Antaeus (band)
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Antaeus is a French
black metal
band formed in 1993 offering eerie ambient and chaotic black metal.
The group's slogan is "Anti God, Anti Music, Anti You". Their debut album, Cut Your Flesh and Worship Satan, was a collection of re-recorded demo tracks. They then signed to Osmose Productions
for second album De Principii Evangelikum, before moving on to the Norma Evangelium Diaboli label for their 2006 album Blood Libels (reissued by Ajna and in 2007 by Season of Mist
), which has been described as "aggressive black metal with a pinch (or ten) of death metal thrown in". The album closes with the nine-and-a-half-minute title track, which has been described as "so intense it's literally almost unbearable".
In 2006, they toured in Europe with Secrets of the Moon
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band formed in 1993 offering eerie ambient and chaotic black metal.
The group's slogan is "Anti God, Anti Music, Anti You". Their debut album, Cut Your Flesh and Worship Satan, was a collection of re-recorded demo tracks. They then signed to Osmose Productions
Osmose Productions
Osmose Productions is a French independent record label created in 1991 by Hervé Herbaut, after he had spent three years running a small mail order company...
for second album De Principii Evangelikum, before moving on to the Norma Evangelium Diaboli label for their 2006 album Blood Libels (reissued by Ajna and in 2007 by Season of Mist
Season of Mist
Season of Mist is a record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pagan metal and death metal records, the label moved on to releasing...
), which has been described as "aggressive black metal with a pinch (or ten) of death metal thrown in". The album closes with the nine-and-a-half-minute title track, which has been described as "so intense it's literally almost unbearable".
In 2006, they toured in Europe with Secrets of the Moon
Secrets of the Moon
Secrets of the Moon is a black metal band from Osnabrück, Germany, founded in 1995. They played at the Summer Breeze Open Air in August 2007 and at the Hellfest Summer Open Air in June 2007.-Current members:* sG - Vocals, guitars, synth...
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Studio Albums
- 2000 - Cut Your Flesh And Worship Satan
- 2002 - De Principii Evangelikum
- 2006 - Blood LibelsBlood LibelsBlood Libels is the third full-length album by French black metal band Antaeus.-Track listing:# Rot - 5:36# Cyklik Torture - 3:40# Control and Abuse - 5:34# Colliding in Ashes - 5:10# Words as Weapons - 6:27# Here is Punishment - 3:29...
Other Releases
- 1996 - Supremacist Dawn (Demo tape)
- 1998 - Split demo with Eternal MajestyEternal MajestyEternal Majesty is a French black metal band.It was formed by four brothers under the original name of Enchantress Moon and delivers fast, blazing black metal.-Statistics:*Genre: Black metal*Country: France*Status: Active...
- 1999 - Rekordin 2000-I
- 1999 - Nihil Khaos (Live tape)
- 2001 - Reverse Voices of the Dead (Split EP with NecrophagiaNecrophagiaNecrophagia is an American death metal band. The group was assembled in Wellsville, Ohio in 1983 and are credited as being one of the very first musical groups to be classified within the death metal genre. The group was founded by Frank Pucci...
) - 2001 - SPK Kommando (Split EP with Deviant, Eternal MajestyEternal MajestyEternal Majesty is a French black metal band.It was formed by four brothers under the original name of Enchantress Moon and delivers fast, blazing black metal.-Statistics:*Genre: Black metal*Country: France*Status: Active...
, Hell Militia) - 2002 - Split MLP with Aosoth
- 2002 - Satanic Audio Violence (Demo)
- 2003 - Split Live Tape with Krieg
- 2004 - Rot Ltd 7" EP (The alternative name for this EP is "Anything Great Is Built Upon Sorrow"" or "4". )
- 2009 - Antaeus - Antaeus/Katharsis Ltd 7" EP
Band members
- MkM - Vocals - (1994 - )
- Set - Guitars - (1996 - ), formerly in Aes DanaAes Dana (band)Aes Dana is a French Celtic black metal band, based in Paris. The name of the band is Old Irish for "people of the arts".The band mix black metal features like growling vocals or heavy guitar sound with traditional Celtic instruments like Irish flute or Bombard.These characteristics, coming from...
also in Aosoth
Former members
- Piat (aka Antaeus) - Guitars - (1993–1996)
- Storm (aka Hellblaster) (Arkhon InfaustusArkhon InfaustusArkhon Infaustus is a blackened death metal band from Paris, France. They formed in 1997, are signed to Osmose Productions, and have released four albums to date.-Brief History:...
) - Drums - (1994–2003), formerly in Aes DanaAes Dana (band)Aes Dana is a French Celtic black metal band, based in Paris. The name of the band is Old Irish for "people of the arts".The band mix black metal features like growling vocals or heavy guitar sound with traditional Celtic instruments like Irish flute or Bombard.These characteristics, coming from... - Black Priest - Bass - (1994)
- Kheer - Bass - (1995–1996)
- Olivier - Guitars - (1996)
- ZVN - Drums - (2003–2007
- Philipe - Bass - (1996)
- Thorgon (Eternal MajestyEternal MajestyEternal Majesty is a French black metal band.It was formed by four brothers under the original name of Enchantress Moon and delivers fast, blazing black metal.-Statistics:*Genre: Black metal*Country: France*Status: Active...
, Deviant) - Guitars - (1998–2003) - Sagoth (Eternal MajestyEternal MajestyEternal Majesty is a French black metal band.It was formed by four brothers under the original name of Enchantress Moon and delivers fast, blazing black metal.-Statistics:*Genre: Black metal*Country: France*Status: Active...
) - Bass - (1998–2003) - LSK - Bass - ( 2003–2008 ), also in VorkreistVorkreistVorkreist is a French death/black metal band, based in Paris, who share members with the black metal bands Antaeus and Hell Militia. "Vorkreist" is a barbarism created by the band that supposedly means Antichrist.-Biography:...
, Hell Militia and Secrets of the MoonSecrets of the MoonSecrets of the Moon is a black metal band from Osnabrück, Germany, founded in 1995. They played at the Summer Breeze Open Air in August 2007 and at the Hellfest Summer Open Air in June 2007.-Current members:* sG - Vocals, guitars, synth...
External links
- Stosuy, Brandon (2007) "Show No Mercy" (MkM interview), Pitchfork MediaPitchfork MediaPitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
, 31 January 2007