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Ceremonial Oath

Death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. [a=Ceremonial Oath] was formed in 1988 under the name Striker, but they first changed name to [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2278408-Desecrator-10]Desecrator[/url] by [a=Oscar Dronjak] ([a=Hammerfall]) and [a=Anders Iwers] ([a=Tiamat]). In 1991 [a=Jesper Strömblad] ([url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3268332-The-Resistance-9]Restistance[/url], ex [a=In Flames]) joined and they changed name to [a=Ceremonial Oath]. During their short career the group released two demos, one 7" EP, and two full-length albums. In the mid-1990's members' other bands had become more important and the band more or less faded away by 1995/1996. In 2012 Ceremonial Oath reunited again with their "classic" line-up consisting of Dronjak, Iwers, [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/571038-Markus-Nordberg]Nordberg[/url] & Strömblad. Current line-up: Oscar Dronjak – vocals, guitar (1989 – 1993, 2012 – ) Anders Iwers – guitar (1989 – 1996, 2012 – ) Markus Nordberg – drums (1990 – 1996, 2012 – ) Jesper Strömblad – bass (1991 – 1993, 2012 – ) Former Members: Marcus Fredriksson - bass (1989 – 1990) Ulf Assarsson - drums (1989 – 1990) Peter Ekberg - bass (1990 – 1991) Thomas Johansson – bass (1993 – 1996) Tomas Lindberg - vocals (1993) Anders Fridén – vocals (1993 – 1996) Mikael Andersson – guitar (1993 – 1996)