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Demonized is the fifth album by the Greek

Greece

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black metal

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....

band Astarte

Astarte (band)

Astarte is an all-female black metal band from Athens, Greece, named after the goddess Astarte.-History:Astarte first formed under the name Lloth in September 1995 at Elefsina, Attica. The original line-up included Maria Kolokouri , a.k.a. Tristessa , Nemesis , and Kinthia...

. Just like its predecessor Sirens, Demonized was recorded in hometown Athens, Greece and mixed at the renowned TicoTico Studio’s in Finland

Finland

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. The band also managed to invite some very renowned guest-musicians once again to play on their album.

Track listing

"Mutter" – 4:43
"God I Hate them All" – 5:11
"Lost" – 4:53
"Whispers of Chaos" – 1:00
"Demonized" – 3:59
"Lycon" – 5:41
"Queen of the Damned" – 5:29
"Heart of Flames" – 5:36
"God Among Men" – 5:05
"Everlast" – 3:33
"Black At Heart" – 4:47 (feat. Angela Gossow
Angela Gossow
Angela Nathalie Gossow is the lead vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. Her previous bands include Asmodina and Mistress. She is considered to be one of the few successful female metal singers to use growling as her primary singing style...

of Arch Enemy)
"Black Star" – 5:28
"Princess of the Dawn" – 5:17 (Accept cover)
"Everlast II (Phoenix Rising)" – 4:13

Total playtime: 64:55 minutes.

Personnel

Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri − bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Derketa - keyboards
Hybris - guitars
Ice - drums
Lycon - session guitars, bass

Guest appearance

Attila Csihar
Attila Csihar
Attila Csihar , also sometimes known as Void, is a Hungarian black metal vocalist, best known for his vocal work on the album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem. Author Ian Christe describes his vocals as "operatic."-Biography:...

of Mayhem
Mayhem (band)
Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway and regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...

did some guest vcals on Lycon .
Henri Sattler
Henri Sattler
Henri Sattler is the founder and vocalist/guitarist of God Dethroned. He uses the alias 'The Serpent King'.Due to problems with the other band members and the record company, Sattler decided to split the band. He then formed Ministry of Terror, a thrash metal band, and released the Fall Of Life...

from God Dethroned
God Dethroned
-Biography:God Dethroned was formed in 1991 by singer and guitar player Henri Sattler, with Hans Leegstra and Ard de Weerd. Sattler and Leegstra had previously been in Dysentery; Leegstra, quickly after the band formed, left the music scene altogether. They recorded a demo, Christ Hunt, in 1991,...

did some guest vocals on Queen Of The Damned.
Just like on the previous album, Nicolas Sic Maiis of Lloth is present. He is featured on God Among Men.
Angela Gossow
Angela Gossow
Angela Nathalie Gossow is the lead vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. Her previous bands include Asmodina and Mistress. She is considered to be one of the few successful female metal singers to use growling as her primary singing style...

of Arch Enemy was invited to the recording studio. She duets with Tristessa on Black At Heart track.

External links

Official website
Encyclopaedia Metallum (retrieved 03-03-09)

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