Gone Postal is a four-piece Icelandic death metal band from Kópavogur, Iceland, that Haukur Hannes and Nökkvi G. Gylfason founded in 2007.
History Haukur Hannes (guitar) and Nökkvi G. Gylfason (guitar, vocals) formed Gone Postal in 2007, along with Þorbjörn Steingrímsson (vocals) and Jón P. Gunnarsson (drums). It started playing hardcore in early 2007. The band dismissed Gunnarsson, recruited Stefán A. Stefánsson (drums) and Karl B. Flosason (bass), and focused more on death metal. Gone Postal recorded a self-produced web-based album during the summer of 2007, In the Depths of Despair, which never came out as an actual album. The album contained six tracks that would be re-recorded and published on the 2008 album of the same title.
The group dismissed Flosason in late 2007 and recruited Úlfur Hansson, who stayed on as session bassist until early 2008. By that time, Gone Postal had developed a following in the Icelandic death metal scene. The band recruited Daníel S. Hallgrímsson shortly after Hansson left, and he stayed with the band until late 2008.
In January 2008, Gone Postal started recording their full-length debut, In the Depths of Despair, which they finished in the autumn of the same year. They officially released the ten-song album on December 2, 2008.
In 2009, Nökkvi stated in an interview that: "...the reason for releasing a full length album is that it's so unheard of within the Icelandic metal scene. Bands usually just release four or five song demos or ep's and we just didn't want to do that since we had enough material for a full-length album".Thoroddsen, Arnar E.: Morgunblaðið, page 52. Árvakur hf., 2009.
In January 2009, Gone Postal announced that they would take a short break from performing to complete writing, practicing and recording their second album, tentatively titled Spearheading the Umbrageous.
In February 2009, founding member Haukur Hannes left Gone Postal due to musical and personal differences.Gone Postal's Myspace Blog, January 19, 2010. Access date: January 23, 2010.
The band ended in 2014. The remaining members (Ævar Örn Sigurðsson, Þorbjörn Steingrímsson, Nökkvi G. Gylfason and Stefán Ari Stefánsson) reformed in 2015 and shifted their focus towards black metal under the name Zhrine. They released the album Unortheta under that name on April 8, 2016 to critical acclaim. Stefánsson left Zhrine after the release of Unortheta and Tumi Snær Gíslason replaced him.
Members Þorbjörn Steingrímsson (2007–2014) - vocals, guitar Nökkvi G. Gylfason (2007–2014) - guitar, vocals Ævar Örn Sigurðsson (2008–2014) - bass Stefán A. Stefánsson (2007–2014) - drums
Former members Tristan Barnes (2010) - guitar Haukur Hannes (2007–2009) - guitar Daníel S. Hallgrímsson (2008) - bass Karl B. Flosason (2007) - bass Úlfur Hansson (session live) (2007) - bass
Discography
Studio albums YearTitleLabel2008In the Depths of DespairMolestin2012Spearheading the Umbrageous
Other YearTitleDescription2008Grindethic Records: Damn & Blast Vol.4 Compilation2008Promo 2008Self-released demo2011Promo IISelf-released promo with rough mixes from the upcoming album
References
External links Gone Postal's official website on Myspace