Shield was born in 1992 or 1993 in Umea, a place in the north of Sweden. From the beginning, their name was Outside, after a while they changed their name to Solditude, and released a song on the "Straight edge as fuck compilation" (Outside was the name of the song). In 1994, they released their first CDs, Build me up .. .. melt me down, it was released at Desperate Fight Records. In summer -95, they released their CD, "Vampiresongs", also at DFR, wich holds 13 nice songs. I've just recieved some information about their new cd etc.. They recorded seven songs before they splitted up, and some of them will be released, but no date is yet sat.. Build me up ... ...melt me down, CDs, 1994, Desperate Fight Records Vampiresongs, CD, 1995, Desperate Fight Records Sweetest Poetry, CD, 1996 (out soon), Desperate Fight Records