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History

Barathrum was founded at Kuopio, Finland under a name of Darkfeast, which was changed into Barathrum the year after. Barathrum recorded several demos during the years 1991-1993. After the demos, Barathrum signed to an underground German record label called Nazgul’s Eyrie Productions which released low budget studio albums "Hailstorm" (1995), "Eerie (1995)" and "Infernal" (1997) before the label went hiatus and left Barathrum as an unsigned artist. The band signed to

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record label in 1998 and released five albums, ”Legions Of Perkele” (1998), "Saatana" (1999), ”Okkult" (2000), "Venomous" (2002) and ”Anno Aspera: 2003 Years After Bastard’s Birth” making Barathrum one of the most prominent bands in Finnish black metal scene. After the years of hiatus, the band was signed to Finnish underground record label Saturnal Records and released their ninth full-length album "Fanatiko (2017)" in April 28th 2017.

Current line-up

*Demonos Sova – All instruments, vocals *Anathemalignant – Guitar *Pelceboop - Guitar *Nuklear Tormentörr – Bass *Ruttokieli - Bass *Pete Vendetta - Drums

Previous members

*Aki Hytönen – guitars (1990–1992) (also in Demilich) *Ilu – drums (1990–1992) *Jetblack Roima (1990-1991, 2012-2016) *Niko – guitars (1992–1992) *Neva – guitars (1992–1992) *Bloodbeast – guitars (1992) *Necronom Dethstrike – drums (1992–1992) *Infernus – bass (1992–1996) *Reaper Sklethnor – guitars (1993–1994) *Destrukktorr – drums (1993–1994) *Crowl – bass (1994–1994) *Pimeä – drums (1995–1996) *Sulphur – guitars (1996) *Nattasett – drums (1998) (also in

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Discography

Studio albums

*''Hailstorm'' (1994) *''Eerie'' (1995) *''Infernal'' (1997) *''Legions of Perkele'' (1998) *''Saatana'' (1999) *''Okkult'' (2000) *''Venomous'' (2002) *''Anno Aspera – 2003 Years After Bastard's Birth'' (2005) *''Fanatiko'' (2017) *''Überkill'' (2024)

Live albums

*''Long Live Satan'' (2009)

EPs and singles

*''Devilry'' (EP, 1997) *''Jetblack'' (1997, 7"EP, limited to 666 copies) *''Black Flames and Blood'' (CDS, 2002) *''Hellspawn'' (Single, 2017)

Demos

*''From Black Flames to Witchcraft'' (1991) *''Witchmaster'' (1991) *''Battlecry'' (1992) *''Sanctissime Colere Satanas'' (1993) *''Sanctus Satanas (Studio & Stage)'' (1993) *''Soaring Up from Hell'' (1993)

Notes

External links

Official Barathrum Website – The Blasphemer
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barathrum Finnish black metal musical groups Finnish doom metal musical groups Finnish musical sextets Musical groups established in 1990