Pantokrator (band)
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Pantokrator is a Swedish death metal
band formed in 1996. The band has released an EP, two studio albums, and a compilation album. The band's sound is old school death metal with progressive and technical elements; their lyrics deal with mystic Biblical themes.
gave it 7/10. A second album, Aurum, was released on the German label Whirlwind Records; in the USA, it was distributed by Open Grave Records. The band is currently preparing to release their third album.
A music video for "Divine Light" (found on Songs of Solomon) appeared on the rare video compilation Power from the Sky from Rivel Records. The band has played at the Gates of Metal festival, a major Swedish hard rock and metal music event, with acts such as Dimmu Borgir
and Edguy
.
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....
band formed in 1996. The band has released an EP, two studio albums, and a compilation album. The band's sound is old school death metal with progressive and technical elements; their lyrics deal with mystic Biblical themes.
History
After recording two demos, a demo mini-CD, and a self-released compilation, Pantokrator got their break in 2001 by playing at the reputable Swedish metal festival Bobfest, and appeared on the national TV in a short report of this festival. After an independently released EP, Songs of Solomon, they signed with Rivel Records, which released their first full-length album, Blod, in 2002. The Scandinavian music and media magazine Monster gave Blod 4/5, and the German magazine Rock HardRock Hard
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gave it 7/10. A second album, Aurum, was released on the German label Whirlwind Records; in the USA, it was distributed by Open Grave Records. The band is currently preparing to release their third album.
A music video for "Divine Light" (found on Songs of Solomon) appeared on the rare video compilation Power from the Sky from Rivel Records. The band has played at the Gates of Metal festival, a major Swedish hard rock and metal music event, with acts such as Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993. Dimmu borgir means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland, Dimmuborgir...
and Edguy
Edguy
-Demos, AFM years :Edguy was founded in 1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch and Dirk Sauer. The name "Edguy" was an affectionate epithet for Mr. Edgar Siedschlag, their math teacher at the time. In 1994, the band released two demos, Evil Minded and Children of...
.
Members
- Mattias Johansson - guitar
- Karl Walfridsson - vocals (GrowlDeath growlA death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death...
) - Rickard Gustafsson - drums
- Jonas Wallinder - bass
- Jonathan Jansson - guitar
Discography
- Unclean Plants/Ancient Path (Demo, 1997)
- Even Unto the Ends of the Earth (Demo, 1998)
- Allhärskare (Demo, 2000)
- Songs of Solomon (EP, 2001)
- Blod (Album, Rivel, 2002)
- A Decade of Thoughts (Best of/compilation, Monumentum Scandinavia, 2007)
- Aurum (Album, Whirlwind, 2007)
External links
- Official website
- Pantokrator at MySpace