Nader Sadek is an

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artist. His death metal project gathers many well-known and emerging artists from the entire metal scene, focusing mostly on black and death metal. Sadek currently resides in

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and has worked as a stage artist for Mayhem and

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, before he decided to create a

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of death metal musicians using contacts he gained through his career. Aside from his musical projects and his own art, Sadek produces and directs music videos, most notably, Morbid Angel's "Garden of Disdain", Incantation, Inquisition, Nordjevel, Alkaloid, and more.

History

The project was created by Sadek's desire to bring his philosophical perception of petroleum usage to the public eye. The project released their debut album, ''

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'', on May 16, 2011, in

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and a day later in

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Band members

Current members

*Nader Sadek – songwriting, concepts, direction, vocals *

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- vocals *

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- vocals *Seth Van De Loo - vocals *

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– drums *

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– drums * Septimiu Hărşan - drums * Dominic Lapointe – bass *Richie Brown - guitar *Jim Ross - guitar *Benoît "Barby" Claus - bass

Live members

*Richie Brown – guitar *Seth Van De Loo - vocals *

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– guitar *

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– guitar *Sean Frey – guitar * Mike Lerner – guitar * Nicholas McMaster – bass guitar *Rohit Chaturvedi – guitar *Kevin Paradis – Drums

Former members

* Steve Tucker – vocals *

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- lead guitar * Marcin "Novy" Nowak – bass guitar * Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen – guitar *

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– drums * Travis Ryan – vocals *Marcin Rygiel – bass guitar *Tom Geldschläger – guitar

Discography

; Albums * ''

'' (2011) ;EPs * ''The Malefic: Chapter III'' (2014) * ''The Serapeum'' (2020) ;DVDs * ''Living Flesh'' (2013) ;Music videos (all directed by Nader Sadek) *"Nigredo In Necromance" (2011) *"Sulffer" (2011) *"Re:Mechanic" (2014) *"Deformation by Incision" (2014) *"Entropy Eternal" Sample (2014)

References

External links

Official website
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