Breach (band)

Not to be confused with the British DJ Ben Westbeech, who also goes by the name Breach.

Breach
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Post-hardcore
Years active	1993–2001
Labels	Burning Heart Records / Relapse Records, Chrome Saint Magnus, Apocaplexy Records

Breach was a Swedish post hardcore band.

History

The band was formed in Luleå in 1993, and released their first full length album in 1995. Pelle Gunnerfeldt from Fireside recorded and mixed several of the group's albums. Shortly after the release of Kollapse the band announced that they had decided to split up. The band played a reunion show in Stockholm on 6 December 2007 and ended the show by destroying all their instruments, leading fans to speculate that this would be the band's final show.

Style

Breach started as a metal influenced hardcore band. The band's later style features a mixture of hardcore, crust punk, post-hardcore, post rock and black/thrash metal. They combine fast metallic parts with clean, atmospheric guitar lines. Their production is a lot rawer and harsher than that of most modern post-hardcore bands.

Band members

Members, final line-up

• Tomas Hallbom (Vocals)
• Anders Ekström (Guitar)
• Niklas Quintana (Guitar)
• Johan Gustafsson (Bass)
• Tomas Turunen (Drums)
• Per Nordmark (Drums)

Former members

• Magnus Höggren (Bass)
• Kalle Nyman (Bass)
• Jejo Perkovic (Drums)
• Janne Westerberg (Drums)
• Erik Carlsson (Guitar)
• Kristian Andersson (Bass)

Discography

EPs

• Outlines. Release date: 1994-06-01
• Breach. Release date: 1999-01-01
• Godbox. Release date: 2002

Full-length albums

• Friction. Release date: 1995-10-27
• It's Me God. Release date: 1997-04-28
• Venom. Release date: 1999-05-17
• Kollapse. Release date: 2001-12-03

Singles

• "Old Songs vs. New Beats". Release date: 1996-06-01

External links

• Burningheart Breach page
• Relapse Records Breach Page (subscription required)
• Interview with Niklas Quintana after the last show