Afflicted (band)

They were part of the Swedish death metal scene, though overshadowed by better-known bands like Entombed, Dismember and Tiamat.

Later, the band decided to scrap death metal for a more melodic style, notably changing its singer from Joakim Bröms to Michael Van Der Graaf.

[8][9] When Metal Mind Productions re-released Prodigal Sun in 2008, a reviewer for Teeth of the Divine noted that the band had been severely overlooked in its time.

"Prodigal Sun (1992) contained eleven mind-blowing tracks, ranging from slow-paced death metal monsters to fast, thrash-influenced bulldozers".

[2] Wrote Death Metal Underground, the intro and subsequent melodies on the album took the listener to "an ancient Egyptian landscape".