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AGATHODAIMON BAND PAGE
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CURRENT NAME
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Agathodaimon | |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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STATUS
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Active | |
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FORMED IN
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1995 | |
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LABEL
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Massacre Records | |
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GENRE
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Black metal | |
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STYLE
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Melodic | |
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LYRICAL THEME
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| BAND ADDED | 2004-06-30, 00:00 | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2009-08-17, 16:40 | |
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| Band biography |
Many gigs with bands such as Desaster, Impending Doom, Ancient Ceremony and others took place, and even a little tour as support for Ablaze My Sorrow and Beseech was absolved, and after Century Media were aware of their livequalities, Agathodaimon was offered financial help to record their second demo, which the band at this moment couldn't afford to record. This second demo was called NEAR DARK and was recorded in march '97. Again, Century Media were impressed, but as the negotiations took a long time, the band offered this demo for sale, making it one of the most successful demos ever, selling more than 2500 copies so far. Meanwhile, other labels showed their interest due to enthusiastic reviews, and so the band also considered the offers of companies such as Listenable, Head Not Found, Last Episode, Merciless and others, but in the end, they decided to sign to Nuclear Blast as they simply made the best offer, concerning promotion, support and marketing.
Shortly before the recordings of their debut album BLACKEN THE ANGEL, bad luck stroke upon Agathodaimon, as Vlad, who was visiting his native country Romania, wasn't allowed to return to Germany by the authorities. Several tries failed, but the immigration board denied all requests, as he left Romania during Ceaucescu's reign and meanwhile it's a safe country, so there would be no need to enter germany again. Well, there were some problems beside this which makes his return quite hard, but these we'd like not to discuss in public. Just be aware that we tried many things to get him back, but everything failed, so we had to finish BLACKEN THE ANGEL in the last second with the help of a few guest musicians. Akaias took the part of the vocals, who's mainly involved in his band ASARU; and on keys, Vampallens (Marcel) of Nocte Obducta was so kind to grant his talents to the band. Vlad only could participate with an ambient song called 'Contemplation Song', which he sent by air mail on DAT...
After the release, the band played on various festivals and had tours with bands such as Benediction, Dismember, Hypocrisy, Children Of Bodom, Raise Hell... and could be seen on many gigs as headliner or support to bands like Dimmu Borgir or Lacrimosa.
Finally, we also finished the work on our second album Higher Art Of Rebellion which was recorded in Romania this time, at Magic Sound Studio in Bukarest
Why? As I said, we aren't able to get Vlad back to us (so far), so we were forced to travel to Romania this time, which enabled us to work together again. Of course, Akaias will also be heard on this album as well as Byron, who had some guest vocals on the 'Ribbons/Requiem' '99 version which was only published on 'Death Is Just The Beginning 5' so far..
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