A Swedish band that carved out a distinct space in the 1990s death-doom scene with albums like 'Exquisite Corpse' and 'Astral Sleep.'
For a sense of their sound, 'Silent Carnage' from the early days and 'Untombed' from later on frame their range. Both have that heavy, melodic pull they were known for.
Paramaecium arrived in the mid-90s when death metal was getting faster and more technical, but they went the other way. Their early album 'Exquisite Corpse' and songs like 'Silent Carnage' leaned into slower tempos and melodic atmosphere. They helped define a particular Swedish strain of death-doom that valued mood as much as aggression.
The band formed in Sweden in 1993 and released their first album, 'Exquisite Corpse,' the next year. They followed with records like 'Immersion' in 1995 and 'Astral Sleep' in 1997, continuing to release music through 2015's 'Lost Paradise.'
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