Demoniac
| Demoniac | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Black metal , power metal |
| founding | 1992 |
| resolution | 1999 |
| Founding members | |
| Lindsay "Behemoth" Dawson | |
| Sam "Heimdall" Totman | |
| Stephen Francis (1992-1993) | |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, electric bass |
Lindsay "Behemoth" Dawson |
guitar |
Sam "Heimdall" Totman |
guitar |
Herman "Shred" Li (since 1998) |
Drums |
Matej Setinc (since 1998) |
| former members | |
Drums |
Mark "Adramolech" Hamill (1992–1996) |
| Live members | |
bass |
Diccon Harper |
Demoniac was a New Zealand black metal band that later tended to power metal . The group later moved to London collectively and disbanded in 1999. Parts of the group founded DragonForce in the same year .
Band history
Demoniac was founded in 1996 in Auckland , New Zealand. The teenager Sam "Heimdall" Totman met Lindsay "Behemoth" Dawson, who wanted to start a band with him. After Mark “Adramolech” Hamill was the singer of the group, he switched to drums. After Demoniac had recorded a rehearsal and a demo , the first single Moonblood followed in 1993 on United Blasphemy Records. The single ensured that Demoniac could sign a contract with Evil Omen Records (a sub-label of Osmose Productions ). The debut album Prepare for War was released in 1994. The album contained a cover version of Bathory's The Return of the Darkness and Evil . The debut album is heavily influenced by Scandinavian Black Metal, but also has faster, more chaotic passages that are reminiscent of War Black Metal, as well as some atmospheric keyboard passages.
In 1996 the album Stormblade was released , which musically is more likely to be assigned to Power Metal, although the singing was still guttural . The group also broke away from the black metal image and focused more on rock 'n' roll and fantasy clichés. The cover artwork was drawn by Jean Pascal Fournier.
After the release, Demoniac decides to move to London. Since Mark "Adramolech" Hamill's second band Head Like a Hole was quite successful in New Zealand, this stayed behind. He was replaced by Matej Setinc. With Herman "Shred" Li a second guitarist was added. In 1999 the album The Fire and the Wind was released , which continued the style of the 1996 album Stormblade , but sounded much more technical. After the EP Demons of the Night , the group broke up.
Matey Setic, Herman Li and Sam Totman finally founded DragonHeart that same year, later known as DragonForce.
Image and controversy
Even as a black metal band, the group had a controversial image. The band members can be seen on their debut with Corpsepaint in the midst of some naked women. These were made up of groupies and friends. The texts deal mainly with satanic topics. After the group had had enough of black metal as much as possible, they turned to a party image, using rough provocations. So was one of the song titles on Stormblade Niggerslutt . When the album was pressed for the second time, Osmose Productions shortened it to N… Slut . The title Hatred Is Purity contained the line of text “ white man stand up for your race ”. One line of text on The Fire and the Wind reads " Hitler Metal - Sieg Heil ". Faced with the controversial lines of text, the group referred to the Asian roots of Herman Li and Sam Totman's Maori ancestry or simply dismissed the statements as ridiculous nonsense.
The band rarely played live because they had little opportunity to rehearse. In addition, Lindsay Dawson was a bad bass player, so that a session member had to be signed for the live performances with Diccon Harper. In 1997 they took part in the World Domination Tour III with Bewitched , Dark Tranquility and Enslaved .
Discography
Demos
- Rehearsal '93 (1993)
- The Birth of Diabolic Blood (1994)
Singles and EPs
- Moonblood (1994)
- Demons of the Night (1999)
Albums
- Prepare for War (1994)
- Stormblade (1996)
- The Fire and the Wind (1999)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Demoniac. Ad Noctum, archived from the original on February 15, 2006 ; Retrieved November 17, 2010 .
- ^ Matthias Herr: The Black Metal Bible . Self-published, Berlin 1998, p. 186-187 .
- ↑ Garry Sharpe-Young : Biography of DragonForce. (No longer available online.) MusicMight.com, archived from the original on January 12, 2009 ; Retrieved November 17, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
