Blasphemy (band)

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Name = Blasphemy


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Origin = Burnaby, Canada
Genre = Black metal
Years_active = 1984 – present
Label = Wild Rags Osmose Productions Nuclear War Now! Displeased Records
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Blasphemy are a black metal band formed in Burnaby, Canada in 1984. The band released a demo titled "Blood Upon the Altar" in 1989 and their debut album, "Fallen Angel of Doom", the following year through Wild Rags, a record label they had signed to while touring the United States. The band's vocalist later stated that the label did not pay them as much as promised. [cite web | title=Interview with Blasphemy | work=FMP666 | url=http://www.fmp666.com/moonlight/blasphemy.html | accessdate=2008-01-21] Their second and so far last full-length studio album was the 1993 "Gods of War" released through Osmose Productions. In 1993, Blasphemy also took part in the "Fuck Christ Tour" and toured through Europe with Immortal and Rotting Christ. [cite web | title=Interview with Rotting Christ | work=Masterful Magazine | url=http://masterful-magazine.com/wywiad.php?wyw=407 | accessdate=2008-01-21] The band's July 2001 concert in Vancouver was released as a live album titled "Live Ritual - Friday the 13th" in 2002.

Blasphemy's song "War Command" has been covered by Beherit and the cover appeared on Beherit's 1999 compilation album "Beast of Beherit - Complete Worxxx". Blasphemy's "Winds of the Black Gods" was the opening track on the 2004 compilation "Fenriz Presents... The Best of Old-School Black Metal".

Members

Current line-up

* Nocturnal Grave Desecrator and Black Winds – Vocals
* Bestial Saviour of the Undead Legions – Bass
* Caller of the Storms – Guitars
* Deathlord of Abomination and War Apocalypse – Guitars
* Three Black Hearts of Damnation and Impurity – Drums

Past members

* Ace Gestapo Necrosleezer and Vaginal Commands – Bass
* Black Priest of 7 Satanic Rituals – Guitars
* The Traditional Sodomizer of the Goddess of Perversity – Guitars

Discography

Albums

* "Fallen Angel of Doom" (1990)
* "Gods of War" (1993)

Lives

* "Live Ritual - Friday the 13th" (2002)

Demos

* "Blood Upon the Altar" (1989)
* "Die Hard Rehearsal" (2001)

References

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:2hnsa9qgb23h~T0 Blasphemy] at Allmusic
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Blasphemy+(2) Blasphemy] at Discogs
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=1141 Blasphemy] at Encyclopaedia Metallum