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Centre of Gravity

Uppsala HÃ¥rdrock

About Me

Centre of Gravity. Progressive, heavy, melodic.
With enough technicality to wow the technical fanboys, enough heaviness to satisfy everyone's inner mosher and melodies to swoon the less metal-inclined, Centre of Gravity represents a new wave of Swedish progressive metal. Anders' classic "Umeå sound" polyrhythms form the backbone for Jake's signature agile fretwork and Robin's blatant riffage. Vocalist Matt lends his lungs to the project in classic hard rock style, while all this is underpinned by Mirkko's creative and lead-heavy bass madness.
The band was formed in Uppsala, Sweden by Fredrik, Anders, Jacob and Henrik in late 2006. Not long after the boys added Australian vocalist Matt to their ranks. After recording the first demo and playing a spectacular live performance in Uppsala Henrik and Fredrik left the band to pursue other musical ventures. On the 20th of September 2007 German basist Mirkko joined the CoG machine. On the 31st of January 2008 Uppsala local Robin joined Centre of Gravity to complete the lineup of CoG Mark II.
For booking please contact info (at) centreofgravity.net

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/11/2007
Band Website: centreofgravity.net - update coming!
Band Members: Mirkko Stehn - Bass Guitars

Anders Lundin - Drums

Jacob Skimutis - Rhythm & Lead Guitars

Robin Ahnlund - Rhythm & Lead Guitars

Matt Greig - Vocals
Influences: All things hard, heavy and in between.
Sounds Like: Space-time curving in on itself...

Listen to the songs on our myspace, or even better come and see one of our visceral live performances
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Demo 2 on the go!

After the mixed audio success of our first demo, which involved technology that can at best be described as "stone age" - perhaps "bronze age" if you are feeling generous, Centre of Gravity are s...
Posted by Centre of Gravity on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:13:00 PST

homepage getting a facelift

That's right kids, www.centreofgravity.net is getting a facelift. If we are going to continue with the whole surgical analogy you could put it like this: Someone has given me and Mirkko a scalpel, a b...
Posted by Centre of Gravity on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:41:00 PST

Just like the Terminator, we’re back!

Yes! The question mark in our band photo is no longer a question mark. Centre of Gravity is proud to announce the addition of Robin Ahnlund to the band. Not only will he take up the roll of co-shredde...
Posted by Centre of Gravity on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:31:00 PST

WE NEED YOU: CoG is looking for a keyboardist or guitarist

The CoG boys would like to wish Stefan all the best in his return to his Värmländish roots. This means however that we are one member short and are now on the hunt after a new member. Who are we looki...
Posted by Centre of Gravity on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:57:00 PST

Latest in the world of CoG

Hej!We have now moved into our new rehearsal room, which is awesome. Looking forward to meeting the other guys who jam there. It means that we got to load Anders drum kit into the SAAB and drive acros...
Posted by Centre of Gravity on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:34:00 PST

Welcome CoG Mark II

Well friends, it has been a while coming but Centre of Gravity is proud to announce the addition Mirkko Stehn to the band, bringing his own brand of six-string madness (and unsafe cycling habits) to t...
Posted by Centre of Gravity on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:48:00 PST

Lineup solidifying...

Things are moving along nicely in the world of CoG. The guitarist position may very well be filled... an announcement shall be made about that before long. In the meantime if you are a bass-guru drop ...
Posted by Centre of Gravity on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:46:00 PST

Leavers detected!

Henrik and Fredrik leaves the band.We're sad to announce our resignation from the band. We thank the others for a great time together and wish them the best of luck in the future. We will be back thou...
Posted by Centre of Gravity on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:23:00 PST

Wassup???

Centre of Gravity is now entering the rehearsal-studio again after the tour at Fredmans in Uppsala, merging our musical expressions at the beginning of a new unknown path of fantastic creations. If no...
Posted by Centre of Gravity on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:31:00 PST

Live video!

Here's a treat for you all - a live video from our gig at Fredmans! ...
Posted by Centre of Gravity on Tue, 29 May 2007 03:33:00 PST