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Dead Congregation

January 01, 1970

Dead Congregation is a Greek death metal band from Athens formed in 2004.[1] The band have released two full-length albums, two EPs, and a split release with Hatespawn. They released their latest full-length album Promulgation of the Fall on May 5, 2014, through their own label, Martyrdoom Productions, and on November 7, 2016, they released their EP 'Sombre Doom'.[2] The band's name is derived from the title of a song written in their previous band Nuclear Winter.[3]

Dead Congregation
Dead Congregation - At Party.San Metal Open Air 2018 in Obermehler-Schlotheim,Germany
Background information
OriginAthens, Attica, Greece
GenresDeath metal
Years active2004–present
LabelsNuclear Winter, Nuclear War Now!, Martyrdoom, Profound Lore
Websitedeadcongregation.com

History edit

The band was founded by lead guitarist and vocalist Anastasis Valtsanis after the split-up of Nuclear Winter. Nuclear Winter started off as a crust punk band. Later, they began incorporating some influences from the early Swedish death metal scene. Their debut release was a self-financed EP, which already presents a blending of those styles. After a long hiatus, the band released in 2000 a split with Incriminated from Finland. Before the break-up of Nuclear Winter, Valtsanis recorded one last demo with the band. After one of bandmates quit the group, Valtsanis recorded the Abomination Virginborn demo as band's chief songwriter.[4]

Valtsanis said in an interview that "it was clear that we needed to form a new band, as Nuclear Winter was never my brainchild, and thus I needed to distance myself from anything with which I couldn’t relate to 100% musically, aesthetically or ideologically. We’d been friends with T.K. already, we knew he was a competent guitarist, and after all three of us rehearsed together for the first time, it was more than obvious that the line-up was complete. Soon after the first songs were ready, we were so confident in our material that we didn’t even record a demo, instead we went in the studio and recorded 5 songs that became our debut EP, Purifying Consecrated Ground."[5] The EP was released on May 1, 2005, through Konqueror Records to positive reviews. AllMusic's Cosmo Lee described it as "a formidable opening salvo in their war against modernity."[6] Blabbermouth gave the EP 7/10 and praised the songwriting, writing that "stands apart from the failures of disingenuous imitators by putting work into the song structures. Varying tempos that run from the plodding and doomy to fast and vicious (with moments that approach raw black metal), there is plenty of meat on the bone here."[7]

They released their debut full-length album Graves of the Archangels on January 30, 2008, in collaboration with Nuclear War Now! Productions. The album received overwhelming critical praise and has gained a huge underground following since its release. Blabbermouth praised the album as a step up from their EP, writing that "It is one of those albums that is demonstrative of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts." Particular praise was directed towards the songwriting, atmosphere, and the interplay between the guitarists.[8] Sputnik Music's Tyler Munro gave the album 4.5/5, writing that "pulls absolutely no punches. As said, it's an absolutely massive sounding album. Lose your focus and the album quite literally turns to background noise. The guitars continually overlap into an ocean of riffs. They splash around and when one guitar isn't doing something the other is. Everything layers unto itself and make no mistakes that the intention hear is to deafen the listener in the most traditional of fashions." He concluded by arguing that "Graves of the Archangels is not only one of the best metal releases of the year, but quite possibly one of the best in recent memory."[9] On April 1, they released a split EP with Hatespawn.[10] It was named by Pitchfork's Brandon Stosuy as the 5th best metal album of 2008.[11] He later wrote that "It was my favorite death metal album of the year and it's only gotten better since".[12]

Following a period of inactivity, in April 2014 the band announced the title and artwork of their second-full-length album Promulgation of the Fall.[13] The album was released on May 16, 2014, in collaboration with Profound Lore Records and Norma Envagelium Diaboli.[14] Promulgation of the Fall received overwhelmingly positive critical acclaim from Pitchfork, Sputnik Music, Exclaim!, Metal Injection, and was featured on a number of end-of-year lists.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Exclaim! wrote that "while Promulgation of the Fall can't take advantage of the element of surprise, burdened with the weight of expectation, the record is no less brilliant, displaying exquisite technical refinement. As glorious as the riffs are, the drumming steals the show here, elemental and mind-altering in its simultaneous precision and ravenousness. The transitions on the album in particular are something to behold, such as the way that the title track opens like a wound and gives way to the massive, crawling "Serpentskin," or the way the ecstatic violence of "Nigredo" shudders, hunches and splits into "Schisma." Located firmly in the liminal space between the abject and the sublime, the fascinatingly repulsive and the awfully beautiful, Promulgation of the Fall is a rare death metal accomplishment."[18]

On September 30, 2016 the band announced that they would release a new EP titled 'Sombre Doom' on November 7th in collaboration with Norma Envagelium Diaboli, and on October 25 began streaming the EP.[2]

Musical style edit

Dead Congregation play a style of death metal with significant emphasis on atmosphere rather than speed or technicality, and has been described as "uncompromisingly brutal in a subsuming, freeing way."[22] Comparisons have been frequently made to death metal bands such as Incantation, Immolation, and Morbid Angel, and are often described as "old-school" death metal, in reference to their influence from older death metal styles.[18][21] The band have stressed the importance of "feeling and atmosphere above all." Valtsanis said that "The same riff can sound completely different if you alter important factors such us sound, drumming, the way you hit the chords on the guitar and many more. But in the end it’s all about the atmosphere a recording creates, if it doesn’t ooze of death and morbidity then it shouldn’t be labeled as Death Metal simply because the vocals are distorted and the drums are fast." He went on to describe their sound as "just darkened Death Metal the way we perceive it as true."[3]

Members edit

Discography edit

  • Purifying Consecrated Ground (EP, 2005)
  • Graves of the Archangels (2008)
  • Dead Congregation / Hatespawn (split, 2008)
  • Promulgation of the Fall (2014)
  • Sombre Doom (EP, 2016)

References edit

  1. ^ Stosuy, Brandon (27 March 2009). "Show No Mercy". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Dead Congregation Is Doing the Devil's Work on New EP, 'Sombre Doom' - Noisey". Noisey. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  3. ^ a b "Death Metal Underground: Interview with A.V. of Dead Congregation". www.deathmetal.org. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  4. ^ "Dead Congregation interview". Panzerfaust Zine (5): 83–85. May 2006.
  5. ^ "CVLT Nation Interviews: Dead Congregation -". CVLT Nation. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  6. ^ "Purifying Consecrated Ground - Dead Congregation | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  7. ^ "Purifying Consecrated Ground - DEAD CONGREGATION". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  8. ^ "Graves of the Archangels - DEAD CONGREGATION". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  9. ^ "Dead Congregation - Graves of the Archangels (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  10. ^ "split EP with HATESPAWN, by Dead Congregation". Dead Congregation. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  11. ^ "Show No Mercy | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  12. ^ "Show No Mercy | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  13. ^ "DEAD CONGREGATION: New Album Cover Unveiled - The Black Planet". The Black Planet (in European Portuguese). 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  14. ^ "DEAD CONGREGATION "Promulgation Of The Fall" Now Available | Profound Lore Records". www.profoundlorerecords.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  15. ^ "Album Review: DEAD CONGREGATION Promulgation of the Fall - Metal Injection". Metal Injection. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  16. ^ "Dead Congregation: Promulgation of the Fall Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  17. ^ "Review: Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  18. ^ a b c "Dead Congregation Promulgation of the Fall". Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  19. ^ "Sputnikmusic - Staff's Top 50 Albums of 2014: 50 – 31 « Staff Blog". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  20. ^ "Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2014". Album of The Year. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  21. ^ a b "Dead Congregation – Promulgation Of The Fall (Profound Lore) Stereogum". www.stereogum.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  22. ^ "The Quietus | Reviews | Dead Congregation". The Quietus. Retrieved 2016-10-26.

External links edit

  • Official website

January 01, 1970
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Dead Congregation is a Greek death metal band from Athens formed in 2004 1 The band have released two full length albums two EPs and a split release with Hatespawn They released their latest full length album Promulgation of the Fall on May 5 2014 through their own label Martyrdoom Productions and on November 7 2016 they released their EP Sombre Doom 2 The band s name is derived from the title of a song written in their previous band Nuclear Winter 3 Dead CongregationDead Congregation At Party San Metal Open Air 2018 in Obermehler Schlotheim GermanyBackground informationOriginAthens Attica GreeceGenresDeath metalYears active2004 presentLabelsNuclear Winter Nuclear War Now Martyrdoom Profound LoreWebsitedeadcongregation wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Musical style 3 Members 4 Discography 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe band was founded by lead guitarist and vocalist Anastasis Valtsanis after the split up of Nuclear Winter Nuclear Winter started off as a crust punk band Later they began incorporating some influences from the early Swedish death metal scene Their debut release was a self financed EP which already presents a blending of those styles After a long hiatus the band released in 2000 a split with Incriminated from Finland Before the break up of Nuclear Winter Valtsanis recorded one last demo with the band After one of bandmates quit the group Valtsanis recorded the Abomination Virginborn demo as band s chief songwriter 4 Valtsanis said in an interview that it was clear that we needed to form a new band as Nuclear Winter was never my brainchild and thus I needed to distance myself from anything with which I couldn t relate to 100 musically aesthetically or ideologically We d been friends with T K already we knew he was a competent guitarist and after all three of us rehearsed together for the first time it was more than obvious that the line up was complete Soon after the first songs were ready we were so confident in our material that we didn t even record a demo instead we went in the studio and recorded 5 songs that became our debut EP Purifying Consecrated Ground 5 The EP was released on May 1 2005 through Konqueror Records to positive reviews AllMusic s Cosmo Lee described it as a formidable opening salvo in their war against modernity 6 Blabbermouth gave the EP 7 10 and praised the songwriting writing that stands apart from the failures of disingenuous imitators by putting work into the song structures Varying tempos that run from the plodding and doomy to fast and vicious with moments that approach raw black metal there is plenty of meat on the bone here 7 They released their debut full length album Graves of the Archangels on January 30 2008 in collaboration with Nuclear War Now Productions The album received overwhelming critical praise and has gained a huge underground following since its release Blabbermouth praised the album as a step up from their EP writing that It is one of those albums that is demonstrative of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts Particular praise was directed towards the songwriting atmosphere and the interplay between the guitarists 8 Sputnik Music s Tyler Munro gave the album 4 5 5 writing that pulls absolutely no punches As said it s an absolutely massive sounding album Lose your focus and the album quite literally turns to background noise The guitars continually overlap into an ocean of riffs They splash around and when one guitar isn t doing something the other is Everything layers unto itself and make no mistakes that the intention hear is to deafen the listener in the most traditional of fashions He concluded by arguing that Graves of the Archangels is not only one of the best metal releases of the year but quite possibly one of the best in recent memory 9 On April 1 they released a split EP with Hatespawn 10 It was named by Pitchfork s Brandon Stosuy as the 5th best metal album of 2008 11 He later wrote that It was my favorite death metal album of the year and it s only gotten better since 12 Following a period of inactivity in April 2014 the band announced the title and artwork of their second full length album Promulgation of the Fall 13 The album was released on May 16 2014 in collaboration with Profound Lore Records and Norma Envagelium Diaboli 14 Promulgation of the Fall received overwhelmingly positive critical acclaim from Pitchfork Sputnik Music Exclaim Metal Injection and was featured on a number of end of year lists 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Exclaim wrote that while Promulgation of the Fall can t take advantage of the element of surprise burdened with the weight of expectation the record is no less brilliant displaying exquisite technical refinement As glorious as the riffs are the drumming steals the show here elemental and mind altering in its simultaneous precision and ravenousness The transitions on the album in particular are something to behold such as the way that the title track opens like a wound and gives way to the massive crawling Serpentskin or the way the ecstatic violence of Nigredo shudders hunches and splits into Schisma Located firmly in the liminal space between the abject and the sublime the fascinatingly repulsive and the awfully beautiful Promulgation of the Fall is a rare death metal accomplishment 18 On September 30 2016 the band announced that they would release a new EP titled Sombre Doom on November 7th in collaboration with Norma Envagelium Diaboli and on October 25 began streaming the EP 2 Musical style editDead Congregation play a style of death metal with significant emphasis on atmosphere rather than speed or technicality and has been described as uncompromisingly brutal in a subsuming freeing way 22 Comparisons have been frequently made to death metal bands such as Incantation Immolation and Morbid Angel and are often described as old school death metal in reference to their influence from older death metal styles 18 21 The band have stressed the importance of feeling and atmosphere above all Valtsanis said that The same riff can sound completely different if you alter important factors such us sound drumming the way you hit the chords on the guitar and many more But in the end it s all about the atmosphere a recording creates if it doesn t ooze of death and morbidity then it shouldn t be labeled as Death Metal simply because the vocals are distorted and the drums are fast He went on to describe their sound as just darkened Death Metal the way we perceive it as true 3 Members editAnastasis Valtsanis vocals lead guitar 2004 present Vagelis Voyiantzis drums 2004 present T K rhythm guitar 2004 present George Skullkos bass 2012 present Discography editPurifying Consecrated Ground EP 2005 Graves of the Archangels 2008 Dead Congregation Hatespawn split 2008 Promulgation of the Fall 2014 Sombre Doom EP 2016 References edit Stosuy Brandon 27 March 2009 Show No Mercy Pitchfork Retrieved 12 April 2012 a b Dead Congregation Is Doing the Devil s Work on New EP Sombre Doom Noisey Noisey Retrieved 2016 10 26 a b Death Metal Underground Interview with A V of Dead Congregation www deathmetal org Retrieved 2016 10 26 Dead Congregation interview Panzerfaust Zine 5 83 85 May 2006 CVLT Nation Interviews Dead Congregation CVLT Nation 2015 03 12 Retrieved 2016 10 26 Purifying Consecrated Ground Dead Congregation Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 2016 10 26 Purifying Consecrated Ground DEAD CONGREGATION BLABBERMOUTH NET 2008 07 07 Retrieved 2016 10 26 Graves of the Archangels DEAD CONGREGATION BLABBERMOUTH NET 2008 10 06 Retrieved 2016 10 26 Dead Congregation Graves of the Archangels album review Sputnikmusic www sputnikmusic com Retrieved 2016 10 26 split EP with HATESPAWN by Dead Congregation Dead Congregation Retrieved 2016 10 26 Show No Mercy Pitchfork pitchfork com Retrieved 2016 10 26 Show No Mercy Pitchfork pitchfork com Retrieved 2016 10 26 DEAD CONGREGATION New Album Cover Unveiled The Black Planet The Black Planet in European Portuguese 2014 04 28 Retrieved 2016 10 26 DEAD CONGREGATION Promulgation Of The Fall Now Available Profound Lore Records www profoundlorerecords com Retrieved 2016 10 26 Album Review DEAD CONGREGATION Promulgation of the Fall Metal Injection Metal Injection 2014 07 02 Retrieved 2016 10 26 Dead Congregation Promulgation of the Fall Album Review Pitchfork pitchfork com Retrieved 2016 10 26 Review Dead Congregation Promulgation of the Fall Sputnikmusic www sputnikmusic com Retrieved 2016 10 26 a b c Dead Congregation Promulgation of the Fall Retrieved 2016 10 26 Sputnikmusic Staff s Top 50 Albums of 2014 50 31 Staff Blog www sputnikmusic com Retrieved 2016 10 26 Decibel s Top 40 Albums of 2014 Album of The Year Retrieved 2016 10 26 a b Dead Congregation Promulgation Of The Fall Profound Lore Stereogum www stereogum com Retrieved 2016 10 26 The Quietus Reviews Dead Congregation The Quietus Retrieved 2016 10 26 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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