Evoken

Evoken is an American funeral doom/death metal band that is influenced by the Australian band Disembowelment and the Finnish band Thergothon [ [http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles/chats/1-399_evoken.aspx CoC : Evoken : Interview ] ] [ [http://site.voila.fr/NIHILISTIC/Interviews/evoken.htm EVOKEN Interview - Funeral doom from the pits of the abyss ] ] . The band name Evoken was taken from the Thergothon song found on the "Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth" demo. The band was founded by guitarist Nick Orlando under the name Funereus in April 1992. It was with the original line-up of Rob-Bass/Vocals; Nick-Guitar; Phil-Guitar & Vince-Drums that they recorded what would be the only Funereus release, which was a rehearsal demo released in 1992. After briefly changing their name to Asmodeus the following year, the band eventually decided upon the name Evoken in 1994 after several line up changes. They headlined the Dutch Doomsday Festival in 2003 during a brief European tour of Holland, Belgium & the UK. [http://www.baroeg.nl/ddd/uk/html_uk/previous.htm] .

Evoken is one of the earliest U.S. doom/death metal bands that are still active today.

Evoken left Avantgarde Music of Italy after releasing two albums with the label and signed to I Hate Records of Sweden in January 2007.

Members

Current members

*John Paradiso - Guitars/Vocals (1994-)
*Nick Orlando - Guitars (1992-)
*David Wagner - Bass (2008-)
*Vince Verkay - Drums (1992-)
*Don Zaros - Keyboards (2007-)

Former members

* Phil Wilson - Guitar (1992)
* Rob Robichaud - Bass/Vocals (1992-1993)
* Bill Manley - Bass (1994-1996)
* Dario Derna - Keyboards (1995-2002)
* Steve Moran - Bass (1996-2004)
* Denny Hahn - Keyboards (2003-2007)
* Charles Lamb - Cello (Session) (1998)
* Suzanne Bass - Cello (Session) (1999)
* Chris Kuffner - Cello (Session) (2005)

Discography

* "Rehearsal/Demo 1992 (as Funereus)
* "Shades of Night Descending" (Demo, 1994)
* "Shades of Night Descending" (MCD, 1996)
* "Promo Demo 1996
* "Promo Demo 1997
* "Embrace the Emptiness" (CD, 1998)
* "Quietus" (CD, 2001)
* "Promo Demo 2002
* "Antithesis of Light" (CD, 2005)
* "A Caress of The Void" (CD, 2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/evoken Official Evoken Myspace page]