Golem is a German extreme
death metal
Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive ...
band. They took part in the 2007
Chronical Moshers Open Air festival. They should not be confused with a 1970s progressive rock band from Germany with the same name.
History
The band was formed in 1989, in
Buckow
Buckow ( or ; ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, town in the Märkisch-Oderland district, in Brandenburg, Germany. The Hydrotherapy, water cure resort is the administrative seat of the ''Amt (country subdivision), Amt'' (municipal associa ...
in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...
(then still in
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
). Two of the members died in automobile accidents, in 1992 Max Grützmacher and in 1993 Jens Malwitz. The band was re-formed and received for their debut album a
contract
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with the East German label
Invasion Records. After that label stopped producing records, they were without a contract again, but they were able to get another contract through the German label
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast Records is a German record label with subsidiary, subsidiaries located in Germany, the United States and Brazil. It was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Donzdorf. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on ...
.
Members
Current lineup
*Andreas Hilbert - Guitar, Vocals
*Rainer Humeniuk - Bass
*Erik Krebs - Drums
*Carsten May - Guitar
Past members
*Max Grützmacher - Bass (died 1992)
*Jens Malwitz - Guitar (died 1993)
*Michael Marschalk - Drums
*Rico Spiller - Bass
*Ruben Wittchow - Drums
Discography
*''Visceral Scab'' Demo, 1991
*''Visceral Scab'' Single, 1992
*''Recall the Day of Incarnation'' Demo, 1993
*''Eternity: The Weeping Horizons'' Full-length, 1996
*''The 2nd Moon'' Full-length, 1998
*''Dreamweaver'' Full-length, 2004
References
External links
Official website*
German death metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1989
Nuclear Blast artists
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