Dispatched

The Profile

Dispatched are a Swedish melodic death metal band known for the album Motherwar and early releases like Blackshadows and Promised Land. A cover of The Final Countdown has often been misattributed to Children of Bodom.

Swedish melodic death metal outfit with releases including Motherwar, Blackshadows, and Promised Land; their cover of The Final Countdown is frequently confused with Children of Bodom (and even Norther) according to the review.

One review skewers Dispatched’s Motherwar with a 1/5 rating, noting melodeath riffs over power-metal pacing and cartoonish melodies. It highlights the long runtime and nerdy sci‑fi cover art. The piece also calls out the band’s much-misattributed cover of The Final Countdown, often confused with Children of Bodom (and even Norther).