Sweden's TRIDENT, featuring Johan Norman (ex-DISSECTION, ex-SOUL REAPER), Tobias Sidegård (NECROPHOBIC) and Jonas Bloom (GRIEF OF EMERALD) have signed with Regain Records.

The label reports: "The dawn of Trident begun when Johan Norman (Soul Reaper, Dissection) whom had been away from the scene for a few years started to sense a strong urge to get back into it. The riffs, ideas and musical arrangements in his blackened mind had grown way too powerful to be thrown into oblivion. The true Death/Black fans all over the world just had to be part of this outburst from below.

During summer of 2007 he ran into Alexander Friberg (JAGGERNAUT, KARNEYWAR), a highly skilled bass player who just had left his former band, at a local pub in Gothenburg. Realizing they had the same ideas of music making and philosophy in general they decided to make something out of this together.

In search for the right horrifying voice and a wicked front-man Johan contacted Tobias Sidegård, the voice in cult death metallers Necrophobic and an old time friend. Tobias went really enthusiastic when hearing the material. He quickly understood the greatness of Trident and decided to join with a fulltime commitment.

Now standing in front of maybe the most tricky piece in this diabolical puzzle. To find a available drummer who could manage to handle these insanely fast blastbeats and morbid tempo changes. Working with drum machine over a few of months they finally came in contact with Jonas Blom (Grief Of Emerald). A most talented musician and experienced death metal drummer.

Over a couple of months numerous of guitarists where being auditioned but never less none of them seemed to have the right skills or mentality for being involved in a band like this. Luckily Johan had heard rumours of Ewo Solvelius a string torturer so far pretty unknown to the scene. Johan contacted Ewo and after a dark weekend of guitar shred and mind-razing there was no hesitation at all that Ewo was the perfect recruit for Trident.

The ultimate line-up was settled for Trident and the serious work could begin.

In October 2008 Trident closed a deal with Swedish record label Regain Records. Their promising debut album, World Destruction will be released in early 2009. A most hectic and intense touring is to be expected thereafter. The band has extremely high goals and visions of their future and will do anything to annihilate any kind of obstruction that could interrupt their path. By the power of will and the might of the Trident.? More news to come soon..."

Check out Trident at their MySpace page.