Diablo Swing Orchestra

Diablo Swing Orchestra
Diablo Swing Orchestra at the Global East Rock Festival in 2010.
Background information
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Avant-garde metal, swing revival, progressive metal, symphonic metal
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Guillotine Grooves (2003–2009) Candlelight Records (2006–2009) Sonic Cathedral (2006–2009) Ascendance Records (since 2009)
Website	www.diabloswing.com
Members	Daniel Håkansson Kristin Evegård Pontus Mantefors Andy Johansson Johannes Bergion Daniel Hedin Martin Isaksson Johan Norbäck
Past members	Lisa Hansson Annlouice Lögdlund Andreas Halvardsson Petter Karlsson

Diablo Swing Orchestra is a Swedish avant-garde metal band formed in 2003. They have released three albums: The Butcher's Ballroom (2006), Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious (2009), and Pandora's Piñata (2012).

The band mixes numerous influences from heavy metal, various metal subgenres including progressive and symphonic, classical music, and jazz. It was created as a sextet, but became an octet in 2011, following the addition of a trombonist and a trumpeter.

Through the band's official page on Myspace, they offered free downloads of a number of tracks from their debut album in promotion of The Butcher's Ballroom. The tracks released on the page were as follows: "Heroines", "Balrog Boogie" and "Poetic Pitbull Revolutions" — the latter of which was added to the playlist months later. The full album is offered free on Jamendo as of August 2016. In July 2008 the band played at Summer Breeze Open Air in Germany and in October 2008 at Metal Female Voices Fest in Belgium.

In early spring 2009, the band announced that they were returning to the studio, and made a number of cryptic video blogs to document their efforts. On June 30, 2009 they announced that the cover art for the album would be made by Swedish illustrator Peter Bergting, noted for being the author of The Portent. The track "A Tap Dancer's Dilemma" was made available through the band's MySpace page on July 7, 2009. They also announced that two Special Edition prints of the album would be available to pre-order along with the regular album. Both of the Special Edition copies came in an 8 panel digipak containing the CD, a 12-page booklet and a Bonus DVD. The Special Limited Edition was restricted to only 300 orders, and came with an additional pack of postcards, vinyl sticker, and a Dog Tag embossed with the band's logo and a number between 1-300, unique to the owner.Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious was released on September 21, 2009, and on October 2 the band played a special album-launch gig at The Purple Turtle club in Camden, London.