Crematory (band)

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Crematory

Background information
Origin	Westhofen, Germany
Genres	Death metal (early) Melodic death metal^[1] Gothic metal^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Industrial metal(later)
Years active	1991–2001, 2003–present
Labels	Massacre (1993–1996, 2006–present) Nuclear Blast (1996–2006)
Associated acts	Mystic Circle
Website	www.crematory.de

Members	Gerhard "Felix" Stass - growling Matthias Hechler - guitar, clean vocals Katrin Goger - keyboards Harald Heine - bass Markus Jüllich - drums

Past members	Marc Zimmer - bass, clean vocals/screaming Heinz Steinhauser - bass, clean vocals/screaming Lothar "Lotte" Forst - guitars, clean vocals

Crematory is a gothic^[6]/melodic death metal^[1] band formed in Mannheim, Germany in 1991.

History

The band received its earliest recognition in the mid-1990s by touring with My Dying Bride, Tiamat and Atrocity.^[4] Much like the latter two groups, the band had begun as traditional death metal, then evolved with an industrial music and gothic metal musical direction on later albums. The band would receive heavy rotation on MTV Germany,^[7] and would also make appearances at various extreme metal festivals, including Germany's Wacken Open Air in the years 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2008, in addition to inclusion on Nuclear Blast compilation samplers.

The band re-signed to Massacre Records in 2006 after a 10 year stint with Nuclear Blast; Massacre had been the band's first label.

Active for over 20 years (with a brief split between 2001 and 2003) they are among one of Europe's longest running gothic metal bands.^[4]

Line-up

Current members

Gerhard Stass - vocals (1991–present)
Matthias Hechler - guitar, vocals (1998–present)
Katrin Goger - keyboards (1992–present)
Harald Heine - bass guitar, backing vocals (1993–present)
Markus Jüllich - drums (1991–present)

Former members

Marc Zimmer - bass, vocals (1991–1992)
Heinz Steinhauser - bass, vocals (1993)
Lothar "Lotte" Forst - guitar, vocals (1991–1998)

Discography

Demos

Crematory (1992)

Studio Albums

Transmigration (1993)
…Just Dreaming (1994)
Illusions (1995)
Crematory (1996)
Awake (1997)
Act Seven (1999)
Believe (2000)
Revolution (2004)
Klagebilder (2006)
Pray (2008)
Infinity (2010)^[8]
Antiserum (2014)

Live

Live... At the Out of the Dark Festivals (1997)
LiveRevolution (2005)

Singles, EP's

Ist Es Wahr (1996)
Fly (1999)
Greed (2004)
Shadowmaker (2013)

Collection

Early Years (1999)
Remind (2001)
Black Pearls (2010)
Inception (2013)

Trivia

One of the founding members was Bassist Marc Zimmer, who would leave the band in 1992 to focus on Mystic Circle.
Jüllich and Goger are married.
The band collaborated on the Metallica tribute album, A Tribute to the Four Horsemen, with the song "One".

References

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