Cemetary (band)
Cemetary was led by Mathias Lodmalm Swedish gothic metal band that was founded in 1989, disbanded in 1997, was founded in 2000 under the name Cemetary 1213 new and was finally dissolved in 2005.
Band History
1989 were the singer and guitarist Mathias D. Lodmalm, the second guitarist Christian Saarinen, bassist and drummer Morgan Zriuko Culjak Gredåker, which was soon replaced by Juha Sievers, the band Cemetary. The first stop for Swedish bands of hard metal styles at the time was the label Black Mark Production ( Edge of Sanity, Lake of Tears, Morgana Lefay, Memento Mori ), then where Cemetary also found shelter. The first album is called An Evil Shade of Grey, true- Death is Metal and was released on June 26, 1992. He was followed a year later Godless Beauty that goes more towards Gothic. Here replaced Anton Hedberg, who had taken on the debut album cover as a photographer in appearance, Christian Saarinen. After touring with Morgana Lefay and Invocator and with Benediction and Atheist to Lodmalm fetched because of the rift with his fellow musicians new staff. He also moved the studio and 1994 Black Vanity was recorded and released. Under the strict rule of the band Bosses, Single - songwriter and producer Lodmalm old acquaintances led the ideas that should attest to development, from. It should not get bored with the listener, which is why a lot of fine-tuning was necessary, just as he had placed value on having to make any compromises - he had total control, true to his motto of " Absolute control is the secret ." While he also served the keyboards, he sat on a bass of his former classmates Thomas " Tjompe " Josefsson, but provided him with Lars Rapp to the side. Also on the drums there was Markus Nordberg an alternative in the person of Christian Silver. The rhythm guitar played Iwers Anders, who had served two years with In Flames in their initial phase. Other guest musicians participated, including Therion Christofer Johnsson - head (who is also the photographer was ). Three songs were recorded in 1995 nachgeschoben as EP and were simultaneously published in 1996 a harbinger for the full album Sundown. It was intended as a deliberate demarcation to the Gothic, looked at the Lodmalm as clichéd and drawling. In addition, he might depart, he expressed the mantra from Paradise Lost Painting to escape the repetitive comparisons are based. Especially the Samaritans was his very own music that come from the heart. Without being a concept album, the record has an apocalyptic theme, expressed by the album title and the song statements that should leave enough room for individual interpretations. The main actors of the previous album he trusted completely here: Josefsson, Nordberg and Iwers could feel as solid members. Lodmalm sang and played guitar and piano.
In 1997, the chaotic year for Lodmalm and be Cemetary project, because armed with the record company, which you can still load quickly Confessions threw to deliver the final contractually assured album, and with the musicians forced a termination of the project. It came in 1997 to the dissolution of the band. Together with the former Tiamat bassist Johnny Hagel was founded by Sundown. The free space at Tiamat occupied Ironically then, the unemployed Cemetary guitarist Anders Iwers. Only a Gothic / Electro- disk appeared ( Design 19), then an uninspired successor, who flopped ( mica). The resurrection of Cemetary with the addition of " 1213 " ( for legal reasons, is from the 1213 song from the album Trancegalactica load Confessions ) dates from 2000, when the album The Beast Divine went on sale. Century Media had taken it into the program, where already were the two Sundown albums. Vesa Kenttäkumpu plays on bass ( and twice also lead guitar ) instead of the originally planned bassist Tobias Johansson, a well-known of the studio work colleagues by Christian Silver. Silver, who had acted as a kind of second drummer on Black Vanity and heard from the beginning to the Sundown cast, could continue to work for Lodmalm. Worked mica Even at Sundowns had guitarist and vocalist Manne Engström, who was allowed to continue to operate behind the main guitarist and singer Lodmalm. A double return marked phantasm of May 2005, namely to the old name Cemetary and the old label Black Mark. But then again was closing, seemingly for good. Lodmalm had disposed of long before the phantasm recordings of his band members, which was consistent because he had already felt as a solo artist for a long time now, he announced that he had wiped out in the music business and turn him back disappointed.
2011 supported Mathias Lodmalm Lake of Tears vocally on their Illwill album - 1994 he has been involved in the production of their debut album Greater kind. He also composed primarily now technoid - electronic music, including his project domain ID. His point is, even the metal should apply the technological development. If someone did not like that he should not pick on it because there is still a large variety for everyone.
Style
Robert Mueller wrote in Metal Hammer on An Evil Shade of Grey, it was " Death Metal pure and simple ", but worth listening to. In Godless Beauty, the band sounded through Paradise Lost influences, Cemetary, however, would not only copy the band, the musicians " rather go to that indicated by Paradise Lost the path from their own starting blocks for - so far might have more Tiamat'sche mysticism as elegiac Doom, but in any case a personal touch. " The album was the only one that could come close to the masterpiece Shades of God by Paradise Lost. At Sundown, he expressed that it was " complex and colored" as well as " sensitive stages " without drifting into " tepid tearfulness ". On load Confessions rule instead of " one-dimensional perfection" a reminiscent of the punk " uncomplicated ease " before. Phantasm finally offering " rugged, fairly tuneless gothic industrial rock, driven by dull breakbeats and a musty distorted guitar to the Lodmalm nagging his metaphysical truths " disseminated. His conclusion: " headstrong ".
Frank Stoever wrote in Bang! it was stated that An Evil Shade of Grey at Death Metal Scandinavian style. Godless Beauty is Gothic with melancholic melodic sections. And with Black Vanity move you in the musical spectrum between Paradise Lost and Fields of the Nephilim.
The Rock-Hard encyclopedia summed together first that have starting found from one extreme sound Cemetary to melody and depth and then described in detail the albums: Death Metal, Gothic mixed with 70's feel at Sundown finally " more melody and atmosphere ". Lodmalm was certified as a singer an evolution.
Matthias Mr. Shade suspected to be a death metal- trend product. For beauty he thought it was the death-metal dynamics, but it would also thoughtful moments by flüsterhaften singing. Black Vanity jealous Gothic and Dark Wave after. With Sundown you have finally boast its own style, but not exciting.
Frank Albrecht saw the trendy reflections of individual albums before Sundown exactly like that, but praised the resulting Sundown style, for example, the switching between the emotions. The same noted in Rock Hard about four years later, Cemetary sit on both the Gothic and on the Electro- rail, but do not decide for one or the other.
According to Martin Popoff in his book, The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties, the band still played on An Evil Shade of Grey technically challenging thrash metal, similar to the early works of Entombed. In Godless Beauty, the band leave more room for Mathias Lodmalms raspy voice and let incorporated influences from Death Metal, so that a comparison with Unleashed close lying. In addition, influences from gothic metal are heard. Songs like Now She Walks the Shadows is also a Mischuang from Manowar and punk. On Black Vanity, the band had almost completely turned to the Paradise Lost fans. The music vacillate here between slow passages, in which the group was comparable to Witchfinder General, Trouble and Saint Vitus, and fast thrash metal. The vocals leave also see influences from Grindcore. On Sundown play the classic metal band, with influences from death and doom metal, so that a comparison with Sentenced lie close. Songs like Elysia and load transmission would also be still shine through the influence of Paradise Lost. The band also understand a mix of symphonic elements, death metal and gothic -like New Wave to play, so that a comparison to Edge of Sanity lies near. On load Confessions, the band would move more towards mainstream metal. On the album the song is extremely versatile and there are passages of about 28 minutes in length, which would contain absolutely no vocals. On the compilation Sweetest Tragedies is a mixture of Gothic Metal and Death Metal to hear in the style of Sentenced.
According to Jason Ankeny of Allmusic play the tape on An Evil Shade of Grey classic Death Metal, before you turn to to Goddess Beauty, a mix of rock of the 1970s and gothic rock. On Black Vanity and Sundown, the band turn further to the Gothic Metal.