DIES IRAE BAND PAGE
 DIES IRAE
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CURRENT NAME
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Dies Irae |
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FORMER NAMES
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- |
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ORIGIN
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Mexico |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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1991 |
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LABEL
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Oz Productions |
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GENRE
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Death metal |
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STYLE
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Melodic |
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LYRICAL THEME
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- |
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BAND ADDED
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2002-06-29, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2011-07-18, 12:24 |
DIES IRAE was born in the year of 1991, formed accidentaly by J.M. Dahern & Luis Martinez when they met at a party, but it was 4 months later when they decided to form the complete band, so Nelson Martinez (bass), Marco A. Gallardo (vocals) & Oscar Lopez (guitar, Agony Lords) join the band. First the band was known as Evocation, they had poor relation with the scene, but they played with Ripping Flesh, Hardware, Acrostic and other bands from the Mexican metal scene, and it was this way how they got serious. Oscar Lopez and Nelson M. leave the band, Luis Rico takes the place of Oscar. The musical differnces in the band lead to the desintegration of Evocation. 5 months later Luis Martinez & Luis Rico form a band called GOD (Glorification of the dead), name taken from the title of the demo that Evocation was planning to record. Meanwhile J.M. Dahern forms a band called Desacrilate, a doom-metal proyect with new musicians, they played with bands like Shub Niggurath, Benediction, GOD,...
