Konkhra

1988/1989: The band formed under the name Vicious Circle.[https://www.konkhra.com/veryfuckingmetal/biography/ Official biography][https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132509/http://www.targetdistribution.dk/uploads/pdf/KONKHRA_bio_2009.pdf KONKHRA kan stadig, efter 20 års død(smetal) og ødelæggelse!]

1990: Their first demo The Vicious Circle was released.

1991: Their second demo Malgrowth was released.

1992: Their first official record Stranded was released on Progress Records, limited to 3,000 copies.

1993: The first full-length album Sexual Affective Disorder was released on Progress Records.

1995: The album Spit or Swallow was released. It was recorded at Sunlight Studio in Stockholm and produced by Dismember drummer Fred Estby and Tomas Skogsberg. This record made Konkhra the best-selling band on Progress Records, and the band had one of their career highlights that year at Roskilde Festival for about 10,000 spectators. The concert was released on Live Eraser (1996), which was the first real live album of death metal according to Lundemark. The band gained popularity in Europe at that time.{{cite book|title=Heavy Metal – 40 år med hård rock |author=Rasmussen, Jens|publisher=Informations Forlag|year=2010|isbn=978-87-7514-2590|edition=1st|pages=201|language=da}}{{cite book|title=Dansk rockleksikon|editor=Bille, Torben|publisher=Politikens Forlag|year=2002|isbn=87-567-6525-8|edition=1st|page=266|language=da}}

1997: The next album was called Weed out the Weak and had James Murphy (ex-Testament, Obituary) on guitar and Chris Kontos (ex-Machine Head, Testament, Exodus) on drums. The album was released on Metal Blade for the U.S. market.

2003: The album Reality Check was released on the Italian label Code666.

2009: Nothing is Sacred featured James Murphy on guitar again. It was released on Konkhra's own label Chopshop Records.

2018: The album Weed out the Weak was re-issued on Hammerheart Records.

2019: The album Alpha and the Omega was released on Hammerheart Records.

Konkhra has toured with many bands in Denmark, South Africa, U.S., Europe, and Israel, including Fear Factory, Brutal Truth, Suffocation, Meatlocker, Deicide, Immolation, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Behemoth, Volbeat, Batushka, Malevolent Creation, King Diamond, and more.[https://www.konkhra.com/veryfuckingmetal/past-tours-2/ Official tour list]

The band's eighth studio album Sad Plight of Lucifer is set to release on November 29, 2024.[https://www.hammerheart.com/konkhra-reveal-sad-plight-of-lucifer-album-artwork-and-tracklist/ Konkhra Reveal Sad Plight of Lucifer Artwork and Tracklist]

;Current

• Anders Lundemark – vocals, guitar (1989–present)
• Martin R. Patterson - bass (1991–1992, 2014–present)
• Johnny Nielsen – drums (1993–1996, 2002–2003, 2014–present)
• Kim 'Hakim' Mathiesen – guitar (1994–1996, 2002–2003, 2015–present)

;Former

• Claus Vedel – vocals, guitar (1989–1994)
• Jon Clausen – drums (1989–1992)
• Thomas "Gnist" Christensen – bass (1996–1999)
• Chris Kontos – drums (1996–1997)
• Per Möller Jensen – drums (1997–2000)
• James Murphy – guitar (1997-1999, 2009)
• Søren Hee Johansen - bass (1993)
• Lars Schmidt - bass (1993–1996, 1999–2009)
• Mads Lauridsen - drums (2004–2010)
• Michael Skovbakke - guitar (2010–2015)

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;Studio albums

• Sexual Affective Disorder (1993)
• Spit or Swallow (1995)
• Weed Out the Weak (1997)
• Come Down Cold (1999)
• Reality Check (2003)
• Nothing Is Sacred (2009)
• Weed Out the Weak (re-issue) (2018)
• Alpha and the Omega (2019)
• Sad Plight of Lucifer (2024)

;Live albums

• Live Eraser (1996)

;Videos

• Homegrowth (1996)

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;EPs

• Stranded (1992)
• The Facelift EP (1994)
• The Freakshow (1999)

;Demos

• The Vicious Circle (1990)
• Malgrowth (1991)
• Persistence (2005)

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{{reflist}}

• [https://www.konkhra.com/veryfuckingmetal/ Official website]
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• [https://archive.today/20150413190857/http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/%7B15EE3EEB-4272-4AB3-BFB6-1F04B53 Konkhra] at MusicMight
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132509/http://www.targetdistribution.dk/uploads/pdf/KONKHRA_bio_2009.pdf KONKHRA kan stadig, efter 20 års død(smetal) og ødelæggelse!] {{in lang|da}}

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