Dies Irae (band)
| Dies Irae | |
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Mauser, 2004
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Olsztyn, Poland |
| Genres | Death metal |
| Years active | 1992–1997, 2000–2005 |
| Labels | Metal Blade, Metal Mind |
| Associated acts | Vader, Behemoth, UnSun, Spinal Cord, Virgin Snatch, Devilyn, Decapitated |
| Past members |
Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz Marcin "Novy" Nowak Jacek Hiro Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski (deceased) Jarosław "China" Łabieniec Piotr "Czarny" Bartczak Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka (deceased) Maciej "Gilan" Liszewski |
Dies Irae was a Polish death metal band founded in 1992. Their early recordings were heavily inspired and influenced by Vader and Morbid Angel.
Since 2005 the band is on indefinite hiatus.
Dies Irae was formed in 1992 as very young death metal band featuring China (guitar), Mauser (guitar and vocals), Czarny (bass) and Gilan (drums). 1994 marked the recording of their debut demo titled "Fear of God" which was released by Serenades Records two years later. The demo was composed of typical death metal tracks and guitar variations as introductions. In 1997 Mauser joined the band Vader and Dies Irae split up. Four years later Mauser signed a contract with Massive Management, whose artist roster consists of such bands as Vader, Sceptic, Decapitated and many others, and started looking for new members to his band. With help of Doc (Vader), Novy (Devilyn) and Hiro (Sceptic) the band prepared material for full debut album.
On 5 June 2000 Dies Irae entered the Selani Studio to record their debut album. Titled Immolated, it was produced by Szymon Czech, and graphically designed by Jacek Wisniewski, who had been previously responsible for several Vader's cover artworks ("Kingdom", "Black to the Blind", " Live In Japan"). Immolated was mastered at Studio 333 by Bartłomiej Kuźniak who is responsible for Vader's masters. All lyrics are written by Łukasz Szurmiński.
Following the promotional mailing of Immolated the band received a number of contract offers from such labels from Europe and the States. Finally, Dies Irae signed a four albums contract with premiere worldly label Metal Blade Records, which represents the band in the world except Poland and Japan. In Poland they are under Metal Mind flag, in Japan they are represented by Avalon/Marquee Inc. Both labels also manage Vader. The debut album was released in November 2000 and its promo campaign was backed up with a video-clip for the track "Lion of Knowledge". The album itself comprises 9 cuts, including two cyber-industrial intros performed by Doc. Dies Irae are also prepared for their first European tour with Nile in January 2001.
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