Head of the Demon
| Head of the Demon | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Stockholm , Sweden |
| Genre (s) | Black Doom |
| founding | 2011 |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Johannes "Tehôm" Kvarnbrink |
Guitar, electric bass |
Konstantin Papavassilou |
Electric bass |
José Lopez |
Drums, percussion |
Thomas Åberg |
singing |
Saibot |
Head of the Demon is a Black Doom band from Stockholm .
history
Head of the Demon was founded in 2011 by Konstantin Papavassilou ( Kaamos , Saturnalia Temple ) and Thomas Åberg (Kaamos). Papavassilou describes the formation of the group as a lengthy process that began in 2006 with the breakup of death metal-Band Kaamos began. The conceptual idea for Head of the Demon arose from the spontaneous creative impulse to experiment with unfamiliar forms of guitar playing. With the statement that he wanted to tread a completely new musical path, Papavassilou invited his long-time friend Åberg to take part in Head of the Demon. The duo invited “Saibot” to sing after Åberg and Papavassilou had booked a studio to record their debut. After the recordings of the self-titled album, Johannes “Tehôm” Kvarnbrink ( Mortuus , Ofermod ) and José Lopez ( Twopointeight ) joined the band, which enabled Head of the Demon to perform live from now on. The group made two appearances between the debut and the release of the second album. On the following album “Saibot” and Kvarnbrink shared the vocals. The group originally had the desire to establish the band without naming the musicians, as Head of the Demon should not be associated with the previous bands. The names of the musicians spread over the Internet against the will of the band after first appearances and interviews, whereupon the group gave up the attempt to continue Head of the Demon as an anonymous project.
The debut album was self-published in 2012 and hardly received any response. For the second album Sathanas Trismegistos , the group signed contracts with The Ajna Offensive for the publisher in the United States and with Invictus Productions for the publisher in Europe. The album was received mostly positively. The third album Deadly Black Doom was also released in 2020 in cooperation with Invitus Productions and The Ajna Offensive. The reception was again benevolent.
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The style of Head of the Demon is described as a greatly reduced Black Doom, which strives to "create a dark atmosphere with a few stylistic elements." In reviews, the music is often described as a mixture of Celtic Frost and Black Sabbath . Papavassilou confirms this impression, but states that he did not use any band as inspiration. Nevertheless, he would have given the two singers Venom , Root and Hellhammer / Celtic Frost as the direction for their singing. Especially with regard to the singing, it was important to him to fall back on the pioneers of Black Metal .
As a central element of music is "repetitive guitar work, but effective with simple because unusual melodies and occasionally something forscheren riffs occult sound by Head of the demon impressed." Here, the group are references to psychedelic rock attests that gloomy the " "And" hypnotic "atmosphere of the music.
The other instrumentation as well as the vocals are considered sparse and reduced. Many of the pieces are lyrically reduced to brief chanting interjections, which are intended to convey the atmosphere and the conceptual message of the music. Papavassilou names a sound that is as closed and orchestral as possible as the goal of the entire working method.
Content and ideology
The band name and the concept of the first album are primarily based on HP Lovecraft and the Cthulhu myth , which Papavassilou mixes with elements of satanism , occultism and black magic .
Papavassilou, who wrote the group's texts, refers to the left-hand path and names his membership in the Swedish Ordo Draconis by occult author Thomas Karlsson as an important personal and conceptual influence. The work of the band makes repeated references to Satanism, occultism and eschatology . Thus Papavassilou refers the title of the second album Sathanas Trismegistos as three times greatest Satan in reference to the god-figure Hermes Trismegistos on Lucifer , Satan and the devil . One piece on the album also points to the Jewish-mythological anti- Messiah Armilus , to whom Papavassilou ascribes increasing worldly influence.
Discography
- 2012: Head of the Demon (album, self-published)
- 2016: Sathanas Trismegistos (Album, The Ajna Offensive / Invictus Productions)
- 2020: Deadly Black Doom (Album, The Ajna Offensive / Invictus Productions)
Web links
- Head of the Demon at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Jason Guest: Interview with Head of the Demon. The Midland Rocks, accessed October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Darmoth: Head of the Demon Interview. Scrolls of Darmoth, accessed October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Niklas Göransson: Head of the Demon Interview. Bardo Methodology, accessed October 27, 2016 .
- ^ A b Christian Wögerbauer: HEAD OF THE DEMON: Sathanas Trismegistos. Vampster, May 28, 2016, accessed October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Spyros Stasis: Interview with Konstantin Papavassilou from Head Of The Demon. Metal Temple. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Chris: Head of the demon: Sathanas Trismegistos. Totentanz Magazin, accessed on October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Douche Loder: Head of the demon: Sathanas Trismegistos. Metal XTreme, accessed October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Joxe Schaefer: HEAD OF THE DEMON: SATHANAS TRISMEGISTOS. Crossfire Metal, accessed October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Nick: Head of the Demon: Deadly Black Doom. Zephyr's Breath, Retrieved May 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Carcharodon: Head of the Demon: Deadly Black Doom. Angry Metal Guy, accessed May 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Chris Jennings: Head of the Demon: Deadly Black Doom. Worship Metal, accessed May 18, 2020 .
- ^ The Key Keeper: Head of the Demon: Deadly Black Doom. Blessed Altar Zine, accessed May 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Robex Lundgren: Interview with Head of the Demon. OM, accessed October 28, 2016 .