Obtest is a pagan black metal band from Vilnius

Vilnius

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, Lithuania

Lithuania

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. They started playing in 1992 as brutal 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....

 act, but soon changed the style to 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....

. Their lyrics are concerned with Lithuanian mythology

Lithuanian mythology

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 and are sung in Lithuanian, though a few of the songs on their demos were in English. The band currently refers their music style as "heathen war heavy metal."

Current line-up

• Sadlave - guitar (also in Notanga, ex-Burying Place, Fanarai, ex-Anubi, Agyria, Trolis & The Giberlingers, ex-Ruination
  Ruination
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• Baalberith - vocals
• Demonas - bass (also in Burying Place, ex-Zalvarinis
  Žalvarinis
  Žalvarinis is a folk rock band from Vilnius, Lithuania. They were formed in 2001 as a collaboration between the black metal group Ugnėlakis and the pagan folk group Kūlgrinda. This was reflected in the title of their debut album in 2002, Ugnėlakis su Kūlgrinda...
  
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• Insmuth - drums
• Enrikas Slavinskis - guitars (ex-Fata Morgana (Ltu), ex-Stone's Lament, Soul Stealer, Loosers, Crossroad, Degradatonia)

Discography

• Oldness Coming (Demo, 1995) - the title is misspelled "Comming" on the album cover.
• Live At Poltergeist (VHS video, 1995)
• Prieš Audrą (Demo, 1995)
• Tūkstantmetis (Full-length, 1997)
• 9 9 7 (EP, 1998)
• Prisiek (EP, 2001)
• Auka Seniems Dievams (Full-length, 2001)
• Dvylika JuodVarnių (EP, 2003)
• Tėvynei (Video CD, 2004)
• Iš Kartos Į Kartą (Full-length, 2005)
• Prieš Audrą (MiniLP, 2006)
• Gyvybės medis (full-length, 2008)

External links

• Official Obtest home page
• Ledo Takas Records - Obtest's label