1000 Sword Wielding Raccoons is a project that consists of an army of raccoons deciding to ban together to put an end to humankind’s relentless atrocities and evil ways. Every raccoon has a personality and a mission within the furry regime. The project is a combination of music, artwork, merch, and comics. Join their revolution or bow before the Trash Brigade!!

I started 1000 SWR to be able to make music and comic inspired art about raccoons! I’m a musician (drummer, guitarist and vocalist) and I wanted a solo band project that fit the style of music that I love (Death, Thrash, Hardcore & Slam Metal). So with the help of my best friend, I put together this band and started making music. I will be continuously putting out music, art and merch to continue their story! So stay tuned for more!

All the music is created by myself, with help from my best friend to help me record everything at his personal studio. All lyrics, drums, vocals, guitars (besides solos because I’m missing fingers and can’t solo to save my life; so my best friend is laying down the solos), etc are done by me! I’m a huge fan of metal music so it was a no-brained that this project would be a metal band. The music genre consists of a mixture of death, thrash, hardcore, and slam metal. The bands that I love that helped influence my sound and writing are Dying Fetus, Hatebreed, Slayer, Municipal Waste, etc.

As I was working on the first song for the project (Trash Pandas Unite), I knew that I needed artwork for the concept. Giving the style of music, I wanted to mix that thrashy comic style with the brutal music; kind of like a cute but serious play on styles. While I was making the singles artwork, I wanted to make a lyrical video for the song. So, I decided to make a multiple page comic book that I can use for the visuals for the lyrical music video. While making it I noticed how fun it was and wanted to explore the idea further. Now, im in the process of making a full fledge comic book of the raccoons lives, how they meet, what their role in the revolution is, and everything inbetween. Now that the first single is done, I plan on releasing songs with comic art to tell their stories. Once I have a full story, I’m going to release it as a comic book! Below is my work in progress on the current comic for the Trash Pandas Unite story.

Raccoons are my favorite animal and I love them dearly! So I wouldn’t want anything else besides my goofy metal ferocious furballs!

I plan on making a bunch of music (including singles, covers and albums), full comic books, and merchandise of these furry guys! I dont ever plan on touring professionally with this project, because it’s mainly me, but only the future can tell how this all works out! Just jamming to the music is what inspires me to keep going! So please look forward to more soon!