Post by Loucifer on Sept 4, 2007 11:42:46 GMT
I just found out about this Polish Black Metal band and I've immediately become hooked on "Immortality Crusade" (which is available to listen to - and download - on their Myspace page).
Anyway, here's a bit of info about them, taken from their website:
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ABUSED MAJESTY was formed in October 1998, in Bialystok, by the drummer - Icanraz and two guitar players - Socaris and Lukasz. By the end of 1998 the line-up was set, what enabled the band to give first concerts.
After a year of hard work ABUSED MAJESTY was prepared to issue a demo. "Thee I Worship" was recorded in September 1999 in Hertz Studio. It consisted of 4 melodic black death metal compositions. After the recording session first changes in line-up occurred. In the consequence the number of members was increased to six. With the new musicians ABUSED MAJESTY appeared on some concerts with bands such as Domain, Christ Agony, Misteria and Maniac Butcher.
In January 2001, again in Hertz Studio, "Gods Are With Us" was recorded. This 18-minute demo contained 5 compositions plus intro. By adding keyboards, female vocal, cello and acoustic guitar, the band could vary its music and introduce new areas of sound. The demo got the attention of the underground what encouraged ABUSED MAJESTY to arrange many concerts. The band played all over Poland with e.g. Sceptic, Anal Stench, Crionics. In the meantime they managed to release, on their own, both demos on MC. In the end of 2002 one of the founders left ABUSED MAJESTY and since then the band has been a quintet.
In December 2003 ABUSED MAJESTY was to Hertz Studio once again, but this time to record a full-time debut album - "Serpenthrone" - with 10 new compositions. Different members and rich experience made them not only much more fierce and brisk, but also better arranged. In March 2004 ABUSED MAJESTY signed up a contract with Empire Records. Polish premiere of the album took place on 25th June 2004. Since then the band has given a lot of concerts (with e.g. Crionics, Mutilation, Via Mistica, Trauma). Between November and December 2004 the band went on a concert tour of Poland, which was organized by Massive Management/ Empire Records and accompanied by Hate, Decapitated and Pyorrhoea. In January 2005, via French Adipocere Records, "Serpenthrone" was released all over the world. In May 2005 the band took part in the greatest metal music festival in Poland Metalmania.
The holidays 2005 brought substantial personal changes in the bands line-up. Socaris and Ghaez left ABUSED MAJESTY. The reasoning behind the decision was, as they said, a lack of time and different priorities in life. Socaris has been replaced by Rob-D, so far known from a death metal band Cinis, while the responsibilities of Ghaez have been taken over by a session musician.
In February 2006 Maar left the band. He gives artistic differences as an excuse and he decided to concentrate on his other band Via Mistica.
At the begining of July ABUSED MAJESTY started record session of new Promo - 'Crusade for Immortality' demo 2006. Keyboards parts are taken by Vac-V of CRIONICS and second guitar by Yanuary of THY DISEASE - new members of the band.
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Links:
www.abused-majesty.pl
www.myspace.com/abusedmajesty
