Serpent (band)
Encyclopedia
Serpent is a Swedish
doom metal
side project formed by Therion
and Entombed
members.
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....
doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
side project formed by Therion
Therion (band)
Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion , meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation...
and Entombed
Entombed (band)
Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal which initially differed itself from its American counterpart with its distinct guitar tone, by the early 1990s their sound had...
members.
Last known line-up
- Piotr WawrzeniukPiotr WawrzeniukPiotr Wawrzeniuk is a Polish vocalist and drummer. Best known for membership in symphonic metal Therion, but also member of Serpent, Carbonized and The Robots.-Music career:...
- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Ulf Samuelsson - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Per KarlssonPer KarlssonPer Karlsson is a Swedish football player. He came through the ranks of Solna club Vasalunds IF and was picked up by AIK as a teenager....
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Former members
- Lars RosenbergLars RosenbergLars Rosenberg is a bass guitarist in several musical bands: Therion , Entombed , Taura Serpent, Roachpowder, Carbonized, Mental Distortion, Monastery and Furcas. He is also a vocalist in Carbonized and Monastery....
- Bass - Johan Lundell - Guitar
- Andreas Wallan WahlAndreas Wallan WahlAndreas Wallan Wahl is a bass guitarist, drummer and vocalist; a former member of the Swedish heavy metal bands Therion , Serpent, Formicide, Concrete Sleep and Hexenhaus.- References :...
- bass guitar
Discography
- In the Garden of Serpent (1996)
- Autumn Ride (1997, re-released in 2007)
- Trinity (2007)
External links
- Serpent at BNR Metal Pages
- Serpent at MusicmightMusicMightMusicMight, formerly Rockdetector is a rock music website which provides artist and product information through a global website and an ongoing book series...
- Serpent at Encyclopaedia MetallumEncyclopaedia MetallumEncyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives is a website which lists bands from various forms of heavy metal music...
- http://www.vicrecords.com at their new label Vic Records
- http://www.myspace.com/serpentdoom at their official myspace