The Eternal Afflict is a band from

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, Germany, started in 1989.

History

The band started as a collaboration between Markus Borowski ("Mark") and André Kampmann ("Cyan"). They released 3 demo tapes under the name ''Romantic Affliction''. In 1991, they created their debut album ''Atroci(-me)ty'', followed by the EP ''Luminographic''. Both of these contain their best known and most popular track: San Diego. They performed at the first official

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in 1992. In 1993 they released the album ''Trauma Rouge'', followed by a supporting tour called ''The Trauma over Europe''. 1994 saw the release of their album ''War'' on Gymnastic Records. The band broke up in 1995 due to internal strife, with Mark and Cyan concentrating on solo work such as Cyan Kills E.Coli. After a four year break, The Eternal Afflict published their best of album ''Nothing meant Forever'' in 1998. They also performed at the fourth Woodstage Summer Open Air festival in

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. However, it was another five years before they finally got back together and produced a new album, ''Katharsis'' in 2003, with producer Winus Rilinger ("Winus") on board. They also performed at

2003. This was followed by the album ''Black Heritage'' in 2004, which included cover versions of their favourite songs and one new track, ''Schwarz''. In 2005, the band released ''Euphoric & Demonic'', followed by a European tour and a 2 year break. The title track, ''Euphoric & Demonic'', was on the Deutsche Alternative Charts for 7 weeks, peaking at #9.

Discography

Albums

*''Atroci(-me)ty'' (Glasnost Records, 1991) *''(Luminographic) Agony'' (Glasnost Records, 1992) *''Trauma Rouge (..Now Mind Revolution)'' (Glasnost Records, 1992) *''The Awakening'' (Glasnost Records, 1993) *''In Times Like These...'' (1993) *''War'' (Gymnastic Records, 1994) *''Katharsis'' (Scanner, 2003) *''Black Heritage'' (Scanner, 2004) *''Euphoric & Demonic'' (Scanner, 2005) *''

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' (Afflict:Me Records, 2009)

Singles and EPs

*''San Diego 2K9 (feat

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)'' (Afflict Me, 2009)

References

External links

The Eternal Afflict's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eternal Afflict German musical groups Musical groups established in 1989 Musicians from Essen