Crematory (band)

Crematory
Background information
Origin Westhofen, Germany
Genres Early era: Death metal (early)
Melodic death metal[1]
Now: Gothic metal[1][2][3][4][5] Industrial metal
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 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[3]/melodic death metal[1] 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.[4] Much like the latter two groups, the band had begun as traditional death metal, then evolved with an industrial music and gothic metal musical direction on later albums. The band would receive heavy rotation on MTV Germany,[6] and would also make appearances at various extreme metal festivals, including Germany's Wacken Open Air in the years 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.[4]

Line-up

Current members

Former members

Discography

Demos

Studio albums

Live

Singles and EP's

Compilation albums

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bowar, Chad. "Pray review". About.com. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  2. ↑ "CREMATORY - the official site". Crematory.de. 1999-11-22. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  3. 1 2 Archived November 17, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. 1 2 3 "Artists :: CREMATORY". MusicMight. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  5. ↑ "Crematory | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20061015202738/http://www.rockul.info:80/band_crematory_en.php. Archived from the original on October 15, 2006. Retrieved January 24, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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