Formed in early -90 under the name Desecrator, this now sadly defunct band released 2 demos, an ep and 2 albums. In the fall of -92 they recorded their "The Book of Truth" debut album in the, at the time, rather unknown Studio Fredman. This album was released about a year later on the french label Modern Primitive.

Shortly after the recording of the debut album the band was on the verge of breaking up as Oscar Dronjak (guitar/vocals) and Jesper Strömblad (bass) went on to focus on upcoming successes (Crystal Age/Hammerfall and In Flames respectively). But original member Anders Iwers (now in Tiamat) got together a new line-up and recorded two promotional recordings shortly after each other. These two recordings became the album "Carpet" released on Black Sun Records early 1995. The recording features both vocalists Tomas Lindberg (ex-At the Gates - 3 songs) and Anders Friden (now In Flames - 4 songs).

"Carpet" is a very heavy album, strongly rooted in death metal but also showing influences from heavy metal and thrash. The album is an excellent documentation of one of the first bands delivering the Gothenburg sound on an unsuspecting world.

Death live in Los Angeles 1998

The band was founded in 1982 by Bobbie Wright (guitars, vocals), James Schumacher (bass), Jack Hays (drums) and John Grey (guitars). With this line-up, Brocas Helm released their first demo in 1983. In 1984 the band signed with First Strike for the USA and Steamhammer for Europe, and in the same year they released their first opus, Into Battle. After several disagreements (for example, about the cover used for Into Battle, which was used without consent of the band), they mutually agreed to end the relationship with the labels, even though Brocas Helm still had an obligation for another album.
After a lot of searching for a new label that could fulfill their needs, the band decided to create and release a new LP themselves. For 5 years, the band worked hard in their "Caverns of Thunder" basement-studio, and the result was the album Black Death (with Tom Benhey on guitars). Brocas Helm recorded the Helm's Deep demo primarily to get a label deal with the goal of a high-quality CD release. Brocas Helm didn't find any label which could suit their needs, so the band self-released the Ghost Story EP in 1994, the Time of the Dark and the Blood Machine/Skullfucker singles (respectively in 1997 and 2000). In 2003 the band signed with Eat Metal records, which released the Live Album Black Death in Athens and re-released their two full-length albums with some bonus tracks and a new artwork. In 2004 the band recorded a highly anticipated new full-length album, Defender of the Crown, once again self-releasing the record.

Current Members:
Bobbie "Dark Rider" Wright - Guitar, Vocals
James Schumacher - Bass
Jack Hays - Drums

Ex Members:
Guitars:
John Grey
Tom T-bone Behney (on "Black Death")

Discography:

Demo I Demo, 1983
Into Battle Full-length, 1984
Black Death Demo, 1987
Black Death Full-length, 1988
Helm's Deep Demo, 1989
Ghost Story EP, 1994
Time of the dark Single, 1997
Blood Machine/Skullfucker Single, 2000
Black Death In Athens Live album, 2004
Defender of the Crown Full-length, 2004
Clash of Iron Vol. I - Live at Keep it True Split,2007 (with Manilla Road)