death metal
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band founded in 2010. The band has released three full-length studio albums. The first album, '' Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide'' was released in 2013 and the most recent, ''The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos'' in 2018.
History
The band was founded in 2010 by Torsten Horstmann. Along with the producer
Simon Werner
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Led by singer-songwriter Kirk Brandon (formerly of the Pack), the original group also consisted of bassist Stan Stammers (formerly of the Straps and the Epilepti ...
the first demo was recorded and released. Simon Werner and Torsten Horstmann had previously played together in the band
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Plot synopsis
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The band's albums thematize the
Cthulhu Mythos
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, which can also be found in the artwork of the albums.
In 2013, '' Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide'' was released on the Imperium Productions label. After signing to
Ván Records
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, the second album ''Gateway to the Antisphere'' followed in 2015. In the January 2019 issue of German
Metal Hammer
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magazine, the album '' The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos'', released in 2018, was voted "Album of the Month" by the editors. The album received many positive reviews upon its release with the reviewers of ''powermetal.de'' website calling it a "Meisterwerk" (''masterpiece''). Also the ''
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'' magazine called the album a "masterpiece" and rated it 9 out of 10. ''Musikreviews.de'' rated the album 13 out of 15. A music video was released for the song ''Yuggothian Spell'', based on Lovecraft's ''
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The band played at the Rock Hard Festival in 2016 and it is booked for the Metal Hammer Paradise and the festivals in 2019 among others.
Discography
* ''Sulphur Psalms '' (2010, demo)
* ''Deep Deep Down They Sleep'' (2012, EP,
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* ''Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide'' (2013, album, Imperium Productions)
* ''Gateway to the Antisphere'' (2015, album,
Ván Records
Ván Records is a German record label based in Herzogenrath. It was founded in 2004 by Sven Dinninghoff, who was a member of Black Metal bands Nagelfar and Graupel in the mid-1990s. The label was founded in the environment of Wòd-Ván, an associ ...
Ván Records
Ván Records is a German record label based in Herzogenrath. It was founded in 2004 by Sven Dinninghoff, who was a member of Black Metal bands Nagelfar and Graupel in the mid-1990s. The label was founded in the environment of Wòd-Ván, an associ ...
/ Imperium Productions)
* ''Unaussprechliche Kulte (Live at Culthe Fest 2019)'' (2020, live album, Ván Records)
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