A talent-stocked, old-school Swedish death metal collective featuring members of
At the Gates,
the Haunted,
Skitsystem,
Tormented,
Disfear, and
God Macabre,
the Lurking Fear was founded in 2016 in Gothenburg. Drawing inspiration from extreme metal legends like
Autopsy,
Slayer,
Bathory, and Possessed, the quintet, which features the talents of
Tomas Lindberg (vocals), Fredrik Wallenberg (guitar),
Jonas Stålhammar (guitar),
Adrian Erlandsson (drums), and Andreas Axelson (bass), released their debut long-player,
Out of the Voiceless Grave, via Century Media in 2017. The band adopted a more unified, dynamic, and intense style on their
Lovecraft-inspired sophomore effort, 2021's uncompromising Death, Madness, Horror, Decay. ~ James Christopher Monger