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BLACK, THE
CURRENT NAME	Black, The
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	Sweden
STATUS	Disbanded
FORMED IN	-
GENRE	Black metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2003-04-09, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2007-04-23, 16:40

Band biography

The Black was an old school black metal band that was formed in 1992 by a drummer from Eskilstuna, Sweden, called Markus "Make" Pesonen. He called himself "The Black" and wanted to form a band under that name. He asked his friends Leviathan and Black Demon to play bass and guitars respectively on the recording of a demo called "The Black". At that time Jon Nödtveidt of Dissection was living in Eskilstuna and therefore he asked him to do the vocals. He accepted and did so under the alias Rietas. The demo was recorded in October 1992 and released soon after that. Now Black Demon left the band but Jon took his place and started playing both guitars and keyboards for them. Their one and only album "The Priest Of Satan" was recorded and mixed at Underground Studios in April / May 1993 and released the following year through Necropolis Records. The cover art was done by Nödtveidt and the band themselves. After the release of the album the band was put to rest but all old demo songs were released by Necropolis on a cd called "Black Blood" in 1996. Some people claim that The Black was actually the Dissection drummer Ole Öhman but that is apparently not true.

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Black Demon	1992-1992	Guitars
Markus Pesonen	1992-1994	Drums
Leviathan	1992-1994	Bass
Jon Nödtveidt	1992-1994	Guitars, vocals, keyboards	See also De Infernali, Dissection, Dissection, Necrophobic, Nifelheim, Ophthalamia, Satanized, Terror

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1992	The Black	No label
1994	The Priest Of Satan	Necropolis Records
1996	Black Blood	Necropolis Records

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