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Swedish crude death metal act RIKET have recorded a cover by Swedish hardcore/punk legends Rövsvett and their track “Strålskadad”. The song is Recorded in Studio Sunlight and is produced by Tomas Skogsberg and mastered by Dan Swanö. RIKET decided to record this track the old school way with no click track, almost no dubbing and no edits. This in order to stay true to the original tune and to remain as close to a live band as possible also in the studio.

Listen to the song here: https://orcd.co/stralskadad

RIKET was formed in 2016 by Johan Fridell and Tobias Jakobsson (both in Netherbird) together with Adrian Erlandsson (who was also in Netherbird for a brief time) in order to pursue some more death oriented music which resulted in the first EP “Vanarter” (2016, Black Lion). With the initial good response Johan and Tobias recruited a few friends locally in Stockholm and that was the start of the band.

For the first few years the band did a handful of shows each year (and a live EP) and it took until 2020 before a second EP “Ofärder” (2020, ViciSolum Productions) was released. This release marked the start of a more active band and RIKET did a few smaller festival gigs and gaining an underground momentum locally in the Stockholm area.

In 2023 Netherbird disbanded and with more of a focus on RIKET things have started to move at a much higher speed. During early 2024 the band have done several international gigs and also recorded two cover tunes in Sunlight Studio. Later 2024 the debut full length album will be recorded and from that point RIKET aims to focus on live gigs, both in Sweden and abroad.

LINE-UP:
Johan Fridell – vocals (ex Netherbird)
Tobias Jakobsson – guitars (ex Netherbird)
Micke André – bass and vocals (Terminal Prospect, ex Netherbird)
Jussi Niiranen – guitars (Terminal Prospect)
Felix Wahlund – drums (Nazghor, Hyperion)

More information at
Website: http://www.riket.dk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/riket.official
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riket.official
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/@riket.official
Songkick: https://www.songkick.com/artists/8869059-riket