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BIOGRAPHY:
I cannot recall when the notion of a band was
first conceived. It must have been an age ago...
VESANIA has existed throughout all eternity. Only
the passage of time was required to facilitate the
meeting of those involved, the people who would
possess an understanding of Its meaning. VESANIA is
the Black Metal manifestation of brutality via
madness, a mad vision in a mad form. It is an art of
the unreal. By definition, madness is that which
cannot be comprehended yet often, in spite of being
stigmatised, it evidences the highest form of
Wisdom. VESANIA is the art that embodies the Truth
as perceived by our eyes. There is insanity, magick
and sadness. There is union, war, blood and grief.
Finally, there is a fire, a coldness, a hatred and a
darkness that resides betwixt the hateworks of
VESANIA.
HISTORY:
1997-2000: VESANIA formed at the end of 1997 in
Warsaw, Poland. At the time, the line-up comprised
Orion on guitars and vocals, Daray on drums and
percussion, and Heinrich on bass. As the band
developed their sound, they soon recognized the need
to expand. And so the band went through several
line-up changes. Hatrah joined on keys and then
Annahvahr also on guitars and vocals. VESANIA split
with Hatrah by 1999 and the position remained vacant
until the fall of 2000 when Siegmar joined the band.
2001-2002: VESANIA performed live throughout Poland.
The band recognizes the importance of playing in a
live environment and views it as a very intrical
part of their art. Simultaneously, they continued to
work on new material for a full length album. Early
2002 saw the release of 1998 material entitled
“Moonastray" on Odium Records; a limited edition
split CD with Black Altar. The positive developments
of the past year, gave way to recording plans that
finally were realized in the spring of 2002. VESANIA
entered Selani Studio (Vader, Christ Agony, Lux
Occulta) under the guidance of producer Szymon
"Szymonaz" Czech.
2003: VESANIA’s "Firefrost Arcanum" debut cd was
released in January 2003 on Empire Records. This
album proved to be a breakthrough for the band in
Poland. Since its release, they appeared often in
the Polish media and VESANIA continued to perform
live shows including Metalmania Festival 2003
(Samael, Marduk, Malevolent Creation) and Vader’s
2003 Blitzkrieg Tour. Annahvahr had left the band in
2003, so he was replaced by the session guitarists
for the live performances.
2004: With the passing of time, two of VESANIA’s
band members joined two other bands. In 2003 Orion
joined Behemoth and Daray replaced Doc in Vader the
following year. With two mentioned bands being from
now on an important part of VESANIA members’
schedule, yet these events did not keep VESANIA away
from further musical endeavours. At the end of 2004,
they were back in the studio recording their second
album, "God The Lux". In Lublin’s own Hendrix Studio
(Behemoth, Azarath) the band began work with sound
engineer Arkadiusz "Malta" Malczewski at the helm.
2005: VESANIA finished "God The Lux" at Hertz Studio
(Vader, Decapitated, Dies Irae) in Bialystok, mixing
and mastering the album with the aid of the
Wieslawscy brothers. Two major breakthroughs
followed: the signing of a new deal, with Massive
Management (Vader, Decapitated) and signing a
recording contract with NAPALM RECORDS. “God The
Lux” was released in spring this year, with two
different album covers (separate one for Empire
Records in Poland). Getting good reviews in
worldwide metal press, the album became VESANIA’s
beginning for the activity outside of Poland.
2006: For the promotion of “God The Lux” VESANIA
performed live throughout Poland and Europe. To
count out the events: European Domination tour with
Cryptopsy, Grave, Aborted, the Polish Blitzkrieg
tour with Vader, headlining God The Black Tour in
Russia, Scandinavian tour with Cryptopsy and
Metamania Festival in Poland – summing up, over 70
shows altogether. The tours exposed the band to the
wide audience, established a solid fan-base and at
the same time they proved live performance being an
important value of VESANIA. Also during those tours,
the guitar player Valeo joined the band as a
permanent member.
2007: For the first months of this year, VESANIA
remained locked in their rehearsal room, going
through the gathered ideas, composing new material.
The recording session of third album took place in X
Studio in Olsztyn (Antigamma, Nyia), with Szymon
Czech being the co-producer and the sound engineer.
“Distractive Killusions” is coming out in November
2007 on NAPALM RECORDS.
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DISCOGRAPHY: Distractive Killusions Label: Napalm Records Release Date: 2007 God the Lux Label: Napalm Records Release Date: 2005 Firefrost Arcanum Label: Empire Release Date: 2003 Moonastray - EP - Split with Black Altar Label: Odium Records Release Date: 2002 |
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