Grave Flowers was formed in December '93 by Matte Andersson as a one man project. The first demo didnīt see the light of day until June '95. The demo contained 3 tracks and had the simple name "Demo-95".

In March '97 it was time to record the second demo and it was then Jason came into the picture as a soundengineer. Three tracks were recorded this time also in a temporary studio (as a matter of fact itīs recorded on a 8 track porta studio) The second demo got the name "Garmonbozia ".

After "Garmonbozia" was recorded I took a little rest from Grave Flowers for a while because I felt it needed some improvement. I wasnīt satisfied with the musical performance which was mostly played by me on those demo recordings. I knew that Jason was a very good guitarist so I asked him if he could play the guitar parts and help me out with various things. He accepted my offer.

In Sept '99 I had enough songs, so I asked Jason if he could help me out and he had recently bought recording equipment together with his bandmates. It was a great moment for him to get to know the equipment. We spent 3 weeks in the studio, practically night and day. Seven songs were recorded and Grave Flowers debut album "Solace Me" was born. The German label Serenades Records released "Solace Me" in July 2001 and it was also released as a limited picture LP by Painkiller Records, Belgium.

The contract with Serenades Records was only for one album and it was time to move on.

Now I was more pleased with Grave Flowers since Jason played guitar, bass and engineered the whole album, but one thing was still missing, namely real drums. So when it was time to record once again I asked Jason to play the drums, instead of the drum machine we used on "Solace Me". I decided to take one burden from him and play the bass myself. In May 2003 had we recorded 3 songs which we used as a promo to get a record deal. After we had finished the recording of the promo I realized that I couldnīt do without Jason. Since he has been involved in Grave Flowers since the second demo I asked him to become a permanent member and as always with Jason he accepted.

We will enter the studio in August 2004 to record the second album, as of yet untitled.

GRAVE FLOWERS' music can be described as dark & melancholic metal wrapped in sad melodies and emotional guitar solos.

Line-up

Matte Andersson - Vocals & Bass
Jason Janson - Guitar & Drums

Discography

Incarcerated Sorrows (Firebox Records, 2005)
Solace Me (Serenades Records, 2000)

Erase/Delete

Incarcerated Sorrows

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