Vesania
Description
Vesania is a Polish blackened death metal band. They were formed in 1997 with three members: Orion (guitars and lead vocals) (Behemoth, Neolithic), Daray (drums) (Vader, Neolithic, Pyorrhoea), and Heinrich (bass) (Rootwater). Orion was disatisfied with with Behemoth's Black/Death metal layers and wanted to create a more a dominant Black Metal sound which is the main reason as to why he formed Vesania. Nevertheless he still caries on with Behemoth to this day. Later members were Hatrah (keyboards)who left the band in 1999, Annahvahr (guitars and vocals), and Siegmar (keyboards) who replaced Hatrah in 2000.
Their style is similar to the newer material by Behemoth in it's intensity. However, the band incorporates much more symphonic elements and black metal (tremolo) riffing.
Their first album appearance Moonastray was a split with Black Altar and was released in 2002 by Odium Records exclusively in Poland, the release was limited to 666 copies and each album was signed with blood. 2003 saw the release of their first full length album Firefrost Arcanum by Empire Records across all of Europe. This was followed by the departure of band member Annahvahr. Their second album God the Lux was released in April, 2005. Shortly thereafter Valeo (Sammath Naur, Mortis Dei) joined the band as lead guitarist. Their third album Distractive Killusions was released in 2007 on Napalm Records.