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Bleakwail
12+ albums
doom metalblack metalDark metalUnBlack Metalblackened doom metal
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Bleakwail was founded in spring 2000 by John and Jacob. Jeremiah and Samuel were recruited almost immediately to stringed instruments, and thus "our imaginary band" (the original name) was established. Soon after the forming, John had to cut his hair off and enter military service for a year. Meanwhile, Jeremiah, Samuel and Jacob had a meeting at which they decided the music style (gothic black metal or something like that, it was originally John's idea to play black-ish metal) and the first name for the band. It was "Schattenjger", originating from the computer game "Gabriel Knight". Samuel wrote the first song, "Fleeting shadow" which they trained at their local Pentecostal church with a drum machine. After a slow start, a few more songs were written, of which at least two were discarded as too crappy songs. Among the surviving ones were "A bleak wail" and "Liberation from death". The band's name was a big question: they weren't too happy with "Schattenjger", and invented a new name or a few in almost every rehearsal. Among the more sensible choices were "Thornclad" (there was a secular swedish death metal band with the same name), "Heirloom" (sounded like a power metal band's name, ecch) and "Mediator" (I bet there is or was a new media company with similar name). Finally they settled with "Bleakwail". Eventually Bleakwail entered Studio Hemma to record their first recording, the "Dome" (since it was not a demo, but rather a recording for only internal use and perhaps to a
