Description
Of the several Black Sabbath-inspired bands on the Hellhound label, Sweden’s Count Raven, founded in 1987, was probably the most representative of the classic doom sound for which Hellhound was renowned. The band comes dangerously close to cloning (especially with the vocals being very Ozzy Osbourne-like) but in general the songs are strong enough to overlook this. After four albums (all pretty similar in style), a deteriorating working relationship between founder Dan Fondelius (vocals, guitar) and the other two members, Tommy Erikkson (bass) and Christer Pettersson (drums) forced the band to fold in March of 1999. Fondelius went on to form a new band by the name of Doomsday Government. All of their albums have been re-issued by Cyclone Empire Records in 2006.
After the reunion in 2004 the trio split again two years later, so Dan Fondelius hired Jens Bock (drums) and Fredrik Jansson (bass).
Origin and Status
Sweden - Active
Current members
- Dan Fondelius - guitars, keyboards, vocals
- Fredrik Jansson - bass
- Jens Bock - drums
Former members
- Christian Lindersson - vocals
- Tommy Eriksson - bass
- Christer Petersson - drums
Discography
- Storm Warning - (1990 Active Records/Hellhound Records)
- Destruction of the Void - (1992 Hellhound Records)
- High on Infinity - (1993 Hellhound Records)
- Messiah of Confusion - (1996 Hellhound Records)
- Mammons War Full-length, 2009
Griftegård / Count Raven Split, 2010
Contacts and Links
http://www.myspace.com/countraventheband
dan.fondelius@chello.se
c/o GL Productions/Lilliehook Tage
Erlanderg. 7
65220 Karlstad
Sweden
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