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Hecate Enthroned

Artist Biography For Hecate Enthroned

Hecate Enthroned Is A Melodic Black Metal Band From North Wales. The Band Formed In 1993 Under The Name Daemonum By Singer Jon And Guitarist Nigel. After A Few Practices And Recording A Demo Vocalist Jon Left The Band After Taking Up An Offer To Join Cradle Of Filth As Their Bassist. However During Which Time Jon Was Also Heavily Involved In The Production Of Dusk... And Her Embrace. A Year Or So Later Jon Rejoined And They Changed Their Name To Hecate Enthroned This Time Playing A More Melodic Black Metal Style. In 1995 They Recorded Their Demo "Ode For A Haunted Wood" Which Got The Attention Of The British Label Blackend Records. Blackend Had It Re-Mastered Under The Title Under Promethean Shores Unscriptured Waters In 1996. 1997 Saw The Release Of Their First Full-Length Album The Slaughter Of Innocence A Requiem For The Mighty As Well As Subsequent Tours With Bands Like Dark Funeral Enthroned Sigh And Usurper. Through This Release Some Opinioned The Band Were "copying" Fellow Countrymen Cradle Of Filth's Sound Mainly In Jon's Vocal Approach Though Upon Listening Both Bands' Sounds Were Quite Different Hecate Enthroned's Being More Guitar Influenced And Straight-Forward In Terms Of Arrangement Versus Cradle Of Filth's Keyboard-Heavy Symphonic Madness Plus The Lyrical Structures Were Different CoF's Erotic Vampirism Versus HE's Overt Satanism . Leaving Little Time To Pass The Band Went Back To The Studio In 1998 To Record Dark Requiems...And Unsilent Massacre. Slower And Darker In Approach This Was Considered To Be HE's Darkest Release Fusing Grinding Guitars And Melodic Creepy Keyboard Lines With Lyrics That Touched More On The Romantic And Macabre Side While Still Retaining Their Dark Satanic Roots. In 1999 The Band Unanimously Decided To Fire Vocalist Jon Due To Quite A Few Problems Between Him And The Rest Of The Band. They Ended Up Getting Vocalist Dean From The Band EWOC To Record The Vocal Lines For Their Follow-Up Album Kings Of Chaos. This Saw A Dramatic Change In Musical Focus Leaning Heavily More Towards Death Metal But Not Forsaking Its Original Black Metal Sound. Some Have Even Considered This To Be Their Most "original" Sound Yet Claiming It To Be A Combination Of Deicide And Emperor. 2001 Saw The Release Of A Small EP Of Original Songs With A Cover Of "Buried Alive" By Fellow Englishmen Venom Entitled Miasma That Served As An Appetite Whetter For Their Next Full-Length Album 2004's Redimus Latin For "Reborn" Their Second Album Under Their New Death Metallish Sound. After The Album Was Released Vocalist Dean Decided To Leave The Band As Well As Keyboardist Daz Who Were Then Replaced By New Singer Dagon And Keybordist Pete. In 2005 Dean Returned To Hecate Enthroned. This Return Was Followed By Several Sold-Out Gigs In The Czech Republic And Numerous Gigs Around The UK. 2006 Saw HE Embark On A UK Headline Tour Playing In London Southampton Nottingham Bradford And Wolverhampton As Well As Applying The Finishing Touches To A Brand New Studio Album. Current Lineup
Nigel - Guitars Andy - Guitars Rob - Drums Ex-Necropsy And Chaos Born Dylan - Bass Ex-Grimorium Pete - Keyboards Dean - Vocals Former Members
Jon Pritchard 1993-1994 1995-1999 Bass Vocals Ex-Cradle Of Filth Marc 1993 - 1997 Guitars Paul Massey 1996-1997 Bass Also In Divine Decay Reign Of Erebus Ex-Exhumed Ex-Mephisto Michael 1996-1999 Keyboards Ex-Mephisto And Chaos Born Craig 1995-1996 Drums Dean - 1999-2004 Vocals Daz - 1999 - 2002 Keyboards Dagon - 2004-2006 Vocals Discography
An Ode For A Haunted Wood Demo 1995 Upon Promeathean Shores EP 1996 Slaughter Of Innocence Full-Length 1997 Dark Requiems And Unsilent Massacre Full-Length 1998 Kings Of Chaos Full-Length 1999 Miasma EP 2001 The Blackend Collection Best Of/Compilation 2004 Redimus Full-Length 2004