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Necromantia
Origin
Athens, Greece
Genres
Black metal
Years active
1989–2021
Labels
Unisound Records Osmose Productions Black Lotus Records Dockyard 1 Records
The Circle Music
Website
https://necromantiaofficial.bandcamp.com/
Musical artist
Necromantia was a Greek black metal band that was founded in 1989 in Athens. Alongside Rotting Christ and Varathron, they are considered to be pioneers in establishing the Greek black metal scene in the early 1990s.[1] The band is notable for the complete lack of rhythm guitar in their music, which is substituted by an eight-string bass guitar. Another notable feature is the band's frequent use of musical instruments not usually associated with black metal, such as the saxophone and flute.
In November 2019, following the death of founding member Baron Blood, Necromantia announced it would disband after a final, commemorative album titled To the Depths We Descend....[2]
^"Necromantia". Osmose Productions. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^"New EP from NECROMANTIA in 2020 as tribute to Baron Blood!!". The Gallery. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
Necromantia was a Greek black metal band that was founded in 1989 in Athens. Alongside Rotting Christ and Varathron, they are considered to be pioneers...
instrumental sections. The Greek style—established by Rotting Christ, Necromantia and Varathron—has more traditional heavy metal and death metal traits...
former or current members of Greek extreme metal bands Rotting Christ, Necromantia and Septic Flesh. The band's first release was an EP/split with veteran...
witchcraft as a whole. The word necromancy is adapted from Late Latin necromantia: a loan word from the post-Classical Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía...
members from several other prominent Greek extreme metal groups, such as Necromantia and Septic Flesh. He used to endorse Grossman custom made guitars. He...
Adams (who also performed session work for the Greek black metal act Necromantia). The cover art on the original vinyl edition is the only one of Septic...
the band; George Tolias, George Zaharopoulos (Magus Wampyr Daoloth of Necromantia) and a session musician known only as Panayiotis (on A Dead Poem). The...
Evil Witching Black is the second album by the Greek black metal band Necromantia. It was released in 1995 on Osmose Productions and in 2002 it was re-issued...
Ash's identity as the famous Silver Knight who had saved the town from a Necromantia dragon. In his second year, he takes the position of general affairs...
song of the same name in their 2016 album Rituals. Fellow Greek band Necromantia has also adapted the same poem on their 1993 debut Crossing the Fiery...
and Blood. "Each Dawn I Die" was covered by the Greek black metal band Necromantia on their 1997 EP Ancient Pride which was re-released with new artwork...
Black Metallers", he named Impaled Nazarene and Beherit from Finland, Necromantia and Rotting Christ from Greece, and Bestial Summoning from the Netherlands...
Necromantia From The Past We Summon Thee E.P. (1994) "Faceless Gods" A song influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos and the Simon Necronomicon. Necromantia The...
Septic Flesh, Ravencult, Astarte, Zemial, Naer Mataron, Varathron, Necromantia, Mortuus Caelum, Thou Art Lord) / folk black metal (Kawir, Fiendish Nymphe...
connection to Darwinism. Greek black metal musician Magus Wampyr Daoloth (of Necromantia and Thou Art Lord) said in an interview for Lords of Chaos: "If you consider...
Album 'Five Legged Dog'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 16, 2021. "Necromantia tease final album". Sputnikmusic. September 15, 2021. Retrieved October...
the end of this poem on their 1991 album Hell Symphony. The Greek band Necromantia recorded an English translation for their début album Crossing the Fiery...
project in 1993, named Astral. Inspired by the Greek black metal outfit Necromantia, the music omitted the use of the electric guitar, with the electric...
Paralysis at the same time as their colleagues Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh, Necromantia, and Nightfall. They started making a name for themselves in the local...
country. Hellgods was formed in September 1995, listing Rotting Christ, Necromantia, Impaled Nazarene & Cradle of Filth among their influences. The early...
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