Nihilist was a Swedish death metal band formed in 1987[1] by Nicke Andersson and Alex Hellid.
[2] The band split up in 1989 when Johnny Hedlund left to form Unleashed.
[1] Nihilist never recorded a full-length album before they renamed themselves Entombed, but a collection of their demo work was released in 2005.
[4] Nicke Andersson admitted in the recent book about the history of death metal and grindcore Choosing Death that after his relationship with Johnny Hedlund had grown ever more acrimonious, he had deliberately split the band up as a means of parting company with him.
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