Ephel Duath
The two genres of progressive and black metal seldom meet
together, but Italy's Ephel Duath is one band where that
description is apt, though even that alone doesn't fully
describe where they are coming from, or indeed where they
might be going.
Formed in 1998 as a two-man studio project, their debut
release was
Phormula, on the small but up-and-coming
Code666 label.
Simply put, this is one of the most adventurous albums
ever put out under the black metal banner.
The arrangements are complex but never get out of hand, with
swirling keyboards intertwined with guitars and mostly
typical black metal rasp vocals (though some effective clean
vocals are heard as well).
Programmed drums are used throughout to very good effect,
allowing for some intriguing technical arrangements.
Phormula is very much an in-your-face album, demanding
the listener's full attention, and is absolutely a
recommended album for those into technical black metal.
Following Phormula's release, much transpired in the ED
camp.
They signed to Elitist Records (a subdivision of Earache),
and repackaged the debut with demo tracks, releasing it in
2001 as Rephormula.
A new lineup has materialized, with founder Davide Tiso
recruiting a diverse set of musicians for the band, hailing
from backgrounds in hardcore, jazz, and progressive music.
The first album with this lineup was 2003's
The Painter's Palette, an album even more adventurous
and genre-expanding than their previous efforts.
A new album, Pain Necessary To Know, was released in late 2005.
Current Members
Marco Minnemann
drums
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Former Members/Guests
Luciano George Lorusso
vocals
Davide Tolomei
vocals
Karyn Crisis (guest)
vocals
(Crisis)
Davide Tiso
guitars/keyboards/vocals
Giuliano Mogicato
guitars/bass/vocals
Riccardo Pasini
keyboards
Fabio Fecchio
bass
Steve DiGiorgio (guest)
bass
(Artension, Autopsy, Control Denied, Charred Walls Of The Damned, Death, Dragonlord, Futures End, Iced Earth, Painmuseum, Quo Vadis, Sadus, Scariot, Testament, Vintersorg)
Davide Piovesan
drums
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Discography
Phormula
2000
Code666
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- Embossed
- The Greyness Grows Already Old
- Danza
- A Flickering Warmth
- Myriad
- Pursuing The Instinct
- The Blow's Rhymer
- Elapsed
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- Davide Tiso
- Giuliano Mogicato
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Reviews: Chronicles Of Chaos
Lords Of Metal
Metal Observer
Rephormula
2001
Elitist
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- The Embossed
- Greyness Grows Already Old
- The Danza
- The Flickering Warmth
- Myriads
- Phormula
- The Blow's Rhymers
- Insomnia's Desert
- Embossed (on the corpse)
- Instinkt
- Opera 1
- Aldulta Hieme: The Magnificence
- Falling ...
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- Davide Tiso
- Giuliano Mogicato
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Reviews: Lords Of Metal
The Painter's Palette
2003
Elitist
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- The Passage
- The Unpoetic Circle
- Labyrinthine
- Praha
- The Picture
- Ruins
- Ironical Communion
- My Glassy Shelter
- The Other's Touch
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- Luciano George Lorusso
- Davide Tolomei
- Davide Tiso
- Fabio Fecchio
- Davide Piovesan
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Reviews: Metal Observer
Pain Necessary To Know
2005
Elitist
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- New Disorder
- Vector, Third Movement
- Pleonasm
- Few Stars, No Refrain And A Cigarette
- Crystalline Whirl
- I Killed Rebecca
- Vector
- Vector, Second Movement
- Imploding
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- Luciano George Lorusso
- Davide Tiso
- Riccardo Pasini
- Fabio Fecchio
- Davide Piovesan
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Reviews: Sea Of Tranquility
Lords Of Metal
Pain Remixes The Known
2007
Earache
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- Hole I
- Hole II
- Hole III
- Hole IV
- Hole V
- Hole VI
- Hole VII
- Hole VIII
- Hole IX
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Reviews: Metal Observer
Through My Dog's Eyes
2008
Earache
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- Gift
- Promenade
- Breed
- Silent Door
- Bella Morte
- Nina
- Guardian
- Spider Shaped Leaves
- Bark Loud
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- Luciano George Lorusso
- Davide Tiso
- Marco Minnemann
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(EP) On Death And Cosmos
2012
Agonia
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- Black Prism
- Raqia
- Stardust Rain
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- Karyn Crisis
- Davide Tiso
- Steve DiGiorgio
- Marco Minnemann
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