Vesania (

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for "insanity") is a Polish

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band formed in 1997 by Orion,

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and

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. Later members were Annahvahr and Hatrah, who left the band in 1999 and was replaced by Siegmar. Their first release, ''Moonastray'', was a split with Black Altar, released in 2002 by Odium Records exclusively in Poland. The release was limited to 666 copies and each CD was signed with blood. 2003 saw the release across Europe of their first full-length album, ''

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'', by

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. This was followed by the departure of band member Annahvahr. Their second album, '' God the Lux,'' was released in April 2005, and shortly thereafter Valeo (Sammath Naur, Mortis Dei) joined the band as lead guitarist. Their third album, '' Distractive Killusions'', was released in 2007 on

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, from which came their first single "Rage of Reason". The vocals include

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Members

Current

* Tomasz "Orion" Wróblewski – guitar, vocals (1997–present) * Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski – drums, percussion (1997–present) * Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha – bass (1997–present) * Krzysztof "Siegmar" Oloś – keyboards (2000–present)

Former

* Hatrah – keyboards (1998–1999) * Filip "Annahvahr" Żołyński – guitar, vocals (1998–2003) * Marcin "Valeo" Walenczykowski – guitar (2005–2018; died 2018)

Live

* Sławomir "Mortifer" Arkhangelsky (family name Kusterka) – guitar (2003; died 2013) * Kerim "Krimh" Lechner – drums

Discography

;Studio albums ; Demos ; Other releases

References

External links

Vesania's Official website

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