Tag Archives: Necrophobic

Firespawn sign record deal with Century Media

Posted by on July 1, 2015

Firespawn, formerly known as Fireborn, featuring members of Entombed A.D. and Necrophobic have inked a record deal with Century Media Records and have some releases in the pipeline ready to be delivered with them. Comments Firespawn’s bass player A. Impaler: We are stoked to be joining forces with Century Media. They are one of the biggest […]

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Metal Insider’s top 5: Bands that continued despite legal issues with members

Posted by on April 7, 2014

Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. When As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis was arrested on suspicion of hiring a hitman to kill his wife last year, many were shocked, but likely none more than the remaining members of the band. Late on […]

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Metal Insider’s top 20 stories of 2013

Posted by on January 3, 2014

As we close the books on the first Friday of 2014, we thought it might be fun to take a look back at the biggest stories on Metal Insider that ran in 2013. Sure, some of them are closely related to each other, others are huge and exclusive stories, others are gossipy and others, well, […]

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Necrophobic axes vocalist Tobias Sidegard

Posted by on October 14, 2013

After Metal Insider broke the news that Necrophobic vocalist Tobias Sidegard had been arrested on allegations of abuse towards his wife and children, we received a not-so-nice response from the singer. While the band was more cautious in response, having been caught off guard, they’ve now had enough. Sidegard was found guilty on two counts of […]

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Necrophobic’s Tobias Sidegard found guilty of abuse; sentence reduced

Posted by on September 20, 2013

Several weeks ago, Metal Insider broke the story that Necrophobic frontman Tobias Sidegard had been in prison on charges that he’d abused his wife and children. While he’d been sentenced to 18 months, the vocalist e-mailed us later that day, stating that he was out of prison following a second appeal and that the final judgment […]

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Necrophobic Issue Statement on Behalf of Band

Posted by on September 6, 2013

It’s been a hell of a week for Necrophobic. On Tuesday, they released a song from their upcoming album, Womb of Liluthu. The following day, we broke a story that lead singer Tobias Sidegard had been imprisoned on charges of spousal abuse. Later that day, Sidegard himself responded to us, stating that he was a free […]

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Tobias Sidegard Responds Regarding Prison Sentence

Posted by on September 4, 2013

Earlier today, Metal Insider ran a story about Necrophobic vocalist Tobias Sidegard. We ran the story based on Swedish court documents that we received from an anonymous source. The source also sent the findings of the trial, which said that he’d been  found guilty of “severe abuse to a female partner” and “abuse.” The sentence handed […]

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Exclusive: Necrophobic vocalist sentenced to prison for spousal/child abuse [Updated]

Posted by on September 4, 2013

Swedish death metal band Necrophobic released the first single from their forthcoming album, Womb of Lilithu, yesterday. But when the album comes out on October 29th (October 25th in the rest of the world), don’t expect vocalist Tobias Sidegard to be touring in support of it. That’s because the frontman is currently in prison, having been […]

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Former Dark Funeral/Necrophobic Guitarist Passes Away

Posted by on March 25, 2013

It has been revealed that guitarist David Parland, who previously played in Swedish death and black metal groups including Dark Funeral, Necrophobic and Infernal, passed away on March 19. An official cause of death has yet to be revealed. Parland was 42 years old. Dark Funeral guitarist Mikael Svanberg [aka Lord Ahriman] issued the following […]

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