Ceremonial Oath

Ceremonial Oath
Origin	Billdal, Sweden
Genres	Death metal, thrash metal
Years active	1988–1995
Labels	Black Sun, Modern Primitive
Associated acts	In Flames, HammerFall, Tiamat, Cemetary
Past members
Anders Fridén Oscar Dronjak Anders Iwers Mikael Andersson Thomas Johansson Jesper Strömblad Markus Nordberg

Ceremonial Oath was a Swedish extreme metal band who formed in 1988 under the name "Desecrator", changed their name to Ceremonial Oath in 1990 and disbanded in 1995.^[1] During their short career they released three demos, one EP and two full-length albums.^[1] Their influence is greater than their short lifespan suggests: several of the band members would later create or join metal bands that would gain fame and fortune on the future metal scene, such as In Flames, an influential band to the melodic death metal genre; and Hammerfall, a band who would greatly influence the awakened interest in power metal and traditional heavy metal.

Members

Final line-up

• Anders Fridén – vocals (1993–1995)
• Anders Iwers – guitar (1988–1995)
• Mikael Andersson – guitar (1993–1995)
• Thomas Johansson – bass (1993–1995)
• Markus Nordberg – drums (1989–1995)

Former members

Vocals, guitar^[2]

• Oscar Dronjak – (1988–1993)

Bass

• Marcus Fredriksson - (1988–1990)
• Jesper Strömblad - (1990–1993)

Drums

• Ulf Assarsson - (1988–1989)

Session members

• Tomas Lindberg – vocals on three songs from Carpet (1995)

Discography

as Desecrator

• Wake The Dead (Demo, 1989)
• Black Sermons (Demo, 1990)

as Ceremonial Oath

• Promo 1991 (Demo, 1991)
• Lost Name of God (EP, Corpse Grinder Records, 1992)
• The Book of Truth (CD, Modern Primitive Records, 1993)
• Carpet (CD, Black Sun Records, 1995)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Biography". Black Sun Records. http://www.blacksun.se/ceremonial/history.html. Retrieved 2007-05-11. 
2. ^ http://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/0/9/3/50931.jpg