Ancient Ceremony - Info

Genero: Melodic Black Metal
Pais: Alemania
Formed: 1989
Status: Split-up

Line Up:
Chris Anderle - Vocals
Patrick Meyer - Guitar
Jones - Bass
Christoph Rath - Keyboards
Manuel Steitz - Drums

Discografia:
Under Moonlight We Kiss - 1997
Fallen Angel's Symphony - 1999
Synagoga Diabolica - 2000
The Third Testament - 2002

Notas:
Esta banda destaca por sus cautivadores ambientes oscuros aunque en los ultimos discos se notan menos, Manejan dentro de todas estas atmosferas un sonido oscuro muy caracteristico de las bandas dentro del genero existosas de los noventas y que decae entrado el nuevo siglo, Curiosamente todas sus portadas logran transmitir la musica que contiene, la banda saca un EP en 2005 pero termina por desbandarse, todos sus discos son bastante buenos

Love Lies Bleeding (MUY RECOMENDADA)

Hey Hey!!

Esta es una bandisisisima que combina muchos elementos agradables y muy buenos, dentro de mis bandas favoritas no se encuentra ninguna de Francia y particularmente no me fascinan los trabajos de este país, esto no quiere decir que sean malos, claro que no, pero sin duda esta es una banda que rompe un tanto con este paradigma, canciones largas y muy trabajadas, lentas con los acostumbrados Riffts Doom pero con un toque agresivo demasiado bueno. Me parece conveniente no adelantarles mucho y mejor escucharlos.

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Just Enjoi It!!
Genero:Atmospheric black doom metal
Pais:Francia
Formado en:1996
Disquera: CCP Records
Status: Active
Lyrical theme:Loneliness, lamentations, desperation...

Line Up:
Adrastis Korgan - Guitar, programming, keyboards
Em-X (previously Emrys) (Torturer) - Vocals (Arkhon Infaustus, Hell Militia, Goatlord Corp., ex-Epic (Fra))
LSK (Previously Ereshkigal) - Bass guitar (Hell Militia, Vorkreist, Antaeus, ex-Corpus Christii as Hellsukkubus)
Hydraoth - Drums (Epic (Fra))

Discografia:

Love Lies Bleeding	Demo, 1996
The Lady Who Didn´t Want To Be	Demo, 1998
Behold my Vain Sacrifice	, 2000
S.I.N.	, 2001
Ex Nihilo	, 2002
Ellipse	, 2004
Clinamen

Site:
Official Web
Love Lies Bleeding @ Myspace

In Strict Confidence - Info

Genero: Electro-Goth/Darkwave

Pais: Alemania
Formed: 1989/1990
Status: Active

Line Up:
Dennis Ostermann (vocals, songwriting)
Jörg Schelte (songwriting, programming)
Stefan Vesper (drums, songwriting)
Antje Schulz (vocals, lyrics)

Discografia:

1996 - Cryogenix
1997 - Collapse (EP)
1998 - Face The Fear
1998 - Angels Anger Overkill
1999 - Industrial Love/Prediction (EP)
1999 - Love Kills!
2002 - Zauberschloss / Kiss Your Shadow (EP)
2002 - Mistrust The Angels
2002 - Herzattacke (EP)
2003 - Engelsstaub (EP)
2004 - Holy
2004 - Seven Lives (EP)
2006 - Exile Paradise
2006 - Where Sun And Moon Unite (EP)
2006 - The Serpent's Kiss [4 track DJ-Promo] (EP)

Site:
Official Site

Myspace:
Myspace Oficial
Notas:
In Strict Confidence nace entre 1989/1990 por Jörg Schelte, Dennis Ostermann y Stefan Vesper
Su sonido es muy experimental hasta que en 1997 con su primer disco establecen su caracteristica combinacion entre darkwave aderezado por toques rock con mezclas electronicas, todo esto acompañado de un manto de oscuridad, este primer disco se agota en la primera semana de haber salido, aunque la formacion de la banda ha cambiado algunas veces nos siguien deleitando con ese especial sonido que solo ellos saben lograr.

Coronatus

Genero: Gothic Metal

Pais: Germany (Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg)
Formado en: 2002
Disquera: Massacre Records
Status: Active

Line Up:

Carmen R. Schäfer - vocals (ex-Fangorn (Ger), ex-Ferro Ignique, Guest in Brainstorm (Ger), Guest in Wolfswinter, Mighty D.)
Viola Schuch - vocals
Jakob Thiersch - guitar
Michael Teutsch - bass
Mats Kurth - drums (Lyfthrasyr, Might of Lilith)

Discografia:

Lux Noctis {2007}

Site:
Coronatus homepage
Coronatus @ Myspace

Otto Dix - Info

Genero: Darkwave
Pais: Rusia
Formed: 2004
Status: Active
Line Up:
Michael Draw : Vocals, Lyrics
Marie Slip : Vocals, Back Vocals, Keyboard, Composing

Discografia:
Эго /Ego 2005
Город /City 2007
Атомная Зима /Nuclear Winter 2007

Site:
Official Site

Myspace:
Myspace Oficial
Notas:
Otto Dix es un dúo Ruso de darkwave. Llamado así por el pintor expresionista del mismo nombre
La banda se crea en Sn. Petesburgo, Rusia y en un principio llamaban poco la atencion cosa que cambio a raiz de que varios blogs publicaron y difundieron su material convitiendolos en una banda reconocida internacionalmente por su muy bien logrado sonido mas electronico que la mayoria de bandas por el estilo y claramente influenciado por el rock y la musica "clasica"
Cabe mencionar que las vocales son masculinas aunque suenen femeninas

Dark Lunacy

Genero: Gothic / Melodic Death Metal
Pais: Italy (Parma, Emilia-Romagna)
Formed: 1997
Disquera: Fuel Records / Self
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): Sadness, Russian culture, Second World War

Line Up:

Mike "Lunacy" - Vocals (The Weaver)
Enomys - Guitar, Piano (Wyvern (Ita))
Mary Ann (Marianna Alfieri) - Guitar (Perkos, Mourning Path, Tunguska (Ita))
Baijkal - Drums (General Quarter)
Imer - Bass

Discografia:

Silent Storm	EP 1998
Serenity	Demo 1999
Devoid	2000
Promo 2002	Demo 2002
Twice	Split 2002
Forget Me Not	2003
The Diarist	2006

Site:
Dark Lunacy @ Myspace
Dark Lunacy Home Page

The Old Dead Tree

Genero: Gothic Metal
Pais: France (Paris, �le-de-France)
Formed: 1997
Disquera: Season of Mist
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): Suicide, Depression, Loss

Line Up:

Manuel Munoz - Vocals, Guitars
Vincent Danhier - Bass
Rapha�l Antheaume - Drums (Penumbra (Fra))
Gilles Moinet - Guitars (Lux Incerta)

Discografia:

The Blossom	Demo 1999
The Nameless Disease	2003
The Perpetual Motion	2005
The Water Fields	2007

Site:
The Old Dead Tree
The Old Dead Tree @ MySpace

Heavenwood

Genero: Gothic Metal
Pais: Portugal (Vila Nova de Gaia)
Formed: 1996
Disquera: Recital Records
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): sorrow, darkness, love

Line Up:

Ernesto Guerra - Vocals
Ricardo Dias - Guitars and Vocals
Bruno Silva - Guitars (Disgorged (Prt))

Discografia:

Diva	1996
Swallow	1998
Promo	Demo 2007
Redemption	2008

Site:
Heavenwood @ Myspace

Inner Shrine

Genero: Gothic Metal
Pais: Italy (Florence, Tuscany)
Formed: 1996
Disquera: Dragonheart/SPV
Status: Active

Line Up:

Cecilia Boninsegni - Opera Voice
Leonardo Moretti - Bass, Vocals
Viames Marino - Drums

Discografia:

Inner Shrine	Demo 1996
Nocturnal Rhymes Entangled In Silence	1997
Fallen Beauty	2000
Samaya	2004
Tenebris - A Compilation	Split 2007

Site:
Inner Shrine @ Myspace
Official Homepage

Darzamat

DARZAMAT

Genero: Symphonic Black Metal (early) / Gothic Metal (now)
Pais: Polonia (Katowice)
Formed: 1995
Disquera: Metal Mind Productions
Status: Activos
Lyrical theme(s): Dreams, Fantasy, Magick

Line Up:
Flauros - Vocals (InDread Cold, Mastiphal)
Nera - Female Vocals (MidnightDate)
Chris - Guitar (InDread Cold, Infernal War)
Bacchus - Bass
Spectre - Keyboards (Division by Zero)
Rogol - Studio Session Drums

Discografia:

In The Flames Of Black Art	, 1996
In The Opium Of Black Veil	EP, 1999
Oniriad	, 2003
Semidevilish	, 2004
Transkarpatia	, 2005
Live Profanity (Visiting the Graves of Heretics)	DVD, 2007

Site:
Official Myspace
DARZAMAT

Adversus

Genero: Gothic Metal with Folk Influences
Pais: Germany (Frankfurt am Main, Hesse)
Formed: 1997
Disquera: Sonorium Records
Status: Active

Line Up:

Rosendorn (Torsten Schneyer) - Vocals (Samsas Traum) (guest)
Aysel Yildiz-Kaiser - Vocals
Carsten "Bassmeister" Hundt - Contrabass
Lestaria - Violin
Paul J�st - Guitars
Tanja Fritsch - Clarinet, Keyboards, Flute
Thomas Eifert - Drums

Discografia:

Ein Erster Funke	Demo 2001
Winter, so unsagbar Winter	2002
Einer Nacht Gewesenes	2005
Laya	EP 2007

Site:
Sonorium Records
Official Adversus Home Page
Adversus@MySpace

Demether

Esta banda no tiene madre, excelente, muy recomendada!!! Excelente!!Genero: Gothic / Power Metal
Pais: Serbia (Zrenjanin)
Formed: 2002
Disquera: One Records
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): Mythology

Line Up:

Damjan Deuric - Vocals, Keys (Orkkid, Amentes)
Jan Petrovic - Guitar, Vocals
Dunja Deuric - Vocals
Branislav Kolarski - Vocals (Orkkid, Amentes)
Branko Bursac - Bass
Attila Benke - Drums

Discografia:

Sound of a Horn	Demo 2003
Demo	Demo 2003
Promo	Demo 2003
Within the Mirror	2004
Beautiful	2007

Site:
Demether @ VF
Demether @ MySpace

Umbra et Imago - Info

Genero: Electro Gothic Rock/Neue Deutsche Härte
Pais: Alemania
Formed: 1991
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): Sex, Love & Pain

Line Up:

Mozart: Voz, Letras, Performance
Lutz: Programación, Bajo
Jochen Ritter: Batería
Matze: Teclado
Freddy S.: Guitarra
Andi Lehnert: Guitarra (invitado en el estudio)

Discografia:

Traume Sex und Tod 1992
Infantile Spiele 1993
Gedanken Eines Vampires 1995
Mystica Sexualis 1996
Machina Mundi 1998
Mea Culpa 2000
Dunkel Energie 2001
Memento Mori 2004

Site:
Official Site

Notas:
Umbra et Imago(que traducido del Latin significa Sombra e Imagen) se crea en 1991 tomando como base las ideas de Sigmund Freud que se resume a que el sexo es el centro de nuestro ser, A partir de alli ellos llevan sus fantasias sexuales manejandolas con sadomasoquismo y letras cinicas, Precisamente es una de las primeras bandas en dar shows sado en vivo cuando dan un conciero (a mi opinion fetichismo barato aunque muy superior a lo que intentan dar otras bandas como por ejemplo cradle of filth) lo que les ha ganado bastante fama
Umbra tiene un caracteristico toque erotico en todos sus cds que los identifica claramente aunque el sonido no es repetitivo ni todos sus cds siguen una misma linea musical es por ejemplo como veremos en Traume Sex und Tod como predomina el rock y en cambio en Memento Mori pasajes mas metaleros con fuertes toques electricos mas sentimentales
Sin duda una gran banda muy recomendada por mi

ThanatoSchizo

Genero: Atmospheric Doom / Death Metal
Pais: Portugal (Santa Marta de Penagui�o)
Formed: 2001
Disquera: My Kingdom Music
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): Personal lyrics

Line Up:

Eduardo Paulo - vocals, guitar
Filipe Miguel - keyboard
Guilhermino Martins - guitar, samples (The Anti-Frog Project)
Miguel �ngelo - bass
Paulo Adelino - drums
Patr�cia Rodrigues - vocals

Discografia:

Schizo Level	2001
InsomniousNightLift	2003
Turbulence	2004
Zoom Code	2008

Site:
Official site
ThanatoSchizo at myspace.com

Silent Stream of Godless Elegy

Genero: Doom / Folk Metal
Pais: Czech Republic (Hranice Na Morav�)
Formed: 1995
Disquera: Redblack
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): Folklore, Feelings

Line Up:

Hanka Nogolova - Vocals (Endless (Cze), Forgotten Silence, Love History)
Pavel 'Hrnec' Hrncir - Vocals (Diarrhoea, Nemo Ante Mortem Beatus)
Radek Hajda - Guitars (Decomposed (Cze), Darkside (Aut))
Mirek Pet�ek - Guitar
Dusan Fojtasek - Bass
Petra Novackova - Violin (Ashore of Decadence)
Michal ``Siki`` Sykora - Violincello
David Najbrt - Drums (Limits of Nescient, Discordant, Diarrhoea, Alchemy)

Discografia:

Apotheosis	Demo 1995
... Amber Sea	Demo 1996
Iron	1996
Behind the Shadows	1998
Themes	2000
Relic Dances	2004
Osameli	EP 2006

Site:
Official Silent Stream of Godless Elegy homepage

Misery's Omen

Genero: Progressive / Black / Doom Metal
Pais: Australia (Highgate, S.A.)
Formed: 1999
Disquera: Worship Him Records
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): Despair, Doom, Sorrow

Line Up:

Arganoth Doom - Guitars, Vocals (Ghastly, Sacriphyx)
D.e.m.o.n. - Bass
Malificunt Pope Choker - Drums (Stargazer (Aus), Cauldron Black Ram, Portal (Aus), Martire, session for Lord of the Command, Mournful Congregation)

Discografia:

To Worship Stone Gods	EP 2000
Demo 2000	Demo 2000
Misery's Omen/Cauldron Black Ram	Split 2002
Misery�s Omen	EP 2003
Hope Dies	2008

Site:
Misery's Omen - Website
Misery's Omen myspace

Mirror of Deception

Genero: Doom Metal
Pais: Germany (Esslingen, Baden-W�rttemberg)
Formed: 1990
Disquera: Cyclone Empire
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): Sadness, Longing, Loneliness

Line Up:

Michael Siffermann - Vocals, guitars
Jochen Fopp - Guitars
Andreas Taller - Bass
Jochen M�ller - Drums

Discografia:

Mirror Of Deception	Demo 1993
Words Unspoken	Demo 1994
Cease	Demo 1996
Veil of Lead	Demo 1996
The Float Sessions	Demo 1997
Veil of Lead	EP 1997
Past & Present	Best of/Compilation 2001
Mirrorsoil	2001
Conversion	EP 2003
Worldsend Session	Demo 2004
Foregone	2004
Shards	2006
Mirror Of Deception / Tefra	Split 2008

Site:
Official Mirror of Deception website
MoD at MySpace.com

Dolorian

Genero: Dark Black / Doom Metal
Pais: Finland (Oulu)
Formed: 1997
Disquera: Avantgarde / Wounded Love
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): Depression, misery, loss, spiritual

Line Up:

Anti Ittna Haapapuro - Vocals/Guitars (1997-) (I.Corax, Halo Manash, Black Swan (Fin), Aeoga)
Ari Kukkohovi - Drums/Guitars/Bass (1997-) (I.Corax, Halo Manash Black Swan (Fin))
Jussi Ontero - Keyboard (1998-) (Ghost Machinery, Wildcard, Burning Point)

Discografia:

When All The Laughter Has Gone	1999
Dolorian	2001
Dolorian / Shining	Split 2003
Voidwards	2006

Site:
Official Site

Indian Fall

Genero: Symphonic Gothic Black Metal
Pais: Romania (Brasov)
Formed: 1997
Disquera: Independent
Status: Active
Lyrical theme(s): Sadness, Despair

Line Up:
Andrei Calmuc - Vocals/Rhythm Guitar (Code Red (Rou), Malformed Nature, ex-Putrefaction (Rou), ex-Tenebre (Rou))
Adrian Vitanescu - Rhythm/Lead Guitar (Code Red (Rou), ex-Putrefaction (Rou), guest in Leprosy Abscess)
Mircea Fulea - Keyboards
Adrian Nagy - Bass (As Heaven Ends)
George Bratosin - Drums (Leprosy Abscess, Symbios too, ex-Thy Shadows, ex-Forgotten Melancholy, ex-Evisceration (Rou), ex-False Reality)

Discografia:

Shadows	EP 2000
Counting The Emptiness	Demo 2000
Pathfinder	2001
Counting the Emptiness re-edit	EP 2003
Screaming Down	Single 2007

Site:
Indian Fall@MySpace.com
Official Site
Indian Fall@MyMusicStream
Indian Fall@JukeBoxAlive

Blazing Eternity

Genero: Atmospheric Doom Metal
Pais: Denmark (Copenhagen)
Formed: 1993
Disquera: Prophecy Productions
Status: On hold
Lyrical theme(s): Death.Fire.Darkness

Line Up:

Peter T. Mesnickow (Nattevogter PTM) - vocals
Morten Sauron Lybecker - guitars
Lars Korsholm - drums
Anders I. Kristiansen - Bass

And session members courtesy from Saturnus:

Kim Larsen - guitars (ex-Saturnus, The Loveless, Of the Wand and the Moon)
Anders Ro Nielsen - keyboards

Discografia:

Over Sorte Heder	Demo 1996
Promotional tape 1/97	Demo 1997
Der Hviler En Nat Under Sorte Vinterboge	Demo 1998
Times And Unknown Waters	2000
A World To Drown In	2003

Site:
MySpace
Blazing Eternity @ Archive.org (1999-2001)
Blazing Eternity at Prophecy