Tonic Breed

Thrash Metal (Heavy Metal) (Groove Metal) band from Sarpsborg, Norway.

Tonic Breed was formed in 2006 by vocalist/guitarist Patrik K. Svendsen and Bjørn Myhren. Afterward, Rudi Golimo became the band's bassist the same year. A few demos were made before Daniel Pettersen joined as the band's drummer. This line-up released the album On the Brink of Destruction in 2010. The next album, Outsold, was released in 2014 and featured Mats Johansen on drums and Thomas Koksvik on Guitar. The drummer and lead guitarist were replaced a third time on the third album, Install Memory, with Jørgen Abrahamsen (guitar) and Ole Danielsen (drums).

Until 2019, Tonic Breed was a full-pieced metal band, but Patrik K. Svendsen re-branded Tonic Breed to become a one-piece metal project, with its first release in early 2021. Patrik is the composer of all songs but included guests as part of the line-up on the EP, Fuel the Fire. Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth), Björn Strid (Soilwork), and Oliver Palotai (Kamelot) are some of the names that can be heard across the EP. The songs were recorded over a more extended period with multiple sound engineers from different countries, with various musicians as guest appearances. The genre has similarities to the old bay era thrash metal style, integrated with groove, melodic and heavy elements.