Episode 143 – Comecon 1992-1995: Frogs, Worms, Anacondas

About this episode

The episode explores the unique contributions of the band Comecon to the Swedish death metal scene.

No other band with roots in Swedish death metal did it like Comecon. Not even close. We find a few similarities to Carbonized, but generally, this band is unique, special, and underappreciated enough that we had to come to their rescue for a little over an hour. Headed by brainiacs Pelle Strom and Rasmus Ekman, Comecon cycled through three different vocalists over three different albums (L.G. Petrov, Martin van Drunen, Marc Grewe), and if you have any interest in death metal with a distinct difference, please give this episode a listen… Note I: Listener challenge!! As mentioned in this episode: if you have a solid working knowledge of Comecon-related bands The Krixhjalters and Omnitron, assemble a 10-song episode, 5 songs each band, about 2 minutes per snippet (you can just send us titles and time codes). We’ll do an episode on it! We are sadly ignorant of these bands, but really should know them, given our love of Comecon. ALSO: Enter the Hunt isn’t directly related to Comecon, as Jeff surmised. It did feature Pontius, of Krixhjalters, and indeed, two members of Candlemass from our beloved Dactylis Glomerata/From the 13th Sun period. We still have so much to learn. Note II…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff Wagner, Hunter Ginn

Topics covered

• Comecon
• Swedish death metal
• music history
• vinyl reissues

Keywords

• death metal
• Carbonized
• Fable Frolic
• Krixhjalters
• Omnitron

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Fable Frolic, Comecon's Fable Frolic

Books & works: Fable Frolic, Frogs, Worms, Enter the Hunt, Always Moving: The Strange Multiverse of Voivod, Wash Away the Filth, Megatrends in Brutality, Slope, Armed Solution, Conductor of Ashes

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