Biography

The band was founded by Björn Stigsson, Håkan Andersson and Kjell Andersson 1981. The first album released by Leviticus in 1983, and was titled ”Jag skall segra!”. During the year 1984, things really started to take off. Leviticus released an English version of the album ”Jag skall segra!”, it was titled ”I shall conquer”. The band also got a contract with an american record label, and from now on, all Leviticus albums were released world-wide. In 1985, Leviticus had a huge success with their new album ”The Strongest Power”. According to the american metal magazine ”Kerrang”, the album was ”one of the best records this year…”, and a lot of superlatives were written about the band. This year, Leviticus had their breakthrough worldwide. In 1987, Leviticus released the album ”Setting fire to the earth”, which became a best-seller around the world, and which got lots of great reviews in many different music magazines. In 1989, Leviticus released the album ”Knights of heaven”. This album was recorded and produced in the U.S.A. This album also got some great reviews in a lot of magazines worldwide. The Swedish newspaper ”Göteborgs-Posten” wrote ”Leviticus takes the top position in Swedish hardrock, together with Europe. This album was produced by the famous Elefante brothers, John and Dino After 13 years of silence, Leviticus got together again and started playing. The band released the album, ”Live at Bobfest 2003″..