Johansson & Speckmann

Put on a mask because death metal’s most prolific duo, Johansson & Speckmann have unleashed “The Germs of Circumstance.”

Death metal legends Johansson and Speckmann return to “Take the Lion’s Share.”

Prolific death metal act returns for another round.

Since the mid 80s, Paul Speckmann has been snarling his sardonic vitriol over pummeling riffs, and over thirty years later he seems less likely to stop than ever. We caught up with the Chicago-born, ex-pat inveterate death-thrasher in an attempt to figure out how, to this day, he remains such a potent force in the international extreme metal scene.