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| Watain | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Uppsala, Sweden |
| Genre(s) | Black metal |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Label(s) | Season of Mist |
| Associated acts | Dissection |
| Website | templeofwatain.com |
| Members | |
| Erik Danielsson Håkan Jonsson Pelle Forsberg Davide Totaro Alvaro Lillo |
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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.[1] 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.[1] After the release, Watain toured and performed alongside bands such as Rotting Christ, Antaeus, Dark Funeral and Malign.[3]
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.[3]
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.
Watain are opposed to NSBM, as Erik Danielsson (vocals and bass) explained in an interview to the German online metal magazine at Metal.de [4]:
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What do you think of NSBM and should Black Metal follow a political ideology at all, respectively contain it? NSBM is a joke, a despaired approach of people who're incapable to comprehend the perversion and the insanity of Black Metal. They're trying to appear extreme and limit their selves in their conception to that kind of society, which describes something that we wouldn't care less about. Fuck the world! Black Metal doesn't have anything to do with the world like you know it. |
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Members
- Erik Danielsson - vocals, bass
- Håkan Jonsson - drums
- Pelle Forsberg - guitar
- Davide "Set Teitan" Totaro - guitar (live only)
- 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)
- John "Doe" Sjölin - live guitar (1998-2001)
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)
- Rabid Death's Curse (demo) (2000)
- The Ritual Macabre (live) (2001)
- The Misanthropic Ceremonies (split EP) (2001)
- Promo 2002 (demo) (2002)
- Puzzlez Ov Flesh (demo) (2002)
References
- ^ a b c Rivadavia, Eduardo "Watain Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
- ^ "Watain - The Dark Side" (interview), Disobedience Zine, 2007
- ^ a b Dow, Conor (2008) "Skinning The Lambs", SLUG Magazine, October 2008
- ^ "Interview / Story: Watain (in german)".
External links
- The Temple of Watain - Official website
- Rosenbloom, Etan (2008) "Watain work their Black Metal Magic on North American tour", Prefix Magazine
- Begrand, Adrian (2007) "Watain - Sworn to the Dark" (review), Popmatters
- "Watain" in Archaic Magazine
- "Watain - Erik Danielsson" (interview), Global Domination, 2007
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