Tungsten Axe was formed in Sweden in the year 2009 by Andy (dr) and his brother Dick (voc & guit). The vision behind the band was to create music in the true spirit of Heavy Metal. The band got the third member onboard, Johan on lead guitar, who had the right spirit and guitar licks. With a session bass player they recorded four tracks and released it as a self-titled cassette EP in January 2011 in an edition of 100 copies. An embroided patch with the logotype was included. The cassette is now almost sold out and an underground
following is slowly growing.

Robbin joined as a full member on bass guitar. One day eight tracks were added to the Tungsten Axe songbook and the visions of a full length started to take form. A friend who is heavily into analogue recording technique offered studio time and the 16th of November 2012 the recording of the debut album began. A 4-track promo CDr with outtakes from the recording session was sent out to appropriate labels and bookers. The album was supposed to be released as a vinyl album as first priority, but the strong support from

Iron Shield Records with the offer to release it on CD was the fuel to get the band into work. Swedish Iron is the title for the coming album. It’s a rough, honest and unedited live recording with only vocals, guitar solos and sound effects added on. Be prepared for Real Heavy Metal!