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Jan Jämte
Johannes Persson
Fredrik Kihlberg
Hailing from Umeå, a hotbed of Swedish talent (Cult Of Luna, Refused, Meshuggah, International Noise Conspiracy etc), the seeds of Khoma were sewn over a decade ago while the three founding members of the band – Jan Jämte, Thomas Hedlund and Johannes Persson – were all still at college together.
“It would be a lie to say that everything clicked from the start”, recalls Persson. “The band we played in, some kind of socialist noise rock-thing, carried a lot of tensions. But, by the end of the decade I, Jan and Thomas, had fostered some kind of musical and personal kinship that refused to die neither with the band nor with the hardcore scene.” Melding the aggression of the long established local hardcore scene with the burgeoning more diverse and emotive pop scene, Khoma was born.
A few months in, things were beginning to take off for the band. A limited 1000-disc run of debut album 'Tsunami' was released and quickly sold out. It was reprinted and, pretty much instantly, sold out again. The band was taken by surprise by the phenomenal response and signed with a management company to enable them to keep focusing on the music, rather than the business.
Without having signed a record deal, Khoma started to work on the follow-up to 'Tsunami'. It soon became obvious that they had to do something about the line-up. As Khoma began as a side project, members often were scattered around the globe making it almost impossible to play live. “We weren't even a real band, merely a project filling a musical void, something we created because we felt a need to play together”, explains Jämte. “Since we had no real goals and no one expected anything, we also had nothing to lose. It was all about the music.” Khoma decided to create two faces: one that writes, rehearses, and records songs and another that gathers to play live.
The core of Khoma is always static – vocalist Jan Jämte, guitarist Johannes Persson, and Fredrik Kihlberg on guitar/piano – but the surrounding band members are a rolling collective of musicians. The band hail from varied musical backgrounds and all members still play in a number of different groups: Cult of Luna, The Perishers, and the Deportees to name three. “Of course it's sad”, says Kihlberg. “It would be better if we could all stick together but it's impossible. In a way Khoma was not meant to be, and we've had to adjust ourselves to that situation. Our main concern has always been about writing music. Khoma is the creative process, our collective effort.”
With no pressure and total creative freedom, the members wrote the music they personally wanted to hear. The result is a harsh, emotional, and intense mixture of sweeping melodies and roaring guitars. “Khoma is a breathing space where the different styles fuse”, Jämte elaborates. “We have a vision of creating heavy music that reflects more feelings than just sheer aggression. Sometimes whispering can be more powerful than screaming.”
Besides playing music, the members of Khoma are political animals. This reflects back on Khoma in the member's words and actions. They all hold strong views on issues and ideologies spanning from anarchism, feminism and socialism to animal and environmental rights. This doesn't mean they are aiming to be “the new political rock band” or wear their political opinions on their sleeves – it's just something they believe in.
In creating their most recent music, the band have broadened their perspective and introduced new elements most notably cello and piano. “I don't think that we have any limitations when it comes to 'do's and don'ts' in our songs”, comments Jämte. “We just don't think about music in that way. Too many bands are stuck, sounding like something straight out of a production line. That's not why we play music. Khoma is still a way of expressing diversity, not limiting us to just anger, depression or happiness. We're diverse as people. We want to be free. Our music should incorporate all of that.”
“For us it's all about freedom and quality of life”, says Jämte. “Khoma is not something that we've started to “make it”, to sell thousands of records or to become icons. We just want to write and play this music and in order for us to do that we have to feel free, both personally and creatively. The plan is still the same. It hasn't changed.”
Khoma have an epic sound of their own. Look for 'The Second Wave' in stores on April 3rd 2006. 12/02/2008 - SEXIE VEGGIE We have many of our artists nominated in all sorts of polls all year round, but this has got to be one of the most ... 12/02/2008 - THE THIRD WAVE Khoma have issued the following update:"The summer is looking quite calm at the moment. Were gonna focus on writing new songs and trying to record. ... 12/02/2008 - WATCH AND WIN Peta 2 (people for the ethical rights of animals) have posted an awesome video interview with Khoma frontman Jan. Furthermore they are giving away a ... 12/02/2008 - UNLEASH THE RAGE! The Roadrunner Roadrage 2006 DVD shall be released on September 4th exclusively through HMV. The DVD will be priced at a ridiculous £7.99 at features ... 12/02/2008 - FEEL THE RAGE!!! Listen up peeps! The Roadrage 2006 low-price DVD will once again be exclusively available from HMV for £7.99 around late Aug/early Sept. And if you ... 12/02/2008 - REST INSIDE THE BARFLY Photos from the 36 Crazyfists and Khoma show last week at the Camden Barfly have now been posted online in their respective Artists section. Go ... 12/02/2008 - WIN KHOMA Live tomorrow during Catbird's Phantasmagoria (9am - 12noon) on Totalrock, they'll be giving away a couple of pairs of tickets to Khoma's headline gig up ... 12/02/2008 - GLAS-KHOMA To reward their loyal Scottish fans, Khoma have just announced a special one-off headline show at Glasgow's King Tut's on Monday 12th June. Khoma are ... 12/02/2008 - SOMEWHERE IN TIME Tonight on the Radio 1 Rock Show (1 - 3am) you can hear the guys from 36 Crazyfists tearing holes in the space-time continuum and ... 12/02/2008 - A DATE WITH SOME CRAZY KIDS THE MIGHTY ALASKANS - 36 CRAZYFISTS have confirmed a handful of Barfly shows around the forthcoming Download Festival. Support for the shows comes courtesy of ... 12/02/2008 - I PREDICT A RIOT We are proud to announce that KHOMA & SATYRICON have both been confirmed for this years 2 THOU 6 DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL, aka the Roadrunnerfest. The ... 12/02/2008 - CLOSE UP AND PERSONAL Opeth, Satyricon & Khoma all recently played Stockholms - Close-up Festival. But don't take our word for it, go to KHOMA.NET to see pictures of ... 12/02/2008 - KERRANG TV EXCLUSIVE KHOMA KOMPETITION From today watch Kerrang! TV (Sky channel 354) for your chance to win an exclusive video I-Pod with Khoma's video and album The Second Wave ... 12/02/2008 - DEATH THROES Khoma have got an exclusive digital bundle of their latest album "The Second Wave". The bundle is available exclusively through iTunes and features the bonus ... 12/02/2008 - IT'S FINALLY HERE!! INTELLI-SWEDES KHOMA release their roadrunner debut album today. 'The Second Wave' is available for as little as £8.99, for the limited edition digipack version. Click ... 12/02/2008 - KHOMA OUT ON MONDAY Khoma - The Second Wave is out this Monday. The album will be available as a limited edition digipack for around £9.99 from HMV, Virgin, ... 12/02/2008 - 13 REASONS TO GET INTO KHOMA KHOMA - THE SECOND WAVE With less than a week away it's time for the world to find out what Roadrunner UK has been so ... 12/02/2008 - KHOMA ECARD Swedish intellirock outfit KHOMA have just launched the ecard for their forthcoming album "The Second Wave" OUT MONDAY. CLICK HERE to view the ecard. In ... 12/02/2008 - KHOMA ON KERRANG You can now select the video for KHOMA 'Medea' on Kerrang! TV- Head to Sky Channel 354!!!!!!! To request call: 09056 525 666 And enter ... 12/02/2008 - WIN TICKETS TO SEE AN EXCLUSIVE KHOMA SHOWCASE To celebrate the release of their forthcoming album (The Second Wave), on Thursday March 23rd KHOMA are playing an intimate showcase for a very select ... 12/02/2008A Lesson In Roadrunner History Why are we giving you a Roadrunner history lesson? Today, May Day, whilst people riot on the streets of London, our US office has just ... 12/02/2008WIN KHOMA Live tomorrow during Catbird's Phantasmagoria (9am - 12noon) on Totalrock, they'll be giving away a couple of pairs of tickets to Khoma's headline gig up ... 12/02/2008DEATH THROES Khoma have got an exclusive digital bundle of their latest album "The Second Wave". The bundle is available exclusively through iTunes and features the bonus ... 12/02/2008FEEL THE RAGE!!! Listen up peeps! The Roadrage 2006 low-price DVD will once again be exclusively available from HMV for £7.99 around late Aug/early Sept. And if you ... 12/02/2008KHOMA VIDEO ONLINE! Khoma video online source:www.khoma.net That's right folks, Khomas first video from The Second Wave (MEDEA) is up and out on the web! Although it'll be ... 12/02/2008WIN TICKETS TO SEE AN EXCLUSIVE KHOMA SHOWCASE To celebrate the release of their forthcoming album (The Second Wave), on Thursday March 23rd KHOMA are playing an intimate showcase for a very select ... 12/02/2008KHOMA ECARD Swedish intellirock outfit KHOMA have just launched the ecard for their forthcoming album "The Second Wave" OUT MONDAY. CLICK HERE to view the ecard. In ... 12/02/2008KHOMA ON KERRANG You can now select the video for KHOMA 'Medea' on Kerrang! TV- Head to Sky Channel 354!!!!!!! To request call: 09056 525 666 And enter ... 12/02/2008KHOMA SHOWCASE!! On Thursday March 23rd KHOMA are playing an intimate showcase for a very select audience at the London barfly. Although this show isn't availble to ... 12/02/2008KHOMA DIGITAL BUNDLE An exclusive KHOMA digital bundle containing MEDEA and JUST ANOTHER HOST is now available from: + KARMA DOWNLOAD + WIPPIT + I-TUNES These tracks offer ... 12/02/2008KHOMA.NET Khoma have launched their offical website, and to celebrate this event the band are giving away a free mp3 of "Stop Making Speeches". The track ... 12/02/2008KHOMA Roadrunner Records is proud to announce their latest signing - KHOMA. Hailing from Umeå, a hotbed of Swedish talent (Cult Of Luna, Refused, Meshuggah, International ... 12/02/2008STOP MAKING SPEECHES This week saw the launch of Khoma's official website (www.khoma.net). To celebrate the launch, the band are giving away a free mp3 from their forthcoming ... 12/02/200813 REASONS TO GET INTO KHOMA KHOMA - THE SECOND WAVE With less than a week away it's time for the world to find out what Roadrunner UK has been so ... 12/02/2008KHOMA VIDEO SHOOT Last weekend Khoma shot the video for Medea. The filming took place in the somewhat cold Skelleftia (Sweden), and is being put together by the ... 12/02/2008MORE MOBILE MONSTERS We have just added some filthy new truetones and wallpapers to roadtones.com. So whether your after some Germanic Caliban hardcore or some fresh intelli-rock courtesy ... 12/02/2008IT'S FINALLY HERE!! INTELLI-SWEDES KHOMA release their roadrunner debut album today. 'The Second Wave' is available for as little as £8.99, for the limited edition digipack version. Click ... 12/02/2008REST INSIDE THE BARFLY Photos from the 36 Crazyfists and Khoma show last week at the Camden Barfly have now been posted online in their respective Artists section. Go ... 12/02/2008GLAS-KHOMA To reward their loyal Scottish fans, Khoma have just announced a special one-off headline show at Glasgow's King Tut's on Monday 12th June. Khoma are ... 12/02/2008UNLEASH THE RAGE! The Roadrunner Roadrage 2006 DVD shall be released on September 4th exclusively through HMV. The DVD will be priced at a ridiculous £7.99 at features ... The Second Wave The Second Wave Promo Live Shots
“It would be a lie to say that everything clicked from the start”, recalls Persson. “The band we played in, some kind of socialist noise rock-thing, carried a lot of tensions. But, by the end of the decade I, Jan and Thomas, had fostered some kind of musical and personal kinship that refused to die neither with the band nor with the hardcore scene.” Melding the aggression of the long established local hardcore scene with the burgeoning more diverse and emotive pop scene, Khoma was born.
A few months in, things were beginning to take off for the band. A limited 1000-disc run of debut album 'Tsunami' was released and quickly sold out. It was reprinted and, pretty much instantly, sold out again. The band was taken by surprise by the phenomenal response and signed with a management company to enable them to keep focusing on the music, rather than the business.
Without having signed a record deal, Khoma started to work on the follow-up to 'Tsunami'. It soon became obvious that they had to do something about the line-up. As Khoma began as a side project, members often were scattered around the globe making it almost impossible to play live. “We weren't even a real band, merely a project filling a musical void, something we created because we felt a need to play together”, explains Jämte. “Since we had no real goals and no one expected anything, we also had nothing to lose. It was all about the music.” Khoma decided to create two faces: one that writes, rehearses, and records songs and another that gathers to play live.
The core of Khoma is always static – vocalist Jan Jämte, guitarist Johannes Persson, and Fredrik Kihlberg on guitar/piano – but the surrounding band members are a rolling collective of musicians. The band hail from varied musical backgrounds and all members still play in a number of different groups: Cult of Luna, The Perishers, and the Deportees to name three. “Of course it's sad”, says Kihlberg. “It would be better if we could all stick together but it's impossible. In a way Khoma was not meant to be, and we've had to adjust ourselves to that situation. Our main concern has always been about writing music. Khoma is the creative process, our collective effort.”
With no pressure and total creative freedom, the members wrote the music they personally wanted to hear. The result is a harsh, emotional, and intense mixture of sweeping melodies and roaring guitars. “Khoma is a breathing space where the different styles fuse”, Jämte elaborates. “We have a vision of creating heavy music that reflects more feelings than just sheer aggression. Sometimes whispering can be more powerful than screaming.”
Besides playing music, the members of Khoma are political animals. This reflects back on Khoma in the member's words and actions. They all hold strong views on issues and ideologies spanning from anarchism, feminism and socialism to animal and environmental rights. This doesn't mean they are aiming to be “the new political rock band” or wear their political opinions on their sleeves – it's just something they believe in.
In creating their most recent music, the band have broadened their perspective and introduced new elements most notably cello and piano. “I don't think that we have any limitations when it comes to 'do's and don'ts' in our songs”, comments Jämte. “We just don't think about music in that way. Too many bands are stuck, sounding like something straight out of a production line. That's not why we play music. Khoma is still a way of expressing diversity, not limiting us to just anger, depression or happiness. We're diverse as people. We want to be free. Our music should incorporate all of that.”
“For us it's all about freedom and quality of life”, says Jämte. “Khoma is not something that we've started to “make it”, to sell thousands of records or to become icons. We just want to write and play this music and in order for us to do that we have to feel free, both personally and creatively. The plan is still the same. It hasn't changed.”
Khoma have an epic sound of their own. Look for 'The Second Wave' in stores on April 3rd 2006. 12/02/2008 - SEXIE VEGGIE We have many of our artists nominated in all sorts of polls all year round, but this has got to be one of the most ... 12/02/2008 - THE THIRD WAVE Khoma have issued the following update:"The summer is looking quite calm at the moment. Were gonna focus on writing new songs and trying to record. ... 12/02/2008 - WATCH AND WIN Peta 2 (people for the ethical rights of animals) have posted an awesome video interview with Khoma frontman Jan. Furthermore they are giving away a ... 12/02/2008 - UNLEASH THE RAGE! The Roadrunner Roadrage 2006 DVD shall be released on September 4th exclusively through HMV. The DVD will be priced at a ridiculous £7.99 at features ... 12/02/2008 - FEEL THE RAGE!!! Listen up peeps! The Roadrage 2006 low-price DVD will once again be exclusively available from HMV for £7.99 around late Aug/early Sept. And if you ... 12/02/2008 - REST INSIDE THE BARFLY Photos from the 36 Crazyfists and Khoma show last week at the Camden Barfly have now been posted online in their respective Artists section. Go ... 12/02/2008 - WIN KHOMA Live tomorrow during Catbird's Phantasmagoria (9am - 12noon) on Totalrock, they'll be giving away a couple of pairs of tickets to Khoma's headline gig up ... 12/02/2008 - GLAS-KHOMA To reward their loyal Scottish fans, Khoma have just announced a special one-off headline show at Glasgow's King Tut's on Monday 12th June. Khoma are ... 12/02/2008 - SOMEWHERE IN TIME Tonight on the Radio 1 Rock Show (1 - 3am) you can hear the guys from 36 Crazyfists tearing holes in the space-time continuum and ... 12/02/2008 - A DATE WITH SOME CRAZY KIDS THE MIGHTY ALASKANS - 36 CRAZYFISTS have confirmed a handful of Barfly shows around the forthcoming Download Festival. Support for the shows comes courtesy of ... 12/02/2008 - I PREDICT A RIOT We are proud to announce that KHOMA & SATYRICON have both been confirmed for this years 2 THOU 6 DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL, aka the Roadrunnerfest. The ... 12/02/2008 - CLOSE UP AND PERSONAL Opeth, Satyricon & Khoma all recently played Stockholms - Close-up Festival. But don't take our word for it, go to KHOMA.NET to see pictures of ... 12/02/2008 - KERRANG TV EXCLUSIVE KHOMA KOMPETITION From today watch Kerrang! TV (Sky channel 354) for your chance to win an exclusive video I-Pod with Khoma's video and album The Second Wave ... 12/02/2008 - DEATH THROES Khoma have got an exclusive digital bundle of their latest album "The Second Wave". The bundle is available exclusively through iTunes and features the bonus ... 12/02/2008 - IT'S FINALLY HERE!! INTELLI-SWEDES KHOMA release their roadrunner debut album today. 'The Second Wave' is available for as little as £8.99, for the limited edition digipack version. Click ... 12/02/2008 - KHOMA OUT ON MONDAY Khoma - The Second Wave is out this Monday. The album will be available as a limited edition digipack for around £9.99 from HMV, Virgin, ... 12/02/2008 - 13 REASONS TO GET INTO KHOMA KHOMA - THE SECOND WAVE With less than a week away it's time for the world to find out what Roadrunner UK has been so ... 12/02/2008 - KHOMA ECARD Swedish intellirock outfit KHOMA have just launched the ecard for their forthcoming album "The Second Wave" OUT MONDAY. CLICK HERE to view the ecard. In ... 12/02/2008 - KHOMA ON KERRANG You can now select the video for KHOMA 'Medea' on Kerrang! TV- Head to Sky Channel 354!!!!!!! To request call: 09056 525 666 And enter ... 12/02/2008 - WIN TICKETS TO SEE AN EXCLUSIVE KHOMA SHOWCASE To celebrate the release of their forthcoming album (The Second Wave), on Thursday March 23rd KHOMA are playing an intimate showcase for a very select ... 12/02/2008A Lesson In Roadrunner History Why are we giving you a Roadrunner history lesson? Today, May Day, whilst people riot on the streets of London, our US office has just ... 12/02/2008WIN KHOMA Live tomorrow during Catbird's Phantasmagoria (9am - 12noon) on Totalrock, they'll be giving away a couple of pairs of tickets to Khoma's headline gig up ... 12/02/2008DEATH THROES Khoma have got an exclusive digital bundle of their latest album "The Second Wave". The bundle is available exclusively through iTunes and features the bonus ... 12/02/2008FEEL THE RAGE!!! Listen up peeps! The Roadrage 2006 low-price DVD will once again be exclusively available from HMV for £7.99 around late Aug/early Sept. And if you ... 12/02/2008KHOMA VIDEO ONLINE! Khoma video online source:www.khoma.net That's right folks, Khomas first video from The Second Wave (MEDEA) is up and out on the web! Although it'll be ... 12/02/2008WIN TICKETS TO SEE AN EXCLUSIVE KHOMA SHOWCASE To celebrate the release of their forthcoming album (The Second Wave), on Thursday March 23rd KHOMA are playing an intimate showcase for a very select ... 12/02/2008KHOMA ECARD Swedish intellirock outfit KHOMA have just launched the ecard for their forthcoming album "The Second Wave" OUT MONDAY. CLICK HERE to view the ecard. In ... 12/02/2008KHOMA ON KERRANG You can now select the video for KHOMA 'Medea' on Kerrang! TV- Head to Sky Channel 354!!!!!!! To request call: 09056 525 666 And enter ... 12/02/2008KHOMA SHOWCASE!! On Thursday March 23rd KHOMA are playing an intimate showcase for a very select audience at the London barfly. Although this show isn't availble to ... 12/02/2008KHOMA DIGITAL BUNDLE An exclusive KHOMA digital bundle containing MEDEA and JUST ANOTHER HOST is now available from: + KARMA DOWNLOAD + WIPPIT + I-TUNES These tracks offer ... 12/02/2008KHOMA.NET Khoma have launched their offical website, and to celebrate this event the band are giving away a free mp3 of "Stop Making Speeches". The track ... 12/02/2008KHOMA Roadrunner Records is proud to announce their latest signing - KHOMA. Hailing from Umeå, a hotbed of Swedish talent (Cult Of Luna, Refused, Meshuggah, International ... 12/02/2008STOP MAKING SPEECHES This week saw the launch of Khoma's official website (www.khoma.net). To celebrate the launch, the band are giving away a free mp3 from their forthcoming ... 12/02/200813 REASONS TO GET INTO KHOMA KHOMA - THE SECOND WAVE With less than a week away it's time for the world to find out what Roadrunner UK has been so ... 12/02/2008KHOMA VIDEO SHOOT Last weekend Khoma shot the video for Medea. The filming took place in the somewhat cold Skelleftia (Sweden), and is being put together by the ... 12/02/2008MORE MOBILE MONSTERS We have just added some filthy new truetones and wallpapers to roadtones.com. So whether your after some Germanic Caliban hardcore or some fresh intelli-rock courtesy ... 12/02/2008IT'S FINALLY HERE!! INTELLI-SWEDES KHOMA release their roadrunner debut album today. 'The Second Wave' is available for as little as £8.99, for the limited edition digipack version. Click ... 12/02/2008REST INSIDE THE BARFLY Photos from the 36 Crazyfists and Khoma show last week at the Camden Barfly have now been posted online in their respective Artists section. Go ... 12/02/2008GLAS-KHOMA To reward their loyal Scottish fans, Khoma have just announced a special one-off headline show at Glasgow's King Tut's on Monday 12th June. Khoma are ... 12/02/2008UNLEASH THE RAGE! The Roadrunner Roadrage 2006 DVD shall be released on September 4th exclusively through HMV. The DVD will be priced at a ridiculous £7.99 at features ... The Second Wave The Second Wave Promo Live Shots
