Cemetary (band)
Encyclopedia
Cemetary was a Swedish
gothic metal
band founded by Mathias Lodmalm in 1989. A few years later they signed a contract with Black Mark Productions
and released their debut album An Evil Shade Of Grey in 1992. The band would record one more album before moving from death metal
into a gothic metal
style with Black Vanity(1994), Sundown (1996) and Last Confessions (1997). After a 7 year break, the band reunited in 2004 and released their final LP, Phantasma. In May 2005, Mathias Lodmalm posted a message at the band's website announcing that he was leaving the scene for good because of dissatisfaction with the people he did business with.
In 1997 and 1999, Lodmalm released albums similar in style under the moniker Sundown
.
All Cemetary albums were released by Black Mark, except The Beast Divine which was released under the moniker Cemetary 1213 by Century Media.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
gothic metal
Gothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
band founded by Mathias Lodmalm in 1989. A few years later they signed a contract with Black Mark Productions
Black Mark Productions
Black Mark Productions is an independent record label based in Sweden and an office in Germany that specializes in extreme metal releases, perhaps best known for its close connection to Quorthon, leader of the defining black metal band Bathory until his death in 2004...
and released their debut album An Evil Shade Of Grey in 1992. The band would record one more album before moving from death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
into a gothic metal
Gothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
style with Black Vanity(1994), Sundown (1996) and Last Confessions (1997). After a 7 year break, the band reunited in 2004 and released their final LP, Phantasma. In May 2005, Mathias Lodmalm posted a message at the band's website announcing that he was leaving the scene for good because of dissatisfaction with the people he did business with.
In 1997 and 1999, Lodmalm released albums similar in style under the moniker Sundown
Sundown (band)
Sundown was a gothic metal band formed by Mathias Lodmalm and Johnny Hagel, after disbanding their previous band, Cemetary. It was itself disbanded again when Mathias Lodmalm reformed Cemetary together with Christian Silver and Herman Engström...
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Discography
- Incarnation of Morbidity (demo) (1990)
- In Articulus Mortis (demo) (1991)
- An Evil Shade of GreyAn Evil Shade of GreyAn Evil Shade of Grey is the debut album by Swedish gothic metal band Cemetary, released in 1992 on Black Mark Productions.- Track listing :# "Dead Red"# "Where the Rivers of Madness Stream"# "Dark Illusions"# "An Evil Shade of Grey"...
(1992) - Godless BeautyGodless BeautyGodless Beauty is the second album by Swedish gothic metal band Cemetary, released in 1993 on Black Mark Productions.- Track listing :# "Now She Walks the Shadows" - 02:22# "The Serpent's Kiss" - 03:45# "And Julie is No More" - 03:48...
(1993) - Black VanityBlack VanityBlack Vanity is the third album by Swedish gothic metal band Cemetary, released in 1994 on Black Mark Productions.All music and lyrics written by Mathias Lodmalm.- Track listing :# "Bitter Seed" - 2:51# "Ebony Rain" - 5:26...
(1994) - SundownSundown (Cemetary album)Sundown is the fourth album by Swedish gothic metal band Cemetary, released in 1996 on Black Mark Productions.All music and lyrics written by Mathias Lodmalm.- Track listing :# "Elysia" - 02:36# "Closer to the Pain" - 03:39...
(1996) - Last Confessions (1997)
- Sweetest Tragedies (1999)
- The Beast Divine (2000)
- Phantasma (2005)
All Cemetary albums were released by Black Mark, except The Beast Divine which was released under the moniker Cemetary 1213 by Century Media.
Members
- Mathias Lodmalm
- Juha Sievers
- Zriuko Culjak
- Christian Saarinen
- Anton Hedberg
- Markus Nordberg
- Thomas Josefsson
- Anders Iwers
- Christian Silver
- Vesa Kenttakumpu
- Manne Engstrom