Genre(s):
Thrash Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
N/A
Origin:
Sweden (Västerås)
Formed In:
1988
Status:
Changed name & Split-up
Last Known Line-Up:
Fredrik Jacobsen - Bass (ex-Slapdash, ex-Atrocity)
Johnny "Bärget" Bergmann - Drums (ex-Slapdash)
Lars Linden - Guitars (Carnal Forge, ex-Slapdash)
Magnus Söderman - Guitars (ex-Inrage, ex-Lost Souls, ex-Slapdash, ex-Atrocity, ex-Powerage)
Uffe Petersson - Vocals (ex-Mezzrow)
Former/Past Member(s):
Patrik Marchente - Drums (ex-Atrocity)
Andreas Wallström - Drums
Johan Weigel - Keyboard , Piano, Opera & Backing vocals (Session)
Micke Winterquist - Piano (Session)
Friedrich Weigel - Violin (Session)
Glyn Grimwade - Vocals (ex-Atrocity)
Additional Notes
Formerly known as Atrocity (Swe). Changed name to Rosicrucian in 1989. Later known as Slapdash.

Not to be confused with:

Atrocity (DE) - Technical Death Metal (early), Electro Gothic/Ethno (later) from Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Atrocity (US) - Death Metal/Grindcore from Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Atrocity (US) - Thrash Metal from New York City, New York, United States
Atrocity (DE) - Thrash Metal/Crossover from Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany (pre-Atrocity Exhibition)
Atrocity (BR) - Thrash Metal from São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Rosicrucian (GB) - Black Metal from Bristol, United Kingdom (pre-Fever Sea)


Discography:
Atrocity (pre-Rosicrucian) & Damien & Tribulation & Gravity - Is This Heavy or What? [split] - 1988
Atrocity (pre-Rosicrucian) - Atrocious Destruction [demo] - 1988
Atrocity (pre-Rosicrucian) - To Be... Or Not To Be [demo] - 1989
Rosicrucian - Initiation Into Nothingness [demo] - 1990
Rosicrucian - Silence [full-length] - 1991
Rosicrucian - No Cause For Celebration [full-length] - 1994
Slapdash (ex-Rosicrucian) - Bound [ep] - 1995
Slapdash (ex-Rosicrucian) - 240.25 Actual Reality [full-length] - 1996

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