Crematory (band)

Crematory
Crematory at Rockharz 2018
Background information
Origin Westhofen, Germany
Genres Early:
Death metal
Later:
Gothic metal
Melodic death metal
Industrial metal
Neue Deutsche Härte
Years active 1991–2001, 2003–present
Labels Massacre (1993–1996, 2006–2014)
Nuclear Blast (1996–2006)
Steamhammer/SPV (2015–present)
Associated acts Mystic Circle
Website http://www.crematory.de
Members Gerhard "Felix" Stass - growling
Markus Jüllich - drums
Katrin Goger - keyboards
Harald Heine - bass
Tosse Basler - rhythm guitars, clean vocals
Rolf Munkes - lead guitars
Past members Marc Zimmer - bass, clean vocals/screaming
Heinz Steinhauser - bass, clean vocals/screaming
Lothar "Lotte" Forst - guitars, clean vocals
Matthias Hechler - guitar, clean vocals

Crematory is a gothic metal band formed in Mannheim, Germany in 1991.

History

The band received its earliest recognition in the mid-1990s by touring with My Dying Bride, Tiamat and Atrocity.[1] Much like the latter two groups, the band had begun as traditional death metal, then evolved in an industrial music and gothic metal musical direction on later albums. The band received heavy rotation on MTV Germany,[2] and made appearances at various extreme metal festivals, including Germany's Wacken Open Air in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2008, in addition to inclusion on Nuclear Blast compilation samplers.

The band re-signed to Massacre Records in 2006 after a 10-year stint with Nuclear Blast; Massacre had been the band's first label.

Active for over 20 years (with a brief split between 2001 and 2003) they are among one of Europe's longest running gothic metal bands.[1]

Line-up

Current members

Former members

  • Marc Zimmer - bass, vocals (1991–1992)
  • Lothar "Lotte" Först - guitars, vocals (1991–1998)
  • Harald Heine - bass, backing vocals (1993–2016)
  • Heinz Steinhauser - bass, vocals (1993)
  • Matthias Hechler - guitars, vocals (1998–2015)
  • Tosse Basler - guitars, vocals (2015-2018)

Timeline

Discography

Demos

  • Crematory (1992)

Studio albums

  • Transmigration (1993)
  • ...Just Dreaming (1994)
  • Illusions (1995)
  • Crematory (1996)
  • Awake (1997)
  • Act Seven (1999)
  • Believe (2000)
  • Revolution (2004)
  • Klagebilder (2006)
  • Pray (2008)
  • Infinity (2010)
  • Antiserum (2014)
  • Monument (2016)
  • Oblivion (2018)

Live

  • Live... At the Out of the Dark Festivals (1997)
  • Live Revolution (2005)
  • Black Pearls (2010)
  • Live at W.O.A (2014)

Singles and EPs

  • Ist es wahr (1996)
  • Fly (1999)
  • Greed (2004)
  • Shadowmaker (2013)

Compilation albums

  • Early Years (1999)
  • Remind (2001)
  • Black Pearls (2010)
  • Inception (2013)

References

  1. 1 2 "Artists: CREMATORY". MusicMight. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  2. ↑ "archived link". Archived from the original on January 18, 2006. Retrieved January 24, 2007.
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