Pantokrator (band)

Pantokrator
Origin	Luvehult, Sweden
Genres	Progressive death metal, Christian metal,death metal,melodic death metal
Years active	1996-present
Labels	Rottweiler, Whirlwind, Soundmass,Rival
Associated acts	Crimson Moonlight, Sanctifica, Holy Matrimony
Website	Official site
Members	Jonas Wallinder Rickard Gustafsson Mattias Johansson Karl Walfridsson Johnathan Jansson

Pantokrator is a Swedish Christian metal band, that formed in 1996. The band's name means "Lord Almighty". Multiple members have been in Crimson Moonlight and Sanctifica.

Pantokrator formed in the Fall of 1996 as a cover band. The band then decided to play songs written by themselves. The band has consisted of six members overall: Bassist Jonas Wallinder, Drummer Rickard Gustafsson, Guitarists Matthias Johansson and Johnathan Jansson and Vocalist Karl Walfridsson.

Pantokrator's common genre has been death metal. A review of Pantokrator and Sanctifica's split EP, the band's style was described as "Crunchy death metal". The full review stated, "A classic brutal release with two great bands. Sanctifica plays Symphonic Black Metal & Pantokrator plays Crunchy Death Metal. The full review stated, "A classic brutal release with two great bands. Sanctifica plays Symphonic Black Metal & Pantokrator plays Crunchy Death Metal. Really cool stuff that shouldn't be miss if you are into brutal metal." Another described them as Brutal, Doomy Death Metal. Another review, published by Art For The Ears Webzine, reviewed the band's album Aurum. "It's always pleasant to hear a band making progession. Aurum is the second full-length studio-album from the Swedish death metal band Pantokrator. On Aurum they've abandoned the Swedish lyrics they wrote for Blod. Now all songs are in English and the growls are quite easy to understand. This can't be said of the printing in the booklet. They are almost impossible to read as the texts have almost the same color as the backgrounds. But the music makes up for the lack of care for the booklet (the cover is also one of the dullest I've ever seen). What is immediately clear after I popped this disc into the player, is that the band has progressed. The songs are more mature and the sound quality is very good. Most of the songs are uptempo. A few are slower, more depressive and doomy (like the excellent "Thy Feeble Flame"). Pantokrator is not a band with lots of guitar solos, but the solo in "Where Lilith Found Her Peace" is really tasty. What I miss on this album, is the violin playing that Blod had. Nonetheless, Pantokrator has moved forward and the result is a very nice piece of melodic death metal."

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