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Dozer | |
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| Origin | Borlänge, Sweden |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
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| Website | dozermusic |
Dozer is a stoner rock band from Sweden, formed in 1995. [2]
Dozer was formed in the great north in 1995 by Tommi Holappa, Fredrik Nordin, Erik Bäckwall and Magnus Larsson, playing local youth centres and supporting any bands that came to their hometown. In 1996 Magnus Larsson left and Johan Rockner joined the band. In 1998 the band recorded a split EP with the American band Unida. The EP was originally released by MeteorCity and re-issued in 2005.
While trying to secure a record deal they sent a demo tape to Man's Ruin Records, a highly influential label in the stoner rock scene at the time. Frank Kozik, the owner of Man's Ruin, was thoroughly impressed and the band quickly recorded an album. In 2000 Dozer released their first album In the Tail of a Comet , which was recorded for only $500. The band's second album Madre de Dios was released via Man's Ruin in 2001 along with a vinyl version on Molten Universe. Man's Ruin Records closed down shortly after the release.
For their third album they worked with top Swedish producer Chips Kiesbye, known for his work with bands such as The Hellacopters. Call It Conspiracy was released in 2003 on the local Molten Universe record label and was well received by the media. At this time the band also recorded a video for the single "Rising". [3] [4] Soon after the release of the album Erik Bäckwall left the band and was replaced by Daniel Lidén from Demon Cleaner.
In 2005 Dozer recorded their fourth album Through the Eyes of Heathens at the Seawolf Studios in Helsinki. The album was released on Small Stone Records with whom they had signed on to earlier that year. The album includes the track "Until Man Exists No More" featuring guest vocals by Troy Sanders of Mastodon. Early in 2006 Lidén left the band and was replaced by Olle Mårthans.
Dozer released their fifth album, Beyond Colossal in late 2008, recorded and mixed by Daniel Lidén, and guest vocals by Neil Fallon of Clutch. The band followed it up with a short European tour.
Dozer frequently tours and has played more than 300 live shows spanning several countries. They have toured and played with bands such as Mastodon, Rollins Band, Hellacopters, Spiritual Beggars, Clutch, Unida, Zeke, Nebula, Entombed.
In November 2009 Dozer played what, according to their guitarist Tommi Holappa, could very well be their last show. They went on an indefinite hiatus due to vocalist Fredrik Nordin going back to school, with the other members continuing with different side projects. [5]
On 21 November 2012, the band announced on its website that it was active again, having booked several shows. [6]
In 2022 Olle Mårthans left the band's drummer position and was replaced by Sebastian Olsson [7] who also performed on Dozer's 2023 album, Drifting in the Endless Void. [8]
On July 14, 2023 Magnetic Eye Records released the album Superunknown (Redux) which featured all tracks in running order from Soundgarden's 1994 album Superunknown with Dozer performing the track "Half". [9] [10]
Fredrik Nordin, Tommi Holappa, Daniel Lidén, Erik Bäckwall and Johan Rockner were in Greenleaf.
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Both Rockner and Bäckwall are members of heavy doom rock band Besvärjelsen, releasing their second album 2022 on Magnetic Eye Records.
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Amon Amarth are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band take its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking mythology and history, and so they have been sometimes erroneously labeled "Viking metal", although the band prefers the term melodic death metal.
Deathspell Omega is a French black metal band formed in 1998 in Poitiers. The group is an anonymous collective that has never confirmed the identity of any of its members.
Call It Conspiracy is Dozer's third album, released 16 September 2003 on their managers label Molten Universe. The album was reissued on March 20, 2020, through the label Heavy Psych Sounds Records. For this album they worked with Swedish producer Chips Kiesbye, famous for his work with bands such as the Hellacopters on their album High Visibility which was noted by the band as reason for wanting to work with him. They released the 7" vinyl single Rising B/W the Wreck on November 24, 2003. In support of the album they toured with Clutch and Spiritual Beggars on the European leg of their Monstergroove 2003 tour.
MeteorCity Records is an American record label founded in 1997 by Jadd Shickler and Aaron Emmel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. With the release of its compilation album Welcome to MeteorCity showcasing young unsigned Kyuss-like bands, MeteorCity helped launch the stoner rock genre and many of the genre's first bands, plus side projects from members of well-known bands including The Atomic Bitchwax and Hermano. MeteorCity Records was one of the first record labels dedicated exclusively to Stoner rock, doom metal, sludge metal, drone metal and psychedelic rock.
Small Stone Records is an American record label based in Detroit, MI. It was founded in 1995 by Scott Hamilton and is a self-dubbed "heavy rock" label. The label has released a number of stoner rock compilation albums, as well as releases by Dozer, Los Natas, Halfway To Gone, Solace, and many others in the stoner rock, indie, blues-rock, and psychedelic genres.
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Madre de Dios is Dozer's second album, released March 6, 2001 on Man's Ruin Records. All songs were recorded in March 2000 at the Rockhouse Studio in Borlänge, Sweden, except "Octanoid" which was recorded in August 2000. "Rings of Saturn" was recorded in December 2000. All songs were mixed and produced by Dozer with Bengt Backe.
In The Tail of a Comet is Dozer's first full album, released April 25, 2000 on Man's Ruin Records. It was recorded in February 1999 at the Rockhouse Studio in Borlänge, Sweden for about $500. All songs were mixed and produced by Dozer with Bengt Backe.
Ghost Brigade were a six-piece melodic death metal band from Finland, formed in 2005 and disbanding in 2020.
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Truckfighters are a Swedish rock band from Örebro, formed in 2001. The band's current lineup comprises founding members Oskar "Ozo" Cedermalm and Niklas "Dango" Källgren, and Johan "Toro" Marberg. Truckfighters have released five studio albums.
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Demon Cleaner was a Swedish stoner rock band formed in the late 1990s as an instrumental trio by Kimmo Holappa, Martin Stangefelt and Daniel Lidén. They named the band after a Kyuss song. Daniel Söderholm joined as singer soon after and after a few split singles with Dozer they recorded their first full-length album, The Freeflight, which was released in 2000. Söderholm left soon after the recording. Stangefelt took over vocals and Snicken and Ville Astrand joined the band. Daniel Jansson soon took over at bass from Astrand.
Beyond Colossal is Dozer's fifth studio album. It was recorded at Studios 301, Stockholm and Rockhouse Studios, Borlänge. The record was mixed at Tri-Lamb Studios by their former drummer Karl Daniel Lidén. Beyond Colossal was released on Small Stone Records.
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Drifting in the Endless Void is the sixth studio album by the Swedish stoner rock band Dozer. It was released on 21 April 2023 through Blues Funeral Records. It is Dozer's first studio album since the release of Beyond Colossal in 2008 which is the longest gap between albums for the band at 15 years. This is also the band's first album to feature drummer Sebastian Olsson with the rest of the lineup remaining the same as on previous studio albums.
