Founded in Sweden in 2003
Swedish lead guitarist Stefan Gavik and vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Per Malmberg are longtime friends. Growing up they found that they shared a burning passion for music and formed their first band in their teens. The emphasis on the music was hard rock and heavy metal and the band played some live shows at school happenings and such.
In "gymnasiet" (the Swedish equivalent to high school) Per met keyboard player Johan Lindqvist through mutual friends. They gelled instantly and Per persuaded Johan to join the band as well.
The Salva project had been a musical idea of Per for many years, but it didn't become a reality until 2003 when he, Johan and Stefan decided to form SALVA. They started recording what was to become their debut album, 'A Handful Of Earth' that was released in the autumn of 2004. In 2005 the three decided it was time to start working on their second album. Johan's younger brother Fredrik Lindqvist, a gifted bassplayer, and drummer Lasse Bolin, an old school friend, both agreed to join the band and work began on what was to become 'Left To Burn', released in 2007 and with it Salva continued building their reputation and growing fan base.
During the work with the third album, Salva was offered to sign with the newly started UK-record label, White Knight Records, resulting in the release of the album 'Thirst' in 2011. Disaster struck as Lasse decided to leave the band, but new drummer Erik Zetterlund was quickly installed and proved to be a more than a worthy successor. Their fourth album 'Sigh Of Boreas', was long in the making, but was certainly worth the wait and was finally released in 2016. The album turned out to be a great success and both critics and fans hailed the album as the bands best effort yet. Just after the release of the album, Fredrik Lindqvist decided to leave the band which resulted in the recruiting of new bass player Daniel Natt.
For the past several years Salva have been busy writing and recording, and have released two great album with the current line-up. 'Off The Deep End' in 2018 and 'A Thousand Ways To Disappear' in 2020.
We're exited to find out what Salva have up their collective sleeves for the future.