The National Anthems

The National Anthems was born in August 2001. In May 2002 they recorded their first demo. This demo resulted in a show at one of Sweden's most popular music festivals, the Arvika festival, which drawed about 15 000 visitors. Overwhelming reviews poured in and in September 2002 Deep Elm records (USA) contacted The National Anthems to offer the four-piece a chance to contribute a song to their Emo Diaries Compilation series. Without hesitation The Anthems accepted and the song "My Picture" was featured on "Sad Songs Remind Me" (Emo Diaries #9). A couple of months later the band signed a record deal with the German label Defiance records and in September 2003 the debut album “Before the storm” saw the light of day.
The National Anthems made five European tours (nearly 100 shows) in 2003-2004 together with bands like <a href="spotify:artist:74K7bX12L8GBAWvPuyIgJ7" data-name="Embrace">Embrace</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1US3cA3tVZ50O7n4xE1o0K" data-name="The Weakerthans">The Weakerthans</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:66ScZxprvrMbCtN4ivA0JX" data-name="Kevin Devine">Kevin Devine</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3vK266rvbeLTLM3OcnqHUm" data-name="Miracle Of 86">Miracle Of 86</a> and the successful German band <a href="spotify:artist:5PwcOudItUhq3ciF9QwaXZ" data-name="Sportfreunde Stiller">Sportfreunde Stiller</a>.

Paradoxical was recorded in 2005. Mixing was made by Rikard Löfgren from Leon Music and released 2007 on Enklav.
Four of the songs also are co-written by an old friend of the band, Bo Thörnqvist from the band <a href="spotify:artist:0aelFmDtikZ48X9cL7jfS1" data-name="Stoned">Stoned</a>.

The band continued to tour around Europe for a couple of years until they released their last and self-titled album in 2009 on Leon Music.
Fredrik and Henrik is now playing with <a href="spotify:artist:3AdcSxxep8tZESjs9K3mZ9" data-name="Claes Nilsson">Claes Nilsson</a> in the band <a href="spotify:artist:01jJOHKRO5qQgwHrQB8qAX" data-name="The Alabama Lovesnakes">The Alabama Lovesnakes</a>. Robert has his own solo project <a href="spotify:artist:3lJClCK9D9tgRn2gN3pQFv" data-name="The Siberian Machinist">The Siberian Machinist</a>.