The Resistance, the Swedish extreme metal band featuring former members of In Flames, The Haunted and Grave, has canceled its previously announced European tour "due to logistic reasons." The group states: "We hope to see you out there soon."

The Resistance's full-length debut, "Scars", will be released on May 10 in Europe and May 14 in the U.S. via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. The 12-track Cd is reminiscent of the good old days of Swedish death metal back in the 1980s/1990s when bands like Entombed, Grave and Dismember proved how insanely brutal and relentless, yet immensely captivating and technically adept extreme music can be. Well, apparently some established Swedish musicians did miss them, so they put things right: They brought back the old Swedish death metal.

"If you listen to Entombed's 'Left Hand Path' today, it still blows everything away. And it's over 20 years old," says The Resistance/ex-In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad. "[It's] just awesome death metal!"

"Scars" will be released on Cd (as an elaborated digipack), on classic vinyl as well as a download.

"Scars" track listing:

01. Clearing The Slate
02. Your Demise
03. To The Death
04. Expand To Expire
05. Imperfected
06. I Bend - You Break
07. The Serpent King
08. Eye For An Eye
09. My Madness
10. Warmonger
11. Scars
12. (I Will) Die Alone

The Resistance released its debut Ep, "Rise From Treason", in North America on January 29 via earMUSIC. The Ep was made available on Cd, limited-edition seven-inch vinyl and as a digital download.

The band last year parted ways with bassist Alex Losbäck Holstad (ex-Despite, Decameron, Cardinal Sin). A replacement has not yet been announced.

The song "Eye For An Eye" was originally made available on the sampler Cd that was distributed to the subscribers of Sweden's Close-Up Magazine in the August 2011 issue.

The Resistance made its live debut on October 8, 2011 at Club Distortion in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Resistance's lineup is as follows:

* Marco Aro (Face Down, The Haunted) - Vocals
* Jesper Strömblad (In Flames, Dimension Zero) - Guitar
* Glenn Ljungström (In Flames, Dimension Zero) - Guitar
* Chris Barkensjö (Carnal Forge, Godsic, Grave) - Drums

Strömblad quit In Flames in February 2010 in order to continue receiving treatment for his alcohol addiction.