe again for 2 weeks alongside Destruction & Dimmu Borgir.
Headline the Extremo Open Air festival in Portugal.
Play the Inferno Festival in Norway.
2002 - Release the innovative technical Thrash album "Vindication", also recorded in Abyss studios (vocals at BBM studios, Oslo). Co-produced by Peter Tägtgren & Bjørn Boge
Co-headline the Milwaukee Metal Fest.
Play the Hole in the Sky Festival,
Norway Release the music video for the song "The Bitter Man"
.
2003 - Tour United Kingdom for 1 week.
Play 2 sold out shows in Mexico City & Monterrey, Mexico.
2004 - Sign a new recording contract with Tabu Recordings.
Release the higly acclaimed "Unlimited" album which is nominated for best album in the metal category at the Alarm Awards, Norway
.
Becoming the band`s best selling album, with over 5000 units in USA alone.
Play in a total of 19 countries through Europe during the 9 week Unlimited Grudge European headline tour.
Play the Inferno Festival, Norway for the second time.
Play the Hole in the Sky Festival, Norway for the second time
.
Play the Slottsfjell Festival, Norway.
Release the music video for the song Chemistry which is frequently aired on MTV.
Tour their native country Norway extensively.
Cover story in norwegian Scream Magazine.
2005 - Release the EP "Devil May Care" with one new song and various cover songs.
Creating music history becoming the first ever norwegian metal band to enter the nations official Top 20 Single hit list. A television interview on national TV honors the achievement.
Invited as special guests on the very exclusive European tour of the newly re-united Testament 2 week headline tour of Europe.
Release the music video for the song "Devil May Care".
2006 - Play the Inferno Festival, Norway for the third time.
Play the Motstøy Festival, Norway.
1 week headline tour of the United Kingdom
.
2007 - Release the long awaited darkened Thrash album "Cut From Stone".
Album debuts at 39th position on the Top 40 album list in Norway.
Invited as main support for W.A.S.P. on a 2 week U.K. / Norway tour.
1 week additional co-headline tour of the U.K. alongside the reunited Onslaught
.
2008 - Headline the Revoltallo festival, Spain.
Play the Metal Rock Festival, Norway.
Play a very rare show on the Gran Canaria Island, outside the coast of Morocco and Sahara
.
2009 - Sign a new recording contract with Candlelight Records
Release the higly praised album "Attitude", charting at 28th position on the Top 40 Album list in Norway.
2 week headline tour of the U.K. with vocals handled by Bernt Fjellestad, due to Athera suffering a heart attack in march, and undergoing quadruple bypass open heart surgery Athera returns to stage in June at a festival in Steinkjær, Norway.
Play the Hard Rock Hell 3 festival in Wales, U.K.
.
2010 - The year is spent writing new music and playing some one-off shows
.
2011 - Susperia makes the cut to the
Norwegian semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest as one of the 21 qualifiers out of more than 700 contestants with the song Nothing Remains, written in conjunction with the returning Mustis now no longer in Dimmu Borgir Mustis stays onboard as guest musician, returning in this role after 12 years, and the band writes and records new and old material in Strand Studio, Norway
Will release, on the special date of 11.11.11, the much anticipated and celebratory album, "We Are The Ones", marking 10 years of album releases Sign a new recording contract with SMG Records.
2012 - Will play the Forces of Metal Festival, Netherlands.
Susperia are:
Cyrus - Guitars
Elvorn - Guitars
Bernt Fjellestad - Vocals
Tjodalv - Drums
Memnock - Bass
