Shraphead started up in august 2004 in Eidskog, Norway. It was put together by two local musicians, Mohamed Dyani and William Fossheim, who were interested in jamming and making music. Eventually singer Jo Johnsrud and guitarist Robert Olsen joined the band. They would soon be introduced to the Norwegian live scene and a lot of gigs were played all across Norway and the Ageless EP and other various demos were recorded. In 2006 they also embarked on a small Norwegian tour with another band called Cortez. The responses were good, and they decided that this was something they wanted to fully commit to. A small underground fan base emerged and it pushed the members to continue to work hard with their own style of melodic, modern thrash-inspired metal.

In 2007 they had a small line-up change and they parted ways with Robert and welcomed the very talented guitar player Petter Murud. It was around this period the music really started to evolve and get stronger. Improved musicianship and heartfelt dedication could easily be heard in their self titled demo recorded in 2007. The feedback from metal magazines, webzines, radio stations were amazing! They were also named demo of the month in the May edition of Metal Hammer Germany. The magazine named them “Helden von morgen (Heroes of tomorrow)”.

Another line-up change soon followed. Petter quit and in came Nils-Christer Stenmyren. Last year (2009) they spent writing all the songs for their debut album. It took a long time, but instead of rushing creativity, perfection was an essential factor. The pre-production is now recorded and the songs sound great!