Necromantia
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| Necromantia | |
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| Origin | Athens, Greece |
| Genre(s) | Black metal Symphonic black metal |
| Years active | 1989 - present |
| Label(s) | Dockyard 1 |
| Website | Official MySpace profile |
Necromantia is a Greek black metal band that was founded in 1989. A dominant characteristic is the lack of rhythm guitar in their music, which is substituted by an 8-string bass guitar. The band have been signed to Osmose Productions and Black Lotus Records.
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[edit] Members
- The Magus - Bass, Vocals
- Baron Blood - 8-String Bass
[edit] Additional past and present musicians
- Slow Death - Backing Vocals, Howling, Growling And Whispers
- Yiannis ”The Worshipper Of Pan” Papayiannis - Sax, Percussions, Keyboards, Tablas, Classic Guitar, Flute
- Inferno - Synths, Piano
- Iraklis Yalantzides - Keyboards
- Lambros Sfiris - Keyboards
- Divad (aka Dave P.) - Guitar
- John Fiorentis - Guitar
- Nick Adams - Drums
- George Panou - Drums
- Lethe (aka Akis Kapranos) - Drums
- Fotis Benardo (SEPTIC FLESH) - Drums
[edit] Discography
- Promo tape '90 (Demo, 1990)
- The Black Arts (Split, 1992)
- Vampiric Rituals (Demo, 1992)
- Black Arts Lead to Everlasting Sins (split with Varathron) (1991)
- Demo (1993)
- Crossing the Fiery Path (CD, 1993)
- Scarlet Evil Witching Black (CD, 1995)
- From the Past We Summon Thee (EP, 1997)
- Ancient Pride (EP,1997)
- IV: Malice (CD, 2000)
- Covering Evil (12 Years Doing Devil's Work) (2CD, 2001)
- Cults of the Shadow (2CD, 2002) (Containing both Crossing the Fiery Path and Scarlet Evil Witching Black)
- Necromantia (Boxed set, 2006)(Containing Crossing The Fiery Path, Scarlet Evil Witching Black, Ancient Pride and IV: Malice)
- The sound of Lucifer storming Heaven (CD-LP-PLP, 2007)
