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The all-female hard rock/heavy metal band Drain S.T.H. was formed in 1993 in Stockholm, Sweden (hence the S.T.H., added to
avoid confusion with a similarly named American band), and featured singer Maria Sjöholm, guitarist Flavia Canel, bassist Anna
Kjellberg, and drummer/vocalist Martina Axén. Displaying an unabashed worship of Alice in Chains, their independent 1996
debut, Horror Wrestling, was dominated by uncompromising grinds of slow, down-tuned guitars, which were then topped with
Sjöholm and Axén’s beautifully chilling vocal harmonies. Coupled with the band’s impressive ...read more
The all-female hard rock/heavy metal band Drain S.T.H. was formed in 1993 in Stockholm, Sweden (hence the S.T.H., added to
avoid confusion with a similarly named American band), and featured singer Maria Sjöholm, guitarist Flavia Canel, bassist Anna
Kjellberg, and drummer/vocalist Martina Axén. Displaying an unabashed worship of Alice in Chains, their independent 1996
debut, Horror Wrestling, was dominated by uncompromising grinds of slow, down-tuned guitars, which were then topped with
Sjöholm and Axén’s beautifully chilling vocal harmonies. Coupled with the band’s impressive live performances and supermodel
looks, this soon drew the attention of Mercury Records subsidiary The Enclave, which repackaged and re-released the album
worldwide two years later with an additional three tracks (including a quarter-speed remake of Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades”). The
far more accessible follow-up, 1999’s Freaks of Nature, managed to shed much of the band’s excessive Alice in Chains influences
of old and flirted with traces of programmed percussion and even rap, thereby forging a more distinctive sonic identity. (Track 3
“Simon Say’s” is produced by old friend Max Martin, probably more well known as producer of, among others, Backstreet Boys
and Britney Spears…)
But despite extensive touring both in Europe and America (including a lengthy jaunt with that year’s Ozzfest) and attaining
decent radio airplay in support, Drain S.T.H. « hide |
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