Watain
is a Swedish black metal band from Uppsala, formed in 1998. [1]
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Biography
The band's name hails from a recording by the American
black metal group
Von.
[2] Their first release was the 7" EP
The Essence of Black Purity
on the Swedish label Grimrune Productions, recorded in Necromorbus Studios 1999.
The French black metal label Drakkar Productions offered Watain a deal for two full length albums, and the debut album
Rabid Death's Curse
was released in 2000.
After the release, Watain toured and performed alongside bands such as
Rotting Christ,
Antaeus,
Dark Funeral and Malign.
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In 2003, Watain again entered the studio to record their second full-length album,
Casus Luciferi
. The 'Stellar Dimension Infernal Tour' through Europe followed, alongside
Secrets of the Moon and
Averse Sefira. They also toured throughout 18 countries with
Dissection on their two months-long 'Rebirth of Dissection' tour in 2004. Watain member
Set Teitan was officially also a member of Dissection at this point, and Erik Danielsson played bass in live shows.
In 2006, members of the band did the
Hitler salute and wore t-shirts of the
NSBM band
Absurd after their gig on German Party.San Metal Open Air, leading to accusations of being a Nazi band.
[4] [5] After this incident, Erik Danielsson (vocals and bass) explained the band sees NSBM as a joke in an interview to the German online metal magazine Metal.de
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Their third full-length album
Sworn To The Dark
was released in Europe on
February 21,
2007, then they toured Europe along with
Celtic Frost,
Kreator and
Legion of the Damned.
Members
- E (Erik Danielsson) - vocals, bass
- H (Håkan Jonsson) - drums
- P (Pelle Forsberg) - guitar
- Set Teitan (Davide Totaro) - guitar (live only)
- A (Alvaro Lillo) - bass (live only)
Previous members
- C. Blom - guitar (1998-2000)
- Jonas "Y." Lindskog - bass (a.k.a. "Mörk" and "Whorth")
- Tore Stjerna - session bass (2000-2002)
Discography
Studio albums
- Rabid Death's Curse
(2000)
- Casus Luciferi
(2003)
- Sworn to the Dark
(2007)
Live & other albums
- Go Fuck Your Jewish "God" (demo)
(1998)
- The Essence of Black Purity (EP)
(1999)
- Black Metal Sacrifice (live)
(1999)
- The Ritual Macabre (live)
(2001)
- The Misanthropic Ceremonies (split EP)
(2001)
- Puzzlez Ov Flesh (demo)
(2002)
References
- Rivadavia, Eduardo "Watain Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
- "Watain - The Dark Side" (interview), Disobedience Zine, 2007
- Dow, Conor (2008) "Skinning The Lambs", SLUG Magazine, October 2008
- http://www.powermetal.de/content/konzert/show-982.html
- http://fightfascism.wordpress.com/2007/05/13/under-the-black-sun-festival-mit-extrem-rechten-musikgr
- Interview / Story: Watain ''(in german)''