Universe

To hear Truckfighters music is to hear the sound of the desert. It s in their wide
open expanse, it s in their grand open groove and dust-caked metal riffs. You
can hear progression and imagination. This is a band bred on the California
badlands, on sprawling vistas and parched wilderness.

There is just one thing. They re from Sweden.

'We have the exact opposite weather and landscape to California,' says the
band s guitarist Niklas Dango K¤llgren. 'But there is a wilderness there, so I think we share something with people who make music in desert landscapes: we
both do it in places where there aren t many people around. Maybe that s why we can tap into those sounds. You can create big empty spaces in music whether you are in the California desert or whether you are in Sweden.' They are sounds that they have been making since Niklas teamed up with bassist and vocalist Oskar Ozo Cedermalm in Orebro, Sweden in 2001. Over the course of five EPs and three previous albums, they have honed, tautened and expanded their sound, moving from out-and-out riffing to more melodic, crafted songwriting. Yet, inherent in everything is the fuzzed-out mania that defines them.