About Disdained
Disdained started in 2005 and is a Swedish melodic progressive metal band.
The band released their debut album in 2011 and released the single "My Darkest Passenger" in 2017.
The band has developed over the years and is now a solid and tight live act with a great ability to capture the audience. Over the years, Disdained has done many live performances and some of them are a little extra memorable, such as when the band headlined the Harvester Rock festival in Finland in both 2007 and 2008 and in 2010 the band performed at the Sweden Rock Festival where the band received deafening support from a fantastic and enthusiastic audience.
After a hiatus, Disdained made a comeback in 2022 and played, among other gigs, at the Gefle Metal Festival and once again received an outstanding and huge reception from the audience. Later that year, Disdained also opened for the metal band Scar Symmetry at Palatset in Linköping. And so it has continued ever since. The band's ability to engage the live audience is no longer something new to their fans, and both respect and interest for the band is increasing all the time.
Disdained will release a new single soon and a new album is on the way!
The official video for "I live for you pain", was released on Youtube in 2012 and created a lot of international interest for the band in large parts of the world, and besides the usual big music territories like USA, England, Germany and Japan also interest from Russia, Indonesia , India and China who all requested the band's debut album “Kill My Only Enemy”.
Distained are destined for a big breakthrough on the international metal scene. Don't miss the band's ability to write songs that engage and live performances that leave people wanting moree
Members
Jocke Vähätalo
is a Finnish/American Guitarist and comes from the powermetal scene and have released 2 albums with his former band "Kardinal Sin" He have also played heavier music in other constallations. He is also currently the guitaristin the band "Storm burner."
Therése Thomsson
is a vocalist from the island Gotland and has previously worked as a theatre actress and has collaborated with several well known Swedish musicians. She is also one of two singers in the metalband "Sadauk"
Johannes Berg
is a drummer from stockholm and over the years he has played with several band as "Semla" and he is also currentlythe drummer in the band "Castillion" and "Storm burner.”
Ernestas Sevcuvianiec
is a Lithuanian Guitarist and a formery member of the Lithuanian band "Ashtrey And Eden" and "Strangers In Avalon" Sens hi moved to Sweden hi has played with "Intention" and toured with bands like "GrandExit".
Thomas Avenbrand
is a trained guitarist & bassist from Stockholm who for more than a decade was a session musician both live and in the studio. He has played in many different constallations over the years”
Former Members
Niklas Dahlin (Guitar) Henrik Juhano (guitar) and Tomas Stolt (Bass). is al of them former members in the power metal band Insania (Stockholm) and Niklas and Tomas still is.
Jocke Wallgren(drums) has played in various constellations such as “Valkyria” and “October tide” and are nowdays playing with the well known metalband “Amon Amarth.”
Johan Persson (Drums) has played in various constellations mainly in south‐eastern parts of Sweden with members from Satanic Surfers amongst others.
Johan Hartman (Guitar) has prior to Disdained mainly been on the non‐mainstream scene focusing on progressive self‐indulgence.