Allegiance – Blodörnsoffer (1997)

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. Intåg 01:45
2. Med Svärd I Hand 04:37
3. Likbål 04:57
4. En Svunnen Tid 05:52
5. Heimdal 07:07
6. Yggdrasil 04:26
7. Korpen Skall Leda Oss 05:43
8. Blodörnsoffer 05:41
9. Blot 05:35
10. Uttåg 03:18

Allegiance was formed in 1989 in Söderköping, Sweden,

featuring in their ranks drummer Fredrik Andersson and vocalist/bass/guitar player Roger 'Bogge' Svensson (aka B. War)

both of them mostly known for their later involvement with the black metal band Marduk.
The same year they released their debut demo "Sick World" delivering old style traditional thrash metal.
By drafting Magnus 'Devo' Andersson in 1990, Allegiance got decidedly more brutal

adding death metal elements on their style and released two more demos,

"Eternal Hate" in 1990 and "The Beginning Was The End" in 1991.
Undergoing a radical line-up shuffle the next years they released their fourth demo, 1993's "Odin Äge Er Alle",

and began to evolve to a more viking/black metal act and also shift their lyrical focus toward more pagan matters.
The "Höfdingadrapa" demo, a year later, solidified this shift

and its three songs would be later re-recorded for the band's debut album.,
Pär Thornell would be introduced on vocals and guitar with Mikael Almgren as new bassist in 1995.
In March 1995 Allegiance was signed to No Fashion Records and in July the same year they entered Unisound Studio

 to record their long awaited debut album "Hymn Till Hangagud" that was released in 1996.
From there, Allegiance would go on to release two more albums, 1997's "Blodörnsoffer" and 1999's "Vrede",

both of which made the Swedes a cult band.

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