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Sweden |
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Gothic Metal |
DISBANDED
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Last update/review:
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June 23, 2005
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Cemetary
It was quite a ride for Mathias Lodmalm and his band, Cemetary.
The group debuted in 1993 with
An Evil Shade Of Grey,
in many respects a traditional death metal album, but over the
course of the next several releases the band transitioned to an
excellent and original dark gothic metal band, Lodmalm's vocals
taking on a more gruff, less death-oriented style.
They continued on until 1997, at which point Lodmalm decided to
disband the group, only to form a similar band entitled
Sundown
(named after the 1996 Cemetary album).
That band survived for a few years and released two albums,
and Lodmalm again switched gears, with his next album released
as
Cemetary 1213
(one might argue that this was simply a Cemetary reformation,
though it was explained that the 1213 suffix indicated a new
beginning to a new band).
That album,
The Beast Divine, marked another shift in direction,
toward a more aggressive, industrial-laced style.
After several years of quiet, Lodmalm finally returned in 2005
with the
last chapter of the Cemetary saga.
Recorded as a solo effort, Phantasma sees the man furthering
his industrial/techno interests, with several songs sounding a bit
like the slower, more recent
Nine Inch Nails
tunes.
It's clearly the least traditional metal album of his career, and
to some this might be off-putting, but to these ears Phantasma
is alive, emotional, and electric -- a fine effort indeed.
Citing disillusionment with the metal scene, Lodmalm announced in
May 2005 that he would no longer wished to record metal albums, though
undoubtably he would continue some sort of musical career.
Discography
An Evil Shade Of Grey
1992
Black Mark
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- Dead Red
- Where The Rivers Of Madness Stream
- Dark Illusions
- An Evil Shade Of Grey
- Sidereal Passing
- Scars
- Nightmare Lake
- Souldrain
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Mathias Lodmalm
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Anton Hedberg
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Zriuko Culjak
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Juha Sievers
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Godless Beauty
1993
Black Mark
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- Now She Walks The Shadows
- The Serpent's Kiss
- And Julie Is No More
- By My Own Hand
- Chain
- Adrift In Scarlet Twilight
- In Black
- Sunrise (Never Again)
- Where The Fire Forever Burns
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Mathias Lodmalm
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Anton Hedberg
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Zriuko Culjak
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Juha Sievers
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1993 Readers' Album
#66
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Black Vanity
1994
Black Mark
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- Bitter Seed
- Ebony Rain
- Hunger Of The Innocent
- Scarecrow
- Black Flowers Of Passion
- Last Departure / Serpentine parade
- Sweet Tragedy
- Pale Autumn Fire
- Out In Sand
- Rosemery Taste The Sky
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Mathias Lodmalm
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Anders Iwers
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Tomas Josefsson
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Markus Nordberg
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Sundown
1996
Black Mark
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- Elysia
- Closer to the pain
- Last transmission
- Sundown
- Ophidian
- Primal
- New dawn coming
- The embrace
- Morningstar
- The wake
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Mathias Lodmalm
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Anders Iwers
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Tomas Josefsson
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Markus Nordberg
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1996 Readers' Album
#50
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Last Confession
1997
Black Mark
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- Forever
- Caress the Damned
- So sad your sorrow
- 1213--Trancegalactica
- Twin reactor
- Fields of fire
- One burning night
- Carbon heart
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Mathias Lodmalm
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Anders Iwers
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Tomas Josefsson
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Markus Nordberg
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Sweetest Tragedies
COMPILATION
1998
Black Mark
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- Last Transmission
- Scarecrow
- Caress The Damned
- By My Own Hand
- Ophidian
- Where The Rivers Of Madness
- Stream
- Pale Autumn Fire
- And Julie Is No More
- So Sad Your Sorrow
- Elysia
- Sweet Tragedy
- Where The Fire Forever Burns
- Sundown
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Phantasma
2005
Black Mark
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- Far from God
- Plasma Phantasma
- Basic Black
- Down Cold
- Coma Burn
- 2nd Last to Nowhere
- Wavecell
- Drowning Out the World
- Tapes of their Voices
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