Takida

Takida is a Swedish rock band from Ånge formed in 1999. The band's name comes from the character Gohee Takeda in the Japanese anime series Silver Fang. Takeda's name was mispronounced as "Takida" in the Swedish voiceover of the anime series.

History

In 2000, they recorded their first demo, Old, in 2002, deadfrog records released played out 2 incorporating 2 tracks. in 2005 they were signed up by Swedish indie label Ninetone Records. They released their first single, "Losing", in January 2006 and in April 2006 their first album ...Make You Breathe was released. Their second album, Bury the Lies, was released in May 2007. The same year, the single "Curly Sue" topped radio channel P3s "Tracks" list for ten consecutive weeks. "Handlake village" and "The Things We Owe" also reached number one on the Tracks chart.

After the success of Bury the Lies, Takida received a number of offers from large labels but decided to turn them down and record their follow up album The Darker Instinct on their own label Takida AB. The album was released in September 2009.

On 18 August 2009, Takida announced that they had signed a contract with the global Roadrunner Records. The first release outside Scandinavia was Bury The Lies in Germany on 2 October.

During the fall of 2009 Takida supported Theory of a Dead Man for their four German shows and were the supporting act for The Butterfly Effect when they toured Germany during the winter of 2009. During this period they had their first headlining tour in Sweden.

On 28 September 2012, they released a new single, "Swallow (Until You're Gone)", the first single of their greatest hits album A Lesson Learned – The Best Of. The album was released in late 2012.