Demigod are a Finnish

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band formed in 1990 in

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, Finland. The band's debut album ''

Slumber of Sullen Eyes ''Slumber of Sullen Eyes'' is the debut album by the Finnish death metal band Demigod. The album was released in 1992 on the Drowned Productions label. It was out of print for years but has been re-released worldwide by Xtreem Music Xtreem Mus ...

'' is highly regarded in the heavy metal community. ''

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'' included it in their list of "40 death metal albums that you must hear", commenting: "It is with this often overlooked classic that one of the greatest love stories of all time unfolded: Florida's pummeling groove meets Sweden's buzzsaw guitar work in a union so deliciously evil it could move the hardest of bangers to tears of joy."

History

Demigod was a popular group in the death metal underground of the 1990s; however, despite a steady status and a healthy number of gigs, the band split up in the mid-90s. Demigod re-formed in 1998 and was eventually signed by

Spikefarm Spinefarm Records is a Finnish independent record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. It is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. History Spinefarm Records was originally founded in 1990 by Riku Pääkkönen as a mail-order distr ...

, a sublabel of major Finnish metal record company

Spinefarm Spinefarm Records is a Finnish independent record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. It is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. History Spinefarm Records was originally founded in 1990 by Riku Pääkkönen as a mail-order distrib ...

, who released the band's second album ''

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''. Somewhere between 2002 and 2006, this co-operation came to an end, and the band recorded the follow-up to ''Shadow Mechanics'' without a label. The recordings were finished in the summer of 2006, and the album was released by the band's own label, Open Game Productions, in 2007. Since late 2007, worldwide distribution has been handled by the Spanish label

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, leaving only the Scandinavian market for the band's own label. Xtreem Music has also re-released the debut album, previously long out of print.Xtreem Music
In 2012, Esa Linden and several of the other "Slumber of Sullen Eyes" members took part in several reunion shows. After the string of shows was brought to a close, the band intended to begin writing another album.

Members

Current

*Esa Lindén - vocals (1990-1994, 1997-2001, 2010-present), guitar (1990-1993) *Jussi Kiiski - guitars (1991-2008, 2010-present) *Tuomas Karppinen - guitars (2007-2008, 2010-present) *Sami Vesanto - bass (1993-2008, 2010-present) *Tuomo Latvala - drums (2002-2008, 2010-present)

Former

*Seppo Taatila - drums (1990-2002) *Tero Laitinen - bass (1990-1993), guitar (1994-2007) *Mika Haapasalo - guitar (1992), vocals (1994-1997) *Tuomas Ala-Nissilä - vocals (2001-2008) *Ali Leiniö - vocals (2001)

Timeline

Discography

* ''

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'' (Demo, 1991) * ''

'' (1992) * ''

'' (Spikefarm, 2002) * ''

Let Chaos Prevail ''Let Chaos Prevail'' is a 2007 album by Demigod (band), Demigod, released on Xtreem Music. Track listing # "Not Dead Enough" - 3:55 # "Let Chaos Prevail" - 3:46 # "Dark Turns Black" - 5:17 # "Cult Of Sickness" - 3:59 # "God Said Suffer" - 4:22 ...

'' (Open Game/Xtreem, 2007)

References

External links

Demigod's official site
Finnish death metal musical groups Finnish heavy metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1990 Musical groups disestablished in 2008 {{Finland-band-stub