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Sweden |
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Doom Metal |
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DISBANDED
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Page online:
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November 21, 2002
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Last update/review:
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May 6, 2021
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Left Hand Solution
Left Hand Solution was formed in 1991 and went the usual route
of demos and lineup shifts before recording their debut
mini-CD,
Shadowdance in 1994, followed by two full-length
albums in 1996 (
Fevered)
and 2001 (
Light Shines Black).
The basic style here is gothic/doom with female vocals.
Fevered is more along the lines of classic doom, slow
and ponderous but rich and well-structured.
By contrast, their more recent
Light Shines Black is more
upbeat, emphasizing the goth side over the doom, with a more
rock feel, very well done.
Vocalist Mariana Holmberg's vocals are excellent -- not a
soprano like many other female metal vocalists, instead hers
is more midrange (as one example, they cover the Eurythmics
"Missionary Man", and Mariana sounds a lot like Annie Lennox),
soulful and passionate, a perfect compliment to the music.
As late as 2007 they were active in some respect but are presumably
no more.
Last Lineup
Mariana Frykman
vocals
Jocke Mårdstam
guitars
Peter Selin
bass
Erik Barthold
drums
Former Members/Guests
Kicki Höijertz
vocals (ex-Siebenbürgen)
Janne Wiklund
guitars
Discography
Shadowdance
1994
Massacre
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- Shroud
- Infernal
- Solitary fallen angel
- Nightbloom
- Final withering
- Shadowdance
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-
Kicki Höijertz
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Jocke Mårdstam
-
Peter Selin
-
Erik Barthold
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Fevered
1996
Massacre
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- Thorns
- Fevered
- The wounds of bitterness
- Illusion
- Angels with the last plagues
- Scorns of time
- The futile passion
- Memories (of the tragedienne)
- The bleeding
- Scarred
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-
Mariana Frykman
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Jocke Mårdstam
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Peter Selin
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Erik Barthold
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Light Shines Black
2001
Massacre
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- Light Shines Black
- Soiled Souls
- Missionary man
- Lucid Dream Desire
- The Crooked Smile
- Raven Wings
- Vision
- Persistence of Memory
- Heart Laid Bare
- Orient Nights
- A Road to Nowhere
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-
Mariana Frykman
-
Janne Wiklund
-
Peter Selin
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Erik Barthold
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Through The Mourning Woods
2019
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- Blessed Be My Fallen Angel
- And Time Went By
- Return the Sun
- The Bleeding Heart
- Stillborn
- Fields on Fire
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-
Mariana Frykman
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Jocke Mårdstam
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Peter Selin
-
Erik Barthold
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Dead Of Winter
EP
2021
independent
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- First Day of Winter
- The Sleeping Dead
- Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)
- For the Hallowed Blood
- Flame of Desire
- When the Reason Is Gone
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-
Mariana Frykman
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Jocke Mårdstam
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Peter Selin
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Erik Barthold
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