Arkhon Infaustus is a blackened death metal band from Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

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. They formed in 1997, are signed to Osmose Productions

Osmose Productions

Osmose Productions is a French independent record label created in 1991 by Hervé Herbaut, after he had spent three years running a small mail order company...

, and have released four albums to date.

Brief History

Arkon Infaustus was created in late 1997 by Dk Deviant, joined by Torturer. They first released an EP

Extended play

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 entitled In Sperma Infernum through Mordgrimm, which was limited to 666 copies. They then signed to Spikekult Records and released another EP entitled Dead Cunt Maniac in 2000. This got them signed to Osmose Productions

Osmose Productions

Osmose Productions is a French independent record label created in 1991 by Hervé Herbaut, after he had spent three years running a small mail order company...

. Their first album, Hell Injection, was released in 2001 and limited to 500 copies. After their second album, Filth Catalyst (2002), they toured with Mortician

Mortician (band)

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. They then went on to do a split with the black metal

Black metal

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 band Revenge, and toured in Europe with Vader

Vader (band)

Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn, formed in 1983. According to Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's founding singer and guitar player, the band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series. Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft, WW2, horror and anti-christian...

.

In 2004 they released Perdition Insanabilis and toured Europe with Deicide

Deicide (band)

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, and again in 2005 with Belphegor

Belphegor (band)

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 and In Aeternum. In 2007, they released an EP, Annunciation, and an album, Orthodoxyn, and in April and May 2008 toured Europe with Angelcorpse

Angelcorpse

Angelcorpse was a blackened death metal band born on the ashes of Pete Helmkamp's previous band, Order from Chaos, originally from Kansas City, Missouri, and relocated to Tampa, Florida. They formed in 1995, with a line-up of Helmkamp, guitarist Gene Palubicki, and drummer John Longstreth, and...

.

Musical style

Arkhon Infaustus use distorted raspy vocals, double bass, and synthesizers to play a style of black

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

/death metal

Death metal

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 similar to that of Angelcorpse

Angelcorpse

Angelcorpse was a blackened death metal band born on the ashes of Pete Helmkamp's previous band, Order from Chaos, originally from Kansas City, Missouri, and relocated to Tampa, Florida. They formed in 1995, with a line-up of Helmkamp, guitarist Gene Palubicki, and drummer John Longstreth, and...

. Their lyrics usually deal with Satanism

Satanism

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, sex, anti-Christianity, and general acts of debauchery.

Current members

• Dk Deviant - guitar, vocals
• Toxik H. - guitar
• 666 Torturer - bass, vocals
• Azk.6 - drums

Discography

• In Sperma Infernum (EP, Mordgrimm, 1998)
• Dead Cunt Maniac (EP, Spikekult, 2000)
• Hell Injection (CD, Osmose, 2001)
• Filth Catalyst (CD, Osmose, 2003)
• Arkhon Infaustus/Revenge (Split CD, Osmose, 2003)
• Perdition Insanabilis (CD, Osmose, 2004)
• Annunciation (EP, Osmose, 2007)
• Orthodoxyn (CD, Osmose, 2007)

External links

• [Arkhon Infaustus's official website is not currently functioning]
• Arkhon Infaustus at Myspace
• [ Arkhon Infaustus at Allmusic]