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Artist
Anthemon
12+ albums
doom metalGothic MetalGothic Doom Metalsymphonic metalProgressive metal
about
Born in January 1997 as a duet, Anthemon turns into a “real” band only after the release of a demo CD titled “Nocturnal Contemplations” in October 1998, created with the assistance of a female singer who is not part of the band. The good echoes of this first try makes it possible for the band to get known into the French underground and to get a full line-up. In November 2000, “Talvi” (“Winter” in Finnish), a 7 titles MCD, which reveals wider influences than the previous release, comes to life. With this EP, the band earns a consequent reputation thanks to the good reception of both the press and the audience. In 2001, Anthemon composes and prepares the recording of its first true album. “Arcanes” takes form while the negotiations with some labels lead to the signature with Thundering Records, which releases the album in February 2003. “Arcanes” is the beginning of the collaboration of Anthemon with Ahti Kortelainen (Tico-Tico Studio, Finland), offering for the first time a production of international quality to the band. With “Arcanes”, Anthemon is seen as a skilled band, able to propose a personal music which draws the best of different musical styles to get a coherent and new mixture of it. A few months later, Anthemon works on its successor, an ambitious album which represents a more marked evolution of the band’s musical face. Whereas the repetitions for this new album begin, the band decides to give up the female vocals and chose to get a full time male singer
