Группа The Unguided образовалась в 2010 году из бывших участников Sonic Syndicate - вокалистов Richard Sjunnesson, Roland Johansson, а также нынешнего гитариста Sonic Syndicate, Roger Sjunnesson. Группа была собрана после ухода Ричарда из Sonic Syndicate.
Он сказал, что начинает новый проект с братом Роджером и другим неизвестным лицом, т.к. Sonic Syndicate уже не могут играть музыку достойного уровня. Это, кстати, и послужило причиной его ухода из группы.
"Неизвестная личность" не была объявлена до 26 ноября, когда Ричард разместил видео в своем блоге. Третьим участником, как оказалось, стал бывший солист Roland Johansson.
На 2010 год группа успела выпустить мини-альбом "Nightmareland" и сингл "Betrayer Of The Code". Мини-альбом и сингл показали себя довольно достойно. Критики и слушатели были очень довольны качеством исполнения и родным звучанием, присущим ранним работам Sonic Syndicate.
6 февраля 2011 года группа объявила о том, что их первый концерт состоится на Getaway Rock Festival 2011. Ричард также рассказал, что он присоединился к шведской метал-группе Faithful Darkness. 16 февраля было опубликовано видео на странице в YouTube, которое включило превью двух треков из грядущего мини-альбома. Через два дня музыканты поделились, что запись и сведение "Nightmareland" были завершены.
Также The Unguided подписывают контракт с шведским лейблом Despotz Records, который выпускает "Nightmareland" 1 апреля этого же года. В планах у группы было перезаписать песни, которые были записаны во времена пребывания участников в Fallen Angels. В день релиза миньона также прошла премьера нового трека на шведской радиостанции Bandit Rock.
28 апреля группа сообщает, что препродукция дебютного альбома официально началась. Продюсером стал Йонас Кьеллгрен. На 26 июля был назначен второй концерт The Unguided, который должен состояться на ежегодном событии Grand Rock в их родном Фалкенберге.
16 июня группа без предварительного объявления выпускает свой дебютный сингл "Betrayer of the Code". Эта работа была написана Роджером и Ричардом, когда они ещё играли в Fallen Angels. После релиза сингла группа начинает запись полноформатника.
25 июня Ричард заявил, что The Unguided не смогут играть на концертах песни, написанные в Sonic Syndicate из-за того, что Роланд ушел из группы и подписал контракт об отступлении всех прав, связанных с Sonic Syndicate, в т. ч. и права на исполнение песен на концерте. Для того, чтобы группа смогла выступать, каждый участник (кроме нового вокалиста Натана Джеймса Биггса) должен был подписать контракт, в которым разрешается The Unguided играть их песни. Гитарист Sonic Syndicate Робин Сьюнессон, кузен Ричарда и Роджера, был единственным членом группы, который не желал подписывать договор, что забрала у The Unguided любую возможность играть их старые песни.
3 октября обложка и название нового альбома были представлены общественности. Дебютник получает название "Hell Frost", также сообщалось, что запись и сведение релиза подошло к завершению, а его выход назначен на 30 ноября 2011 года.
Альбом включил в себя кавер на трек "Tankens Mirakel" шведского EBM-дуэта Spark. Песня была переведена на английский и засветилась в качестве бонуса в трек-листе под заголовком "The Miracle of Mind".
26 октября выходит главный сингл "Inherit the Earth", а на сам трек снимается видео. 30 ноября выходит в свет долгожданный дебютник The Unguided. Релиз альбома «Hell Frost» состоялся 30 Ноября 2011 года. В альбом вошли 10 песен на обычном издании и 11 на лимитированном. Бонус треком стала кавер-версия на шведскую EBM команду SPARK!
6 февраля 2011 года группа объявила, что их первый концерт будет как часть сет-листа в 2011 году на рок-фестивале Escape. 16 февраля 2011 года группа выпустила видео на сингл «Phoenix down» на своей странице YouTube. 18 февраля 2011 года группа объявила, что подписала контракт со шведским лейблом Despotz. 7 марта 2011 года группа объявила, что Nightmareland будет выпущен 1 апреля 2011 года так как нужно было перезаписать его на лейбле. Так же премьера сингла «Pathfinder» состоялась на шведском рок-фестивале. А 19 сентября 2012 года в сети появилось видео на песню «Betrayer Of The Code».
В начале 2014 года The Unguided выпустили второй альбом, получивший название "Fragile Immortality", на Napalm Records в следующие числа:
31 января - в Германии, Австрии, Швейцарии, Финляндии, странах Бенилюкса
5 февраля в Испании, Швеции, Норвегии
3 февраля в остальной Европе
11 февраля в США/Канаде Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
The Unguided is a five-piece melodic death metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden, formed by Richard Sjunnesson, after his departure from Sonic Syndicate. Later, he was joined by (also former Sonic Syndicate singer) Roland Johansson, and (then) Sonic Syndicate guitarist Roger Sjunnesson and drummer John Bengtsson and current Cipher System bassist Henric Carlsson. Drummer John Bengtsson left the band and in late 2012 The Unguided found their current drummer, Richard Schill.
Biography
Before The Unguided was formed, all of the core members played in the Swedish metal band Sonic Syndicate (first known as Fallen Angels). Vocalist Roland Johansson left in 2009 due to issues with extensive touring. In October 2010, it was announced that vocalist Richard Sjunneson would not take part of the rest of the We Rule the Night tour to spend more time with his family, but a couple of days after he announced the break was permanent, that he left Sonic Syndicate due to creative differences.[3][4] Richard went on to form the new band, The Unguided, together with Roland Johansson and Roger Sjunnesson
On December 22, 2010, Richard revealed on his blog that the band would be releasing two brand-new songs in January. On January 9, 2011 the band revealed the artwork and title for their upcoming EP, Nightmareland. The artwork was done by Kuang Hong. The layout and booklet design was made by Gustavo Sazes, the same person who made the artwork for the Sonic Syndicate EP Burn This City. An alternative version of the artwork for later re-issues of the EP was made by Jose A. Aranguren, the same person who made the artwork for the Sonic Syndicate album Eden Fire. On the same day, it was also announced that the release date of Nightmareland would be delayed until February due to the band re-recording it in a professional studio and not in Richard's home studio. On January 18, 2011, the band announced the title of the two new songs for the Nightmareland EP: "Green Eyed Demon" and "Pathfinder". On the same day, it was revealed that the recording took place in The Abyss studio (same studio Sonic Syndicate recorded Only Inhuman, Love and Other Disasters and Burn This City) in Pärlby, Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (same producer Sonic Syndicate used for Only Inhuman, Love and Other Disasters and Burn This City). On February 6, 2011, the band announced that their first concert would be as a part of the set-list for the 2011 Getaway Rock Festival. Richard also revealed that he had joined the Swedish metal band Faithful Darkness.
On February 16, 2011, the band released a video on their YouTube page including a preview of two tracks of the upcoming EP. On February 18, 2011, the band announced that the recording, mixing and mastering of Nightmareland was done. They also announced that the band had signed with the Swedish record label Despotz Records, on which Nightmareland would be released. March 7, 2011 the band announced that Nightmareland would be released on April 1, 2011 through Despotz Records. They also announced that the band would be re-recording songs they wrote when they still were in Fallen Angels. On the release day of Nightmareland, "Pathfinder" premiered on the Swedish radio station Bandit Rock.
On April 28, 2011, the band announced that pre-production of their debut album had officially begun. They also revealed that Jonas Kjellgren also would be producing the album and that The Unguided had signed a deal with Despotz Records to release and distribute it. On June 6, 2011 it was revealed that the second The Unguided concert would be on July 26, 2011 at the annual Grand Rock event at their hometown Falkenberg, Sweden. Richard had already hinted that fans needed to keep their eyes out for June 16, 2011 without revealing anything more than that it would be a special day. On June 16, 2011 without any official announcement The Unguided released their debut single "Betrayer of the Code". "Betrayer of the Code" was originally written by Roger and Richard when they still played in Fallen Angels. The artwork for the single was made by Jose A. Aranguren, the same person who made the artwork for the Sonic Syndicate album Eden Fire and the alternative version of Nightmareland. With the release of the first single, The Unguided had officially begun recording their debut album. Although the recording session had already been going on for a while, it wasn't announced until June 16.
On June 25, 2011, Richard announced that The Unguided would not be able to perform any of their songs written in Sonic Syndicate due to after Roland's departure of the band he signed a contract giving away all the rights of anything related to Sonic Syndicate, even performing the songs live. In order for the band to play their songs live, every member of the band (except new singer Nathan James Biggs) needed to sign a contract wherein they allow The Unguided to play their songs. Richard and Roger's cousin and guitar player in Sonic Syndicate, Robin Sjunnesson was the only person in the band not willing to sign the contract, therefore removing any possibility for The Unguided to play any of their old songs. Richard Sjunnesson included the following statement about the situation on his blog: "I know this comes as a disappointment to a lot of you who were looking forward to hearing Sonic Syndicate songs with the original singer setup but it’s totally out of our hands. Until we get that last signature there’s really nothing we can do. We in The Unguided don’t see this hindrance as a major obstacle, however. We see it as a great challenge since we immediately have to banish ourselves to the writing board, finish up, and rehearse a lot of new material. Keep in mind, we’re NOT Sonic Syndicate we’re The Unguided with all the properties that comes of that. Thus The Unguided’s upcoming live appearances will consist of entirely our own material".
On October 3, the artwork and title of their debut album Hell Frost was revealed at 616. The artwork was done by Kuang Hong, the same person who made the artwork for Nightmareland. The layout and booklet design was made by Gustavo Sazes. On the same day Despotz Records announced that the recording, mixing and mastering of Hell Frost. was completed and that it would be released on November 30, 2011. Richard had already announced on his blog that the album would include a cover song; on October 8, it was revealed to be "Tankens Mirakel" by the Swedish EBM duo Spark. The song has been translated into English and will appear on the album with the title "The Miracle of Mind". It will be the JakeBox exclusive bonus track for Hell Frost. On October 11 the Swedish radio station Bandit Rock premiered the song "Inherit the Earth", a preview of the song had been played the day before as well. On October 25, it was announced that "Inherit the Earth" would be the lead single. "Phoenix Down" was originally intended as the lead single. The single was eventually released on October 26, 2011. The artwork for the single was made by Jose A. Aranguren. On January 13, 2012 the band released their second single "Phoenix Down" and its music video, directed by Patric Ullaeus who has worked with all the members of the band on several occasions. The single was released as a 4-track single. The artwork for the single was made by Jose A. Aranguren.
Line-Up
Richard Sjunnesson - Vocals
Roger Sjunnesson - Guitars, Keyboards
Roland Johansson - Guitars, Vocals
Henric Carlsson - Bass
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