Gallows End is a Heavy Metal band from Arvika/Karlstad located in western Sweden and was formed in the summer of 2007 by guitarist/vocalist Thord klarström. Gallows End was intended as a one man project. During September 2007 Thord recorded at three-track promo. The promo featured three songs of aggressive yet melodic heavy metal and immediately attracted the attention from several labels around the world. Due to the great interest for these songs Thord decided to put together a real band and after several months of searching for the right guys the band started rehearsing and writing new material, after some member changes the current line up features: /Gallows End Thord Klarström – Vocals/Guitar Peter Samuelsson – Guitar Niklas Nord – Bass Mikael Karlsson – Drums In October of 2008 Gallows End signed a record deal with ohio based metal-label Farvahar Records LLC and are currently recording their first album due for release in spring 2009 The bands musical vision is to create quality heavy metal, heavily influenced by classic metal acts like Judas Priest, Accept, Iron Maiden etc. but also has influences from more recent bands like Sinergy and Gamma Ray, the style could be described as fast, aggressive but still melodic heavy metal. The story of Gallows End has just begun so stay tuned for updates. /Gallows End
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