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Varberg's Thrash orientated Metal band REVENGIA, created during the mid 90s, debuted with the June 2004 opus 'A Decade In The Dark' on Recordia Records, produced and mixed by Matti Almsenius at ZerOonE in Varberg between 2001 and 2004. The band featured vocalist / guitarist Matti Almsenius of the EUCHARIST, THE END, CROAM and the BEER BELLY BOYS alongside drummer Daniel Erlandsson of ARMAGEDDON, THE END, LIERS IN WAIT, ARCH ENEMY, IN FLAMES and EUCHARIST repute. The latter had replaced the first REVENGIA sticksman, Niclas Jerberg of CROAM and LIVIN' PARAZITE. Original bassist Roger Berntsson would be superseded by Martin Karlsson of MADRIGAL, EUCHARIST and ETERNAL LIES. Karlsson is also a member of Progressive Metal band PARALLEL UNIVERSE. He also operates in tandem with Almsenius as a member of PROJECT: VOODOO.

REVENGIA began scoring a second album in August of 2004. New singer Andreas Tomasson was added to the group's ranks in December 2005.

REVENGIA cut tracks for an album billed 'Eraser' in September 2006. In Japan the album was issued on the Soundholic imprint with a different track listing to the European Recordia version. Erlandsson was then to opt out, his place taken by Conny Pettersson, another scene veteran citing association with ETERNAL LIES, BESEECH, ANATA, JUSTIFIED, ROTINJECTED and TRENDKILL.

Second guitarist Johan Persson boosted the band's ranks in May 2008.

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