Effective period / Period of releases: 1994 - 2007

Members: Tor Castensson, Benjamin Vallé, Oskar Eriksson, Johan Lindqvist, Robert Karlsson (2), Karl Torstensson, Oskar Ekman, Gustaf Björnsson, Eric Nordstedt

Hardcore/metal band from Linköping, Sweden, founded in 1994.In 1996 Startracks Records released ”Listen” which were recorded in ”Sunlight” studios with Fed Estby (Dismember) as producer, along with the new record they went touring with bands such as Entombed and Frodus (USA). Two years later Sidekicks Records released ”Kissed by the misanthrope” and Nine reinforced their aggressive and hard sound.

During the Spring of 2001 their album “Light´s out” was released on Burning Heart Records. The album was recorded in Soundlab Studios, Örebro, with the help from Mieszko Talarcyk and Mathias Färm. The album got brilliant reviews in media and among the true fans. The song “Carnage” from the album is played in the Swedish success movie “Jalla! Jalla!”. The album also ended up on fourteenth place in Close Up Magazine’s list of best albums of 2001.

Later that spring Nine went out on tour with The Haunted and Nasum. The tour was called “Close us made us do it” and was sponsored by Close Up magazine which is Swedens most powerful independent magazine. The tour visited 14 cities in 14 days.

”Killing angels” (Burning Heart) is the name of Nine’s new fullenght and will take you through metal, raw rock and posthardcore. It was recorded in Dug Out Studios in Uppsala, produced by Daniel Bergstrand (In flames, Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad). Petrov (Entombed) guestvocalist on “Them”. Album artwork by Jacob Bannon (Converge).
After an intense tour and without a record contract when the Burning Heart Records label disappeared, in 2006 they released the EP Death Is Glorious under the independent label Combat Rock Industry of Finland. The following year they recorded again with producer Daniel Bergstrand their latest work called Its your funeral, which is released by the Spinefarm Records label.


Benjamin Vallé – Guitars and Backing Vocals
Johan Lindqvist – Vocals
Robert Karlsson – Bass
Tor Castensson – Drums