Pantheist (band)

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pantheist
General information
origin Antwerp , Belgium
Genre (s) Funeral Doom
Doom Metal (2011)
founding 2000
Website pantheist.co.uk
Current occupation
Keyboard, vocals
 Kostas Panagiotou
guitar
 Frank Allain (since 2015)
Drums
 Daniel Neagoe (since 2016)
Electric bass, vocals
 Aleksej Obradović (since 2011)
former members
guitar
 Nicolas Tambuyser (2000-2004)
Drums
 Oscar Strik (2002-2003)
guitar
 Arne Pinto de Carvalho (2003-2004)
Electric bass
 Mark Bodossian (2004-2011)
Electric bass
 Wim Boey (2004)
Drums
 Kris Villez (2004)
Drums, vocals
 Andy Semmens (2004)
Drums
 Sterghios Moschos (2005-2014)
guitar
 Ilia Rodriguez (2005-2011)
guitar
 Peter Benjamin (2005-2009)
guitar
 Pepijn van Houwelingen (2010-2014)
guitar
 Valter Cunha (2014-2017)

Pantheist , often stylized as a pantheist , is a funeral doom band founded in 2000 . The band is one of the most popular representatives of the Belgian funeral doom scene. The only constant member of the group is band founder, singer and keyboard player Kostas Panagiotou , the rest of the band constellation, however, has undergone various changes.

history

In 2000 singer and keyboardist Kostas Panagiotou founded the band Pantheist. Originally Panagiotou designed Pantheist as a dark ambient project, but changed the direction of the band after the guitarist Nicolas Tambuyser joined the band to a sacred funeral doom. After a few unofficial recordings, the following year, 1000 Years, was the first official demo , recorded by Stijn van Cauter in the Templa Libitina studio . Firebox Records responded to the demo and offered Pantheist a recording contract. The album O Solitude , released in 2003, brought new stylistic elements to Funeral Doom. The album helped Pantheist "to take a significant position among the still active bands of the comparatively young and small sub-genre" and since then to be counted as "one of the most important bands of Funeral Doom Metal". Following the release, the band went on a European tour with Skepticism and Until Death Overtakes Me , and subsequently with While Heaven Wept and Mourning Beloveth .

Panagiotou moved with Pantheist from Belgium to Great Britain in 2004 and reformed the band there with new musicians. In the newly created constellation, Pantheist released the second studio album Amartia via the Firebox sub-label Firedoom Music and the EP The Pains of Sleep in collaboration with the Russian label Serpent's Lair Productions . Amartia , recorded in Northampton , is considered a concept album inspired by liturgical and religious themes and included new pieces. Meanwhile, the group only presented two new tracks on The Pains of Sleep as well as a cover version of For Funerals to Come by the band Katatonia , a music video for Envy Us by O Solitude and the newly mastered demo 1000 Years . While The Pain of Sleep caused hardly any reaction, Amartia received average to positive ratings from reviewers. In 2004 the band appeared as the first interpreter of Funeral Doom at the German festival Doom Shall Rise , toured the Netherlands and made other European appearances.

The third Pantheist album was released in 2008 with Journey through Lands Unknown , which was again released via Firebox Records . Journey through Lands Unknown was mixed by Greg Chandler of Esoteric . Like the previous publications, Journey through Lands Unknown received average to positive ratings. The creative opening associated with this album was highlighted in various reviews, both positive and negative. Appearances in Great Britain and other European countries as well as a second tour with Skepticism, which this time was also completed with Ophis , followed the publication in the same year. The following year Pantheist toured the Czech Republic and Poland with Gallileous and Dissolving of Prodigy . The three bands performed together in London and released the split album Unveiling the Signs in 2010 on the Polish label Redrum666 . Panagiotou also participated in the split album with Wijlen Wij , as well as as a solo artist under his real name. In 2010 he co-headlined the Moscow Doom Festival.

With pantheist 2011 another studio album of the group appeared. This fourth album was released via Grau Records and continued the creative opening of the predecessor. Sometimes the album was seen by reviewers as a complete departure from Funeral Doom. The reviews of the album remained mean to positive as those of the previous albums. After the release, the band appeared together with Skepticism on British television and presented the professionally produced music video for the piece Be here on the same program . In the following years Pantheist continued to appear live, including festival appearances at Doom Over London 2012 and Doom Over Kiev 2015. The performance at the Hungarian festival Doom Over Kiev also ended a longer phase of reorientation and restructuring of the group.

Starting in 2016, Pantheist worked on a fifth album and made a few selected appearances at festivals in London, Edinburgh and Bucharest. the album Seeking Infinity was released in September 2018 on the band's own label Melancholic Realm Productions as CD and via The Vinyl Division as LP. It was created as a conceptual album with a cohesive story and promoted by the band as their stylistic return to Funeral Doom. Seeking Infinity received positive marks from most of the reviewers.

style

The music of Pantheist is, apart from the self-titled album from 2011, which is considered progressive Doom Metal , mostly attributed to Funeral Doom. For comparison, representatives of Funeral Doom and Gothic Metal such as Skepticism, Deinonychus , Funeral , Morgion and My Dying Bride are used .

The music played by Pantheist is a funeral doom with a sad and melancholy mood, which transports a solemn and mystical atmosphere through the use of keyboards, organ sounds and the occasional use of chanting reminiscent of chanting . Most of the vocals are still guttural growling . In addition, the band presented various aggressive metal riffs . In meetings, a sacred atmosphere and orchestral elements are often emphasized and traced back to the singing and the synthetically generated organ sounds.

Discography

  • 2001: 1000 Years (demo, self-published)
  • 2003: O Solitude (album, Firebox Records)
  • 2005: Amartia (album, Firedoom Music)
  • 2005: The Pains of Sleep (EP, Serpent's Lair Productions)
  • 2008: Journey Through Lands Unknown (Album, Firebox Records)
  • 2010: Unveiling the Signs (split album with Dissolving of Prodigy, Gallileous, Wijlen Wij and Kostas Panagiotou, Redrum666)
  • 2011: Pantheist (Album, Grau Records)
  • 2018: Seeking Infinity (Album, Melancholic Realm Productions / The Vinyl Division)

Web links

Individual evidence

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