Barathrum | |
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 Demonos Sova at Jalometalli 2008 in Oulu | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Kuopio, Finland |
| Genres | Black-doom |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Spinefarm Records, Saturnal Records, Nazgul's Eyrie Productions |
| Members | Demonos Sova Anathemalignant Pelcepoop Nuklear Tormentörr Ruttokieli Pete Vendetta |
| Past members | Aki Hytönen Ilu Jetblack Roima Niko Neva Bloodbeast Necronom Dethstrike Infernus Reaper Sklethnor Destrukkktorr Crowl Pimeä Sulphur Nattasett Warlord Somnium Beast Dominator Trollhorn Anathemalignant |
Barathrum is a Finnish black-doom metal band, formed in 1990. The band's name is Latin for pit or abyss. The first letters of their eight full-length albums spell "HEIL SOVA" - referring to the band's frontman, Demonos Sova,[1] who is the only original member of the band. Their music is stylistically similar to early black metal acts such as Venom and Celtic Frost. Their lyrics deal with occult and religious themes.
Barathrum was founded at Kuopio, Finland under a name of Darkfeast, which was changed into Barathrum the year after.
Barathrum recorded several demos during the years 1991-1993. After the demos, Barathrum signed to an underground German record label called Nazgul’s Eyrie Productions which released low budget studio albums "Hailstorm" (1995), "Eerie (1995)" and "Infernal" (1997) before the label went hiatus and left Barathrum as an unsigned artist.
The band signed to Spinefarm Records record label in 1998 and released five albums, ”Legions Of Perkele” (1998), "Saatana" (1999), ”Okkult" (2000), "Venomous" (2002) and ”Anno Aspera: 2003 Years After Bastard’s Birth” making Barathrum one of the most prominent bands in Finnish black metal scene.[2]
After the years of hiatus, the band was signed to Finnish underground record label Saturnal Records and released their ninth full-length album "Fanatiko (2017)" in April 28th 2017. [3]
