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Septic Flesh is a symphonic-influenced death metal band from Athens, Greece, which was founded in 1991.

History

Septic Flesh was formed in March 1990 by Sortiris Vayenas (guitar), Spiros Antoniou (bass and vocals), and Christos Antoniou (guitars), and quickly released a debut EP, Temple of the Lost Race in December 1991.^[1] The band recorded their first full-length album Mystic Places of Dawn, in April 1994 at the Storm studio with the co-production of Magus Wampyr Daoloth (who previously was the Rotting Christ keyboardist).^[2]

From the band's formation in 1991 until 1997, the line-up was stable, but on The Ophidian Wheel (1997) and A Fallen Temple (1998) a female vocalist, Natalie Rassoulis, was added.^{[citation needed]} The group split up in October 2003, and after the breakup, its members moved on to different projects.^{[citation needed]}. Chris Antoniou continued involvement with Chaostar, which he formed in 1998, and Katsionis played guitar for Nightfall and keyboards for Firewind. TheDevilWorx formed a year after Septic Flesh's disbanding, and featured some members from Septic Flesh's original line-up. In March 2007, guitarist Sotiris Vayenas revealed his plans for a new solo project called Aenaos.

Reunion

On February 19, 2007, Septic Flesh announced a reunion for Greece's Metal Healing Festival featuring Orphaned Land, Rage and Aborted, set to take place July 20-22.^[3] On April 3, 2007, Blabbermouth.net reported the band reunited for a seventh full-length CD, for French record label Season of Mist. According to guitarist and composer Christos Antoniou, the release would feature a full orchestra and a choir, totalling 80 musicians and 32 singers.^[4] Septicflesh (now spelled as one word--see the band's Myspace page) finalized the new album, Communion, in Studio Fredman in Sweden; it was released in April 2008.

Line-up

Current

• Sotiris Vayenas - guitar (1990-2003, 2007-)
• Spiros "Seth" Antoniou - vocals, bass (1990-2003, 2007-)
• Christos Antoniou - guitar, samplers (1990-2003, 2007-)
• Fotis Benardo - drums (1990-2003, 2007-)

Guest members

• Natalie Rassoulis - soprano vocals (1997-1998)

Former members

• Akis Kapranos - drums (1999-2003)
• George Zaharopoulos - keyboards (2001-2003)

Discography

• Temple of the Lost Race (EP, 1991)
• Mystic Places of Dawn (1994)
• Esoptron (1995)
• The Ophidian Wheel (1997)
• A Fallen Temple (1998)
• The Eldest Cosmonaut (EP, 1998)
• Forgotten Paths (Compilation, 1999)
• Revolution DNA (1999)
• Sumerian Daemons (2003)
• Communion (2008)

References

1. ^ True, Chris. "Septic Flesh > Biography". Allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved on 2008-12-11.
2. ^ "Time Catcher". Septicflesh. Retrieved on 2008-12-11.
3. ^ Blabbermouth.Net - Septic Flesh to Reunite for Greece's Metal Healing Festival
4. ^ Blabbermouth.net - Reunited Septic Flesh to Record New Album for Season of Mist

External links

• Official website
• Septic Flesh at MySpace