Internal Decay
Biography
Spawned in 1991, Internal Decay were an influential presence in the early Death Metal underground in Stockholm, Sweden, after playing Thrash Metal under names like Misery and Subliminal Fear since 1987.
In 1991 the band entered Twilight Studios to record their eponymous demo. Released in the same year, the tape featured four tracks of raw, unpolished and crude Death Metal. It immediately gained loads of attention in the underground tape trading community and fanzines, leading to live gig bookings and a record deal.
Through relentless rehearsals and stage shows the band developed the unique brand of eerie, otherworldly melodic Death Metal that would eventually emerge on the classic 1993 album debut “A Forgotten Dream”. Recorded at iconic Sunlight Studios in 1992-93, it was engineered by the legendary Thomas Skogsberg and mixed and produced by Lars Lindén. Despite recording at the literal ground zero of the Stockholm “buzzsaw” sound, the band deliberately moved in another sonic direction, opting for a more atmospheric sound. The album got great responses from the Death Metal scene and led to more and bigger shows, furthering the bands reputation as a fearsome live act.
Entering the studio again in 1994, Internal Decay recorded the single song “Et Cetera Ad Inifitum” for a metal compilation. That album was never released in the end, and in the following months the band became inactive as the members went separate ways.
Individually the members have made an impact in bands like Therion, Epitaph, Deformity, Pandemonic, Stormrider, A Canorous Quintet and Serpentine to name a few.
With a reissue of the debut album out on Vic Records in December 2025, and a new EP releasing on Hammerheart records in February 2026, Internal Decay are back and ready to unleash their distinctive style of darkly melodic Death Metal upon the world once more.
Founding members Mikael Vega and Kim Blomkvist still helm the band, with Linus Nirbrant joining on bass, and Emil Hedman on drums and Björn Sundling on guitar completing the lineup.