Watain

Infobox musical artist
Name = Watain


Img_capt = Watain, live at Jaxx, May 16 2007.
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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Uppsala, Sweden
Genre = Black metal
Thrash metal
Years_active = 1998 – present
Label = Season of Mist
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.templeofwatain.com/ www.templeofwatain.com]
Current_members = Erik Danielsson
Håkan Jonsson
Pelle Forsberg
Set Teitan (live only)
Alvaro Lillo (live only)
Past_members =
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Watain is a Swedish black metal band from Uppsala, formed in 1998.

Biography

The band's name hails from a recording by the American black metal group Von. Their first release was the 7" EP "The Essence of Black Purity" on the Swedish label Grimrune Productions, recorded in Necromorbus Studios 1999. 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. After the release, Watain toured and performed alongside bands such as Rotting Christ, Antaeus, Dark Funeral and Malign.

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.

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 [http://www.metal.de Metal.de] [cite web|title=Interview / Story: Watain "(in german)"|url=http://www.metal.de/stories.php4?was=story&id=897] :

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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."

Members

* Erik Danielsson - vocals, bass
* Håkan Jonsson - drums
* Pelle Forsberg - guitar
* Set Teitan - guitar (live only)
* Alvaro Lillo - bass (live only)

Previous members

* C. Blom - guitar (1998-2000)
* Y. - bass
* Tore Stjerna - session bass (2000-2002)
* John Doe - live guitars (1998-2001)

Discography

Studio albums

* 2000 - "Rabid Death's Curse"
* 2003 - "Casus Luciferi"
* 2007 - "Sworn to the Dark"

Live & other albums

* 1998 - "Go Fuck Your Jewish "God"" (demo)
* 1999 - "The Essence of Black Purity" (EP)
* 1998 - "Black Metal Sacrifice" (live)
* 2000 - "Rabid Death's Curse (demo)"
* 2001 - "The Ritual Macabre" (live)
* 2001 - "The Misanthropic Ceremonies" (split 7" EP with Diabolicum)
* 2002 - "Promo 2002" (demo)
* 2002 - "Puzzlez Ov Flesh" (demo)

References

External links

* [http://www.templeofwatain.com/ The Temple of Watain - Official website]