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Way back in 1993 in Stockholm four close friends with a common passion for the most brutal death metal decided to put together their own personal tribute to the sounds that inspired them to play. The four guys in question were Rickard Cabeza, Matti Kärki, Uffe Cederlund and Peter Stjärnwind. At the time Matti and Rickard were busy with Dismember, Uffe with Entombed and Peter with Merciless so getting a regular rehearsal and writing time proved difficult and eventually the idea had to be put on the back burner for a while, but certainly not forgotten.
From time to time the four of them would meet up to jam on old Autopsy covers and throw a few ideas around and by 1996 they had managed to gather about a half dozen original songs and even played a couple of times locally. Unfortunately prior commitments stood in the way yet again and as serious as they all were about making Murder Squad a reality their "main" bands had to take priority.
Fast forward to the year 2000, Dismember and Entombed have finished and released their newest albums (by this time Peter was the full time drummer for Entombed) and touring is at a minimum. The time was right for the reanimation of the dormant beast! Over the course of two intense and very focused weekends at Das Boot studios in Stockholm and with a good friend (Putz Weck) as engineer the band finally came to fruition as they layed down "Unsane, Insane and Mentally Deranged" in a haze of dope smoke and beer as a tribute to the originals. On hearing a rough master of the album Pavement Music snapped up the chance to release this modern death metal masterpiece. The band hopes you enjoy listening to it as much as they enjoyed making it. They are currently looking at touring offers and writing material for a follow up so you can expect more in the near future.
Bio updated Sept. '01
