Devilish Impressions
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Devilish Impressions is a Polish
avant-garde black metal
band. They were formed on November 1, 2000 by Quazarre, Turquoissa and Starash.
They returned to the recording studio in 2005 to record their first album called "Plurima Mortis Imago" which attracted several recording labels and chose the London
-based label Conquer Records. During their recording sessions they received much technical guidance from Arek Malczewski (well known for his long-time relationship with Behemoth
) and Wiesławscy brothers of Studio Hertz who also helped with the mastering of the release. The band also recruited Adrian Nefarious and Dragor from Luna Ad Noctum for the bass guitar and drums. And in late September 2006 a video was shot for SataniChaoSymphony.
After that the band went through some significant line-up changes. Adrian Nefarious and Dragor left the band and were replaced by Starash and Armers. Starash played from then on the bass guitar and Armers was the bands new guitarist. The band also recruited a drummer; Icanraz, a renowned drummer known for his work with Hermh and Abused Majesty.
The band received good feedback and this made it possible for the band to tour. This took place in autumn of 2006 and the band performed along with Aeternus
. While touring through Europe the band received positive feedback from the fans and the band had a successful tour.
In February 2007, Devilish Impression was invited to be one of the headliners at a one-day black metal festival at London's famous club The Underworld. Shortly after that, Starash left the band and Cultus joined as the bassist.
In early April 2007, Devilish Impressions acted as direct support for the Swedish black metal
band Marduk
in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. The band again received great feedback from the audience. The enthusiasm of the new fans helped Devilish Impressions in acquiring the attention of The Flaming Arts Management / Booking Agency, who took over responsibility for organizing the band’s gigs in Eastern Europe.
After the successful tours the band hit the studios again, putting together material for their second full-length album Diabolicanos – Act III: Armageddon. The band spent their time recording in Studio X in May, June and July, 2007. And the album was mastered by Andy Classen
(known for working with Belphegor
, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
, Disbelief
and Graveworm
) in the Stage One Studio in Germany.
After releasing their brand new album Diabolicanos – Act III: Armageddon in early 2008, Devilish Impressions has been relentlessly touring through Europe
as support act to great bands as Behemoth
, Suicide Silence
, Dismember
and Hate
. The band appeared at Metal Heads Mission Festival in the Crimea, accompanying such acts as Suffocation
, Benediction
, Immolation
and Vader
. And played their first headlining tour in the Ukraine
and shared the stages with Overkill
, Samael
, Tristania
, Enslaved
and later on with Satyricon
. The summer of 2008 included the band's appearance at the Pro Rock Festival while co-headlining Rage
and at the Metal Heads Mission Festival with bands like Moonspell
, Samael
and Cynic
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
avant-garde 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. They were formed on November 1, 2000 by Quazarre, Turquoissa and Starash.
Biography
The band was officially formed on November 1, 2000 by Quazarre, Turquoissa and Starash. The band released their first demo called Eritis sicut Deus; Verbum Diaboli Manet in Aeternum; Vox Vespertilio Act I – Moon Var Dies Irae in 2002.They returned to the recording studio in 2005 to record their first album called "Plurima Mortis Imago" which attracted several recording labels and chose the London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
-based label Conquer Records. During their recording sessions they received much technical guidance from Arek Malczewski (well known for his long-time relationship with Behemoth
Behemoth (band)
Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
) and Wiesławscy brothers of Studio Hertz who also helped with the mastering of the release. The band also recruited Adrian Nefarious and Dragor from Luna Ad Noctum for the bass guitar and drums. And in late September 2006 a video was shot for SataniChaoSymphony.
After that the band went through some significant line-up changes. Adrian Nefarious and Dragor left the band and were replaced by Starash and Armers. Starash played from then on the bass guitar and Armers was the bands new guitarist. The band also recruited a drummer; Icanraz, a renowned drummer known for his work with Hermh and Abused Majesty.
The band received good feedback and this made it possible for the band to tour. This took place in autumn of 2006 and the band performed along with Aeternus
Aeternus
Aeternus is a death metal band from Bergen, Norway.-Biography:Aeternus formed in 1993 as a trio, composed of Ares, Erik Vrolok, and Morrigan. They released their debut album, Beyond the Wandering Moon, in 1997 on Hammerheart Records , and toured that year with black metal bands Emperor and Limbonic...
. While touring through Europe the band received positive feedback from the fans and the band had a successful tour.
In February 2007, Devilish Impression was invited to be one of the headliners at a one-day black metal festival at London's famous club The Underworld. Shortly after that, Starash left the band and Cultus joined as the bassist.
In early April 2007, Devilish Impressions acted as direct support for the Swedish 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 Marduk
Marduk (band)
Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1990 and released their first record in 1991. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.-Musical style:...
in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. The band again received great feedback from the audience. The enthusiasm of the new fans helped Devilish Impressions in acquiring the attention of The Flaming Arts Management / Booking Agency, who took over responsibility for organizing the band’s gigs in Eastern Europe.
After the successful tours the band hit the studios again, putting together material for their second full-length album Diabolicanos – Act III: Armageddon. The band spent their time recording in Studio X in May, June and July, 2007. And the album was mastered by Andy Classen
Andy Classen
-Holy Moses:He began his career in 1980 as a guitarist for the German thrash metal band Holy Moses, fronted by his ex-wife Sabina Classen. In 1989 the band bought a house in the village of Borgentreich-Bühne in the vicinity of Warburg, North Rhine-Westphalia...
(known for working with Belphegor
Belphegor (band)
Belphegor is a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, Austria. They originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.-Early years :...
, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America...
, Disbelief
Disbelief
Disbelief is a metal band from Hesse, Germany. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.- Biography :...
and Graveworm
Graveworm
Graveworm is a symphonic black metal band from Bruneck, Italy with strong influences from gothic metal .-History:...
) in the Stage One Studio in Germany.
After releasing their brand new album Diabolicanos – Act III: Armageddon in early 2008, Devilish Impressions has been relentlessly touring through Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
as support act to great bands as Behemoth
Behemoth (band)
Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
, Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...
, Dismember
Dismember (band)
Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...
and Hate
Hate (band)
Hate is a Polish death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 1990. Their most recent album, Erebos, was released in 2010, under Listenable Records.-Biography:...
. The band appeared at Metal Heads Mission Festival in the Crimea, accompanying such acts as Suffocation
Suffocation (band)
Suffocation is an American death metal band that was formed in 1989 in Long Island, New York. The band comprises vocalist Frank Mullen, guitarists Terrance Hobbs and Guy Marchais, drummer Mike Smith and bassist Derek Boyer. Suffocation rose to prominence of death metal and created a blueprint for...
, Benediction
Benediction (band)
Benediction is a British death metal band from Birmingham, England. They were formed in February 1989.-Biography:The Birmingham-based death metal band Benediction were formed in February 1989 by Paul Adams , Peter Rew , Darren Brookes , and Mark "Barney" Greenway...
, Immolation
Immolation (band)
-History:The band formed in May 1986 by Andrew Sakowicz and Dave Wilkinson under the name Rigor Mortis . The name was changed to Immolation in April 1988, after the Warriors of Doom demo which was recorded as Rigor Mortis and Demo I which was recorded as Immolation...
and 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...
. And played their first headlining tour in the Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and shared the stages with Overkill
Overkill (band)
Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. They have gone through many line-up changes, with singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and bassist D.D. Verni remaining from the original lineup. Along with Anthrax , the band is one of the most successful East Coast thrash metal...
, Samael
Samael (band)
Samael is a industrial black metal band formed in 1987 in Sion, Switzerland.-Biography:Although much of their music from the mid-1990s onwards has incorporated electronic sounds which would best define their genre as industrial metal, they are an early 2nd Wave black metal band and an innovator for...
, Tristania
Tristania (band)
Tristania is a band from Norway, formed in 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson. Tristania's music is usually classified as symphonic gothic metal with doom/death metal influences , due to its strong ties with the goth metal's history...
, Enslaved
Enslaved (band)
Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...
and later on with Satyricon
Satyricon (band)
Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band, and the first one in the genre to join a multi-national record label .-Biography:Satyricon was formed in 1990 by Czral and Wargod. Ulver and Satyr soon joined them...
. The summer of 2008 included the band's appearance at the Pro Rock Festival while co-headlining Rage
Rage (band)
Rage are a German heavy metal band, formed in 1984. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Running Wild and Blind Guardian.-Background:...
and at the Metal Heads Mission Festival with bands like Moonspell
Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
, Samael
Samael (band)
Samael is a industrial black metal band formed in 1987 in Sion, Switzerland.-Biography:Although much of their music from the mid-1990s onwards has incorporated electronic sounds which would best define their genre as industrial metal, they are an early 2nd Wave black metal band and an innovator for...
and Cynic
Cynic (band)
Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...
.
Current members
- Przemyslaw "Quazarre" Olbryt - vocals, guitar, keyboard (2000-)
- Armers - guitar (2007-)
- Łukasz "Icanraz" Sarnacki - drums
- Vraath - bass (2010-)
Former members
- Starash - bass, guitar (2000–2007)
- Adrian Nefarious - bass
- Cultus - bass
- Dragor - drums
- Turqouissa - keyboard (2000–2010)
- Jakub "Cloud" Chmura - drums (2007)
Studio albums
- Plurima Mortis ImagoPlurima Mortis ImagoPlurima Mortis Imago is the debut album by the Polish avant-garde black metal band Devilish Impressions. The band was able to recruit Dragor to do the drums and Adrian Nefarious to play the bass guitar, both members of Luna Ad Noctum....
(2005) - Diabolicanos – Act III: ArmageddonDiabolicanos – Act III: ArmageddonDiabolicanos – Act III: Armageddon is the second album by the Polish avant-garde black metal band Devilish Impressions. This was the first album which was released under a label, Conquer Records...
(2008)
Demos
- Eritis sicut Deus; Verbum Diaboli Manet in Aeternum; Vox Vespertilio Act I – Moon Var Dies IraeEritis sicut Deus; Verbum Diaboli Manet in Aeternum; Vox Vespertilio Act I – Moon Var Dies IraeEritis sicut Deus; Verbum Diaboli Manet in Aeternum; Vox Vespertilio Act I – Moon Var Dies Irae is the first demo by the Polish avant-garde black metal band Devilish Impressions. This is the first demo they released as a band after the band members joined forces in 2000. The musical arrangements...
(2002)