Spawn of Possession was a Swedish technical death metal group, which formed in 1997 in Kalmar. The band have collectively released three studio albums. A fourth album was planned, but in 2017 the band announced their split up. In 2024, four of the five members of the final lineup reformed into the band Retromorphosis.

History

Spawn of Possession formed in February 1997, consisting of Jonas Bryssling (guitar), Jonas Karlsson (guitar), and Dennis Röndum (drums).

After three years the band recorded their first demo, The Forbidden, and right after found bass guitar player Nick Dewerud to fill the empty bass spot. A year later the band went to the studio to record their second demo, Church of Deviance, and in December 2001 Spawn of Possession signed a deal with Unique Leader Records.

The band worked on new material for the next six months and in June 2002 began recording their debut album, Cabinet. The band ended up in the Pama Studios together with the highly acclaimed producer and engineer Magnus Sedenberg with whom they had worked on previous recordings, and released Cabinet.

After coming back from the US came another European tour, as part of the annual No Mercy package, with bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Hypocrisy, Kataklysm, Exhumed, Vomitory, and Carpathian Forest. Despite the band's Swedish nationality, Metal Hammer stated the opinion that the band's "brand of death metal just doesn’t sound that Swedish at all."

Members

;Final line-up

  • Dennis Röndum − drums (1997−2006), vocals (1997−2006, 2010−2017)
  • Jonas Bryssling − guitar (1997–2017)
  • Christian Münzner − guitar (2009–2017)
  • Erlend Caspersen − bass (2008–2017)
  • Henrik Schönström − drums (2010–2017)

;Live musicians

  • Mikael Petersson − vocals (2001)
  • Ben Lawless − guitar (2010)
  • Danny Tunker − guitar (2012)

;Former members

  • Jonas Hagström − bass (1997−2000)
  • Jonas Karlsson − guitar (1997−2009)
  • Niklas Dewerud − bass (2000−2008)
  • Kelly Izquierdo − vocals (2002−2003)
  • Jonas Renvaktar − vocals (2003−2009)
  • Richard Schill − drums (2008−2010)
  • Matthew "Chalky" Chalk − vocals (2009−2010)

;Timeline

Discography

;Studio albums

  • Cabinet (2003)
  • Noctambulant (2006)
  • Incurso (2012)

;Demos

  • The Forbidden (demo, 2000)
  • Church of Deviance (demo, 2001)

References