Thy serpent
| Thy serpent | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Dark metal |
| founding | 1992 |
| Website | http://www.thyserpent.net/ |
| Founding members | |
| Sami Tenetz | |
| Current occupation | |
| Miika "Azhemin" Niemelä (since 1996) | |
| Teemu Laitinen (since 1999) | |
guitar |
Sami Tenetz |
guitar |
Tomi Ullgren (since 1999) |
| former members | |
guitar |
Alexi Laiho (1997-1998) |
guitar |
Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta (1995–1996) |
guitar |
Börje (1995) |
Drums |
Pekka (1995) |
Percussion, violoncello |
Agathon Frosteus (1996–1999) |
Bass, vocals, synthesizers |
Luopio (1996-1997) |
Thy Serpent is a Finnish dark metal band.
history
The band was created as a solo project by guitarist Sami Tenetz, after two demos he signed a contract with the Spinefarm Records label . The album Forest of Witchery was released in 1996, followed a year later by the album Lords of Twilight and another year later Christcrusher . After this release, the band gave eight concerts in Finland on a short tour with Barathrum . After a few line-up changes, the last project was the EP Death in 2000 . Although no more concerts took place after the tour with Barathrum and no further sound carriers were recorded, no breakup of the band was announced.
Music genre
On Into Everlasting Fire Sami Tenetz played atmospheric, black-metal- influenced music in medium tempo with a drum computer , occasional use of an acoustic guitar and frequent use of synthesizers. The music was reminiscent of Burzum and (partly because of the synthesizers) Emperor . Since the lyrics were "dark" but not satanic, the band called their music dark metal and not black metal. Tenetz stated that he found Satanism interesting and largely supported the anti-Christian views of the Black Metallers, but did not follow any of the satanic bands.
Discography
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- Frozen Memory (demo, 1994)
- Into Everlasting Fire (demo, 1995)
- Forests of Witchery (1996)
- Lords of Twilight (1997)
- Christ Crusher (1998)
- Death (EP, 2000)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Frank Stöver: Dark Metal From The Finnish Forests . In: Voices from the Darkside , No. 10, p. 57.
- ↑ a b History ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ THY SERPENT- "Into Everlasting Fire" DEMO 1995 . In: Kill Yourself !!! Magazine , No. 4, 1995, p. 14.
- ↑ Chart placements: FI
