In The Throes Of Death With TOBIAS GUSTAFSSON From VOMITORY

In The Throes Of Death With TOBIAS GUSTAFSSON From VOMITORY

Author: HEAVY Magazine April 7, 2026 Duration: 11:20
Interview by Kris Peters
In any serious conversation about death metal, Vomitory’s name is a must-mention. Formed in 1989, the Swedish band unleashed eight blistering albums between 1996 and 2011, cementing their status as genre titans before parting ways in 2013. However, their retirement was short-lived, as they returned to the stage in 2019 to mark their 30th anniversary. Now, three years after the release of their critically acclaimed comeback album All Heads Are Gonna Roll in 2023, Vomitory are back with their latest beast, In Death Throes, due out on April 10.
According to drummer Tobias Gustafsson, while the unmistakable Vomitory sound remains, the new album cranks up the intensity. “In Death Throes picks up where All Heads Are Gonna Roll left off, but we’ve turned the intensity up a notch. Christian (Fredriksson, new guitarist) quickly found his place and even contributed music to four killer tracks. These additions bring a bit of diversity to our sound without straying too far from the formula.”
HEAVY sat down with drummer Gustafsson to get the full rundown, asking him to dive deeper into the musical side of the album and what Vomitory were going for this time around.
"We continued on the same path as we did on our comeback album All Heads Are Going to Roll," he offered. "So we continued writing in the in the same way. But in hindsight, this new album turned out a bit more intense than the previous one, which is not a bad thing for a death metal band (laughs)."
In the full interview, Tobias goes into more detail about how In Death Throes picks up where All Heads Are Gonna Roll left off, the added intensity in the music, and how new guitarist Christian Fredriksson contributed to the overall product.
We spoke about the early days of the band and where they fit in, the parting of ways in 2013 and his feelings at the time, the circumstances that brought them back together and how much planning was behind that decision, the importance of their comeback album All Heads Are Going to Roll and more.


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