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ATARGATIS BAND PAGE
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CURRENT NAME
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Atargatis | |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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Regensburg, Freistaat Bayern, Germany | |
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STATUS
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Active | |
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FORMED IN
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1997 | |
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LABEL
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Massacre Records | |
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GENRE
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Gothic metal | |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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| BAND ADDED | 2005-09-06, 00:00 | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2009-03-30, 04:11 | |
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| Band biography |
After the first concerts in 1999 the debut EP "Alba Gebraich" was soon released. The musical style of the band ranged from melancholic gothic and driven, grooving doom parts to aggressive thrash and death metal. This gloomy sound was completed by melodic keyboard passages, so that the whole song structures would spread an "endtime atmosphere" ("Mittelbayerische Zeitung" newspaper, 03/23/1999).
The songs enclosed an emotional cosmos which was placed between
* dream and reality,
* rage and mourning,
* courage and despair.
A lovely female voice alternating with a dark atmospheric male voice, which already nearly represented the all-determinating battle between good end evil, completed the varying sound of ATARGATIS. The lyrics treated subjects from fantasy and horror literature.
Due to massive band member replacements however the band faced the challenge of a new beginning at the end of the year 2001. The changes also affect the style of the band, which now lets the female vocals come to the fore, while the keyboard creates a very mystical atmosphere.
By the time much live experience could be made. That way, the stage was shared with big scene acts such as Agathodaimon, EverEve, Disbelief, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Westwerk, Cryptic Wintermoon, Darkwell, Ashes You Leave, Evenfall or Deep Inside Myself, and festivals were played with Doro, Tankard, Holy Moses, Night In Gales, Powergod, Iron Savior, Châlice, Grave, Defleshed, Haggard, Metalium, Hypnos, Gurd, Lacrimas Profundere or Profanity.
In April 2005 the band signed a contract with German label Massacre Records.
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Atargatis live at the Metal Female Voices Festival at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium in 2008.
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