Golem is a German extreme
death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
band. They took part in the 2007
Chronical Moshers Open Air festival. They should not be confused with a 1970s progressive rock band from Germany with the same name.
History
The band was formed in 1989, in
Buckow in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
(then still in
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
). Two of the members died in automobile accidents, in 1992 Max Grützmacher and in 1993 Jens Malwitz. The band was re-formed and received for their debut album a
contract
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with the East German label
Invasion Records. After that label stopped producing records, they were without a contract again, but they were able to get another contract through the German label
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is a record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label mov ...
.
Members
Current lineup
*Andreas Hilbert - Guitar, Vocals
*Rainer Humeniuk - Bass
*Erik Krebs - Drums
*Carsten May - Guitar
Past members
*Max Grützmacher - Bass (died 1992)
*Jens Malwitz - Guitar (died 1993)
*Michael Marschalk - Drums
*Rico Spiller - Bass
*Ruben Wittchow - Drums
Discography
*''Visceral Scab'' Demo, 1991
*''Visceral Scab'' Single, 1992
*''Recall the Day of Incarnation'' Demo, 1993
*''Eternity: The Weeping Horizons'' Full-length, 1996
*''The 2nd Moon'' Full-length, 1998
*''Dreamweaver'' Full-length, 2004
External links
Official website*
German death metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1989
Nuclear Blast artists
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