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Septic Flesh are a symphonic-influenced death metal band from Athens, Greece with dark and macabre synth atmospherics very similar to famed countrymates Rotting Christ.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Formed in 1990, the line-up stayed fairly stable over the years except on albums The Ophidian Wheel (1997) and A Fallen Temple (1998), which featured a leading female vocalist, Natalie Rassoulis.^{[citation needed]} Their music combines hyper-fast technical death metal, melodic death metal, gothic metal, and industrial metal, a concoction that made them one of the most acclaimed yet still relatively unknown bands in extreme metal.^{[citation needed]}

After nearly 14 years as a band, the group split up in October 2003^{[citation needed]}. Chris Antoniou continued involvement with Chaostar, which he formed in 1998, and Katsionis remained as guitarist for Nightfall and keyboardist for Firewind. TheDevilWorx formed a year after Septic Flesh's disbanding, and featured some members from the original line-up. On March 2007, guitarist Sotiris Vayenas revealed his plans for a new solo project called Aenaos. At this point a promo under the title "Man with no Shadow" will be sent to labels as an introduction of this new musical entity.

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.^[1]. On April 3, 2007, Blabbermouth.net reported the band reunited for a seventh full length CD under French record label Season of Mist. According to guitarist and composer Christos Antoniou, the release will feature a full orchestra and choir made of 80 musicians and 32 singers.^[2] SEPTIC FLESH (now in one word) finalized the recordings of the new album in Studio Fredman in Sweden. The abum, called Communion, was released in April 2008.^[3]

Line-up

Current

• Sotiris Vayenas - guitar (1990-2003/2007-)
• Spiros "Seth" Antoniou - vocals, bass (1990-2003/2007-)
• Christos Antoniou - guitars, samplers (1990-2003/2007-)
• Fotis Benardo - drums (2003/2007-)
• Babis "Bob" Katsionis - keyboards (2003)
• Alex Haritakis - guitars (2003)

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 (1998)
• Forgotten Paths (1999)
• Revolution DNA (1999)
• Sumerian Daemons (2003)
• Communion (2008)

References

1. ^ Blabbermouth.Net - Septic Flesh To Reunite For Greece'S Metal Healing Festival
2. ^ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - Reunited SEPTIC FLESH To Record New Album For SEASON OF MIST
3. ^ Season of Mist's News

External links

• Official MySpace
• Holy Records
• Metal Archives page
• Complete site about Chaostar and Septicflesh