Crematory is a German
gothic metal band formed in
Mannheim
Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...
in 1991.
History
The band received its earliest recognition in the mid-1990s by touring with
My Dying Bride
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,
Tiamat
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and
Atrocity
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.
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
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Availabi ...
'',
and made appearances at various
extreme metal festivals, including Germany's ''
Wacken Open Air
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'' in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2008, in addition to inclusion on
Nuclear Blast
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compilation samplers.
The band re-signed to
Massacre Records
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The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. Connected to Massacre Records is the marketing and music wh ...
in 2006 after a 10-year stint with Nuclear Blast; Massacre had been the band's first label. In 2013 they signed with
Steamhammer/SPV to release their next album, ''
Antiserum''. In 2019 they moved to
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label l ...
,
and their 15th studio album, ''Unbroken'', was released under their label, on 6 March 2020.
Active for 30 years (with a brief split between 2001 and 2003) they are among Europe's longest-running gothic metal bands.
Line-up
Current members
*Gerhard "Felix" Stass –
lead vocals (1991–present)
*Markus Jüllich –
drums,
programming (1991–present)
*Katrin Jüllich –
keyboards,
samples (1992–present)
*Rolf Munkes –
lead guitar
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(2015–present)
*Patrick Schmid –
bass (2021–present)
Former members
*Marc Zimmer – bass, backing vocals (1991–1992)
*Lothar "Lotte" Först – guitars, backing vocals (1991–1998)
*Harald Heine – bass, backing vocals (1993–2016)
*Heinz Steinhauser – bass, backing vocals (1993; died 2021)
*Matthias Hechler – guitars, clean vocals (1998–2015)
*Tosse Basler – guitars, clean vocals (2015–2018)
*Jason Matthias – bass (2016–2021)
*Connie "Conner" Andreszka – guitars, vocals (2018–2021)
Timeline
Discography
Demos
* ''Crematory'' (1992)
Studio albums
* ''Transmigration'' (1993)
* ''...Just Dreaming'' (1994)
* ''Illusions'' (1995)
* ''Crematory'' (1996)
* ''Awake'' (1997)
* ''Act Seven'' (1999)
* ''Believe'' (2000)
* ''
Revolution
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'' (2004)
* ''Klagebilder'' (2006)
* ''Pray'' (2008)
* ''Infinity'' (2010)
* ''Antiserum'' (2014)
*'' Monument ''(2016)
*'' Oblivion ''(2018)
*'' Unbroken ''(2020)
*'' Inglorious Darkness ''(2022)
Live albums
* ''Live... at the Out of the Dark Festivals'' (1997)
* ''Live Revolution'' (2005)
* ''Live in Wacken '' (2008)
* '' Black Pearls'' (2010)
* '' Live at W.O.A'' (2014)
* '' Live Insurrection ' ' (2017)
* '' Live At Wacken '' (2022)
Singles and EPs
* ''Ist es wahr'' (1996)
* ''Fly'' (1999)
* ''Greed'' (2004)
* ''Shadowmaker'' (2013)
* ''The Downfall'' (2020)
Compilation albums
* ''Early Years'' (1999)
* ''Remind'' (2001)
* ''Black Pearls'' (2010)
* ''Inception'' (2013)
References
External links
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German heavy metal musical groups
German gothic metal musical groups
German melodic death metal musical groups
German industrial metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1991
Nuclear Blast artists
1991 establishments in Germany