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DIABOLICAL BAND PAGE
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CURRENT NAME
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Diabolical | |
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FORMER NAMES
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Misanthropic Orchestra | |
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ORIGIN
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Sundsvall, Västernorrlands Län, Sweden | |
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STATUS
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Active | |
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FORMED IN
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1996 | |
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LABEL
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Scarlet Records | |
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GENRE
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Black metal; Death metal; Thrash metal | |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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| BAND ADDED | 2003-05-29, 00:00 | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2008-03-30, 22:24 | |
| Band biography |
Their first studio recording took place at Studio Mysak, Sundsvall, late 1997, when they recorded their contribution to the second volume of Vod Records "Voices of Death" compilation. On this recording, Keuron played the drums, Phamarus played bass and Agilma handled the vocals.
In April 1998 Vidar was unsatisfied with the Orchestra's bad productivity, the reason why Keuron was replaced by L.Söderberg the same month. This was also when MISANTHROPIC ORCHESTRA became DIABOLICAL. During the Spring and Summer of 1998, a lot of members played with DIABOLICAL at various rehearsal sessions, but after a fucked-up studio session in August 1998, it was decided that Söderberg should handle both the drums and the bass on upcoming recordings.
The next recording took place in October 1998, and this was what later became the "Northern Triumphators"-split with BLAZING SKIES. It was recorded as a three-piece at Green Castle Studios, with Vidar on guitar, Agilma on vocals and Söderberg on both drums and bass.
Only a few weeks later, DIABOLICAL recorded their contribution to the "Metal Militia vol.3" compilation, that was supposed to be released late 1998 (it was released in 2001 though). DIABOLICAL's version of "No Remorse" was rehearsed and recorded in a big hurry (due to the record label's strict deadline), and does unfortunately not represent what they had in mind at the time.
After the studio sessions in October 1998, not much happened around DIABOLICAL for a few months. Members went in and out, until H.Carlsson finally was invited to join the band, in June 1999. DIABOLICAL then had a few new songs, of which one was recorded at Studio 4, in August 1999 - "The Dreaming Dead". This studio session was also the first time M.Ödling sang in the band (because of unexpected communication problems with Agilma).
M.Ödling is now a permanent vocalist in DIABOLICAL, while Agilma currently is concentrating on his main band, HAIMAD.
In January 2000, DIABOLICAL again entered Studio 4, to create their first CD-release. Three new songs were recorded, and along with the earlier mentioned "The Dreaming Dead", this recording was what became the "Deserts of Desolation" MCD.
"Deserts of Desolation" was released in May 2000 by Cadla Communications (W.Europe), Guano Records (E.Europe) and the Canadian Death Network (America). The response was mainly positive, and more than 3.000 copies have been distributed so far.
In July 2000, after the release of "Deserts of Desolation", DIABOLICAL signed to the Italian record label Scarlet Records (NECRODEATH, TERROR 2000 etc.). The band's first full-lenght album, "Synergy", was recorded at Studio Underground, August 2000. This recording was produced by P.O. Saether (CARNAL FORGE, EBONY TEARS, TERROR 2000 etc.) and was released in April 2001.
The response for "Synergy" was far better than expected. DIABOLICAL got a lot of offers to do live appearances all over Europe, but the band was never meant to be on the road in the first place, and therefore decided to turn all offers down. This, however, was soon about to change...
In May 2001 DIABOLICAL was asked to warm up for AMON AMARTH at a gig in Örebro, Sweden. Around the same time J.Berndt (MÖRK GRYNING mastermind) was asked to join the band as a live-basist, and he liked the idea, so in June 2001 DIABOLICAL did their first live appearance ever, which was mainly considered an "experiment" by the band, in order to see how DIABOLICAL actually worked in a live-situation. The "experiment", however, was very successful, and it was therefore decided that DIABOLICAL would continue working as a live-band since that day.
In August/September 2001 DIABOLICAL entered the studio to record the follow-up to "Synergy". It was again recorded at Studio Underground with the help of P.O. Saether, and the music this time was faster, more aggressive and brutal and more straight to the point than "Synergy" was. The album was entitled "A Thousand Deaths".
DIABOLICAL did their first tour in November 2001, which consisted of 7 gigs in Sweden & Denmark, where they played with bands like PORTAL, HATESPHERE, GRAVE, MÖRK GRYNING, WITHERED BEAUTY etc.. The response for the DIABOLICAL's performances was far beyond expected.
In February 2002 the band recruited a new/additional live basist, due to Jonas Berndt's increased tour activities with his main band; MÖRK GRYNING. The new live basist was...
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