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Vlad Tepes was a French
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band which was formed in
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in 1993. The name originated from the 15th-century Wallachian ruler, the inspiration for
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. The group belongs to
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. Vorlok Drakksteim also has a side project named Black Murder, for which he is the composer, while Wlad Drakksteim is the composer for Vlad Tepes. Vlad Tepes were one of the Black Legions bands featured in the magazine ''
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'' in 1995.


History

After a self-released rehearsal tape, the demo-tape ''War Funeral March'' (1994) was released on the American market by
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. It was followed the next year by ''
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'', a split release with fellow Black Legions act Bèlkètre, issued on the French Embassy Productions. In 1996, another split album with the Black Legions project Torgeist, ''
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'', was released by the French
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. The track ''Drink the Poetry of the Celtic Disciple'' was covered by alternative rock musician
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on the album Canaris on acoustic guitars.


Discography


Demos

*''Rehearsal Winter '93'' (Dec. 1993) *''War Funeral March'' (Demo 1, Aug. 1994, Tape,
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) *''The Return of the Unweeping'' (Trial demo, also wrongly called ''The Return of the Unweeping Moon'', Sept. 1994) *''Celtic Poetry'' (Demo 2, Nov. 1994) *''Into Frosty Madness'' (Trial demo, Jan. 1995) *''Brouillons I'' (unofficial draft leaked tape, May 1995) *''Brouillons II'' (unofficial draft leaked tape, May 1995) *''Dans Notre Chute...'' (Demo 3, Jul. 1995) *''The Return of the Unweeping II'' (Experimental demo, also wrongly called ''reh '96'', Oct. 1995) *''Black Legions Metal'' (cover demo, often wrongly called ''The Black Legions'', Nov. 1995) *''Morte Lune'' (Demo 4, Mar. 1996)


Splits

* ''March to the Black Holocaust'' (1995, split-CD with Bèlkètre, 1000 hand-numbered copies, Embassy Productions TE002) * ''Black Legions Metal'' (1996, Split-CD with Torgeist,
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Re-releases

* ''War Funeral March'' (MCD 1996 official re-release, 500 copies Embassy Production TE003) * ''Black Legions Metal'' (2004, split-LP official re-release,
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DKCD071, DKLP026, DK078) * ''War Funeral March ''(2013 official re-release CD/vinyle/tape,
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DKCD072, DKLP027, DK079, contains ''Rehearsal Winter '93'' as bonus) * ''Anthologie Noire'' (2013, double-CD, semi-official release
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DKCD075) * ''The Return of the Unweeping'' (2013, semi-official release vinyle/tape,
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DKLP029, DK081) * ''Celtic Poetry'' (2013, semi-official release vinyle/tape,
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DKLP030, DK082) * ''Into Frosty Madness'' (2013, semi-official release vinyle/tape,
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DKLP031, DK083) * ''Dans Notre Chute...'' (2013, semi-official release vinyle/tape,
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DKLP032, DK084) * ''Morte Lune'' (2013, semi-official release CD/vinyle/tape,
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DKCD073, DKLP028, DK080) * ''Winter'' (2014 MCD, official release of ''Reh' Winter '93'',
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DKCD083) * ''Celtic Poetry'' (2014 MCD, official release,
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DKCD084) * ''Into Frosty Madness'' (2014 MCD, official release,
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DKCD085) * ''Dans Notre Chute...'' (2014 CD, official release,
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DKCD089) * ''Morte Lune'' (2014 CD, official release,
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DKCD090) * ''The Return of the Unweeping - Collection'' (2014 CD, official release, contains ''The Return of the Unweeping I & II'' demos,
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DKCD091) * ''The Drakksteim Sessions'' (2015 double-CD, contains the ''Black Legions Metal'' -the Vlad Tepes part of the split with Torgeist as well as the eponymous cover demo-, several unreleased projects and Vlad Tepes covers by Chris Brokaw, Arkha Sva, Infernal Necromancy & Recluse,
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DKCD094) * ''An Ode to Our Ruin'' (2017 cassette, official release,
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References


Vlad Tepes interview
in ''Petrified Magazine No. 3'', 1994.

in ''Kill Yourself Magazine No. 2'', 1995.


External links


Vlad Tepes
on
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