Ceremonial Oath

A death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Ceremonial Oath was formed in 1988 under the name Striker, but they first changed their name to Deecrator by Oscar Dronjak (HammerFall) and Anders Iwers (Tiamat). In 1991, Jesper Strömblad (Restistance, ex In Flames) joined them and they changed their name to Ceremonial Oath. During their short career, the band released two demos, a 7" EP and two full-length albums. By the mid-1990s, the members' other bands had become more important and the band more or less disappeared in 1995/1996. In 2012 Ceremonial Oath once again reunited its "classic" line-up made up of Dronjak, Iwers, Nordberg & Strömblad.