Driller Killer (band)

Driller Killer was a Swedish extreme metal band. They were formed in 1993 in Malmö[2] and are named after the Abel Ferrara film The Driller Killer.[3] They are signed to the French record label Osmose Productions and have released seven full-length albums, and a variety of split releases to date.[4] Their style has been described as heavy punk,[5] hardcore punk,[6] crust punk[7] and D-beat.[8] They are also strongly influenced by the sound of Discharge.

Driller Killer
Background information
Origin	Malmö, Sweden
Genres	Crust punk death metal
Years active	1993-2009[1]
Labels	Osmose Productions
Associated acts	Anti Cimex
Members	Cliff Lundberg Christoffer Larsson Johan Gummesson Charlie Claeson
Past members	Andy Rydell Adam Andersson Svend Henke Christer Selle Asp Charlie Claeson

Driller Killer was one of the first bands to implement death metal sound into a crust punk formula.[9] The popularity of the crust punk and death metal fusion cemented when Osmose Productions created Kron-H impring for the main purpouse of signing Driller Killer, Disfear, Loud Pipes and Dellamorte.[9] While the tenure with Kron-H did not generate major financial success it gained praise from undergroud critics.[10] The bands music has been inspired by ecological destruction, with their album Fuck the World which portrays the earth with a vagina that is symbolically raped by industrialisation.[11]