There are at least 6 bands with the name Arise: 1. History Arise was founded 1996 in Alingsås outside Gothenburg, Sweden, under another name, but got the name Arise 1998 when the first demo recording were released. The third demo Abducted Intelligence were recoded in Los Angered Recordings 2000 by Andy LaRoque, and became the demo recording of the month in the Swedish Close Up Magazine. 2001 were the band signed by Spinefarm Records / Spikefarm (fi) and released their first full length record The Godly Word of Art. ...show more

There are at least 6 bands with the name Arise: 1. History Arise was founded 1996 in Alingsås outside Gothenburg, Sweden, under another name, but got the name Arise 1998 when the first demo recording were released. The third demo Abducted Intelligence were recoded in Los Angered Recordings 2000 by Andy LaRoque, and became the demo recording of the month in the Swedish Close Up Magazine. 2001 were the band signed by Spinefarm Records / Spikefarm (fi) and released their first full length record The Godly Word of Art.

The same year, the band were nominated to the Swedish award Rockbjörnen. Their second studio album Kings of the Cloned Generation were released 2003, and Spinefarm Records were bought by Universal Records during that time. The third CD were recorded and released 2005 under the name The Beautiful New World. This got the review 9/10 in Terrorizer Magazine.

In December 2005 Patrik Skoglöw and Erik Ljungkvist parted ways in Arise with Daniel Bugno and L-G Jonasson due to differences in opinon. They were replaced by Patrik Johansson (vocals), Sternberg (guitars) and Kaj (bass guitar). Currently the band is writing songs for an upcoming album. Current band members Patrik Johansson - Vocals Sternberg - Guitar L-G Jonasson - Guitar Kaj - Bass guitar Daniel Bugno - Drums Former band members Patrik Skoglöw - Bass guitar Erik Ljungkvist - Vocals / Guitar 2. ...show less