Pantocrator (band)
| Pantocrator | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Death Metal , Progressive Metal |
| founding | 1996 |
| Website | www.pantokrator.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Mattias Johansson | |
| Karl Walfridsson | |
| Rickard Gustafsson | |
| Jonas Wallinder | |
guitar |
Jonathan Jansson |
Pantokrator is a Swedish death metal band that was formed in 1996. The band has released an EP , three studio albums, and a compilation of other albums. She plays old school death metal with progressive elements, her lyrics contain biblical themes from a Christian perspective.
Band history
After recording two demos, a demo mini-CD and a self-published compilation, they appeared in a short report at the renowned Swedish metal festival Bobfest and on national television. After a self-released EP, Songs of Solomon , they signed the contract with Rivel Records, which released their first album in 2002. A second album, Aurum , was released on the German label Whirlwind Records.
A music video for the song Divine Light was released on Rivel Records. The band played at The Gates Of Metal Festival , a major Swedish hard rock and metal music event that also featured Dimmu Borgir and Edguy . The band is one of five Christian metal bands in the documentary Light in Darkness - Nemesis Divina , which explores Christian metal.
Discography
- 1997: Unclean Plants / Ancient Path (Demo)
- 1998: Even Unto the Ends of the Earth (Demo)
- 2000: Allhärskare (demo)
- 2001: Songs of Solomon (EP)
- 2002: Blod (Album, Rivel)
- 2007: A Decade of Thoughts (Best Of, Monumentum Scandinavia)
- 2007: Aurum (album, Whirlwind)
- 2014: Incarnate (Album, Soundmass / Rottweiler Records)
Web links
- Official website
- Pantokrator on MySpace