Saturday, February 14, 2009

Abramelin



Abramelin have long been renowned as one of Australia’s greatest and goriest death metal bands, though significant delays between releases and numerous line-up changes have meant that the band does not often enjoy time spent in the public spotlight.
Originally the band was formed under the name Acheron in Melbourne in 1988 by guitarist David Abbott. Later David added Simon Dower (vocals), Jason Black (guitar), Michael Colton (drums) and bass player Derek. Acheron released a 7" EP called "Deprived of Afterlife" on French label Corpsegrinder in 1991. From 91 to 94 several band changes occurred, with even the original member Abbott being replaced by diSEMBOWELMENT guitarist Jason Kells for a short time.
Acheron changed its name to Abramelin to avoid further confusion with the US black metal band, taking inspiration from the name of a 14th Century magician and alchemist. The first release under the new name was a badly-produced EP, released on Dark Oceans.
After the release of the EP yet another band change occurred, leaving them to record their first full length as a four piece.
Abramelin's self titled LP was released on Thrust Records in 1996 and was banned almost immediately in Western Australia due to the graphic lyrical content. At this point the drummer from Earth (Australian Gothenburg influenced metal band) had now joined as a second guitarist.
The LP was reissued by Repulse Records due to the lack of distribution around the world.
After a performance at the 1997 Metal for the Brain festival, Abramelin then appeared to grind to a halt with the rumoured and eagerly awaited second album lost in the aether.
Deadspeak was eventually released in mid-2000 as a two piece effort with Aldridge responsible for all the music, although Skitz had laid down the original drum tracks that were later re-recorded using a drum machine.
Abramelin appeared at Metal for the Brain in 2000 and then toured with Cradle of Filth in 2001.
Since these shows, Abramelin seems to have gone into hiding once more. Wilcock is now a member of British black metal band Akercocke.


Abramlein
Deadspeak
Transgression from Acheron

This is everything they released as Abramelin, I'll upload the stuff they released as Acheron later.

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