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Artist: Cellador
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Cellador

Group Members:

Michael Gremio, David Dahir, Bill Hudson, Chris Petersen, Valentin Rakhmanov

Similar Artists:

Pyramaze, Metal Church, Blind Guardian, Dragonforce

Influenced By:

Helloween, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Gamma Ray
  • Formed: 2004, Omaha, NE
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Enter Deception

Biography

Following in the footsteps of legendary European bands like Helloween and Blind Guardian, as well as more recent success stories like Dragonforce, whose self-termed "extreme" power metal provided the fundamental blueprint for their high-speed attack, Cellador was formed in the unlikely location of Omaha, NE, in the summer of 2004. It was there, less than a year into their existence, that the young group comprising Michael Gremio (vocals), Chris Petersen (lead and rhythm guitar), Bill Hudson (lead guitar and keyboards), Valentin Rakhmanov (bass guitar), and David Dahir (drums) opened a show for death metal band the Black Dahlia Murder, who were so impressed that they passed Cellador's demo along to Metal Blade Records owner Brain Slagel. Signed to the label soon after, Cellador got to work on their full-length debut, Enter Deception -- all the while touring across the U.S. with the likes of Kreator, Sonata Arctica, and Trivium. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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This article is about the power metal band. For the television production company, see Celador.
Cellador
Origin Omaha, Nebraska
Genres Power metal
Speed metal
Years active 2004 - present
Labels Metal Blade
Website www.cellador.com
Members
Michael Gremio
Chris Petersen
Yord
Mika Horiuchi
Dave Dahir
Former members
Bill Hudson
Valentin Rakhmanov

Cellador is a power metal band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed by guitarist Chris Petersen in 2004. After a rotation of a few member try-outs in the band's earliest days, Chris managed to come across a line-up in 2004 that revamped the music to its current "True Metal" form we know to this day. The band eventually signed to Metal Blade after playing a show with The Black Dahlia Murder.[1]

Cellador's debut album Enter Deception was released in 2006. The band recorded the album at Erik Rutan's Mana Studios. In an article from the December 2006 issue of Metal Maniacs magazine, Chris Petersen says that the band's name came from the words "cellar" and "door". Petersen said that he read an essay online by author J.R.R. Tolkien which stated that the two words have an appealing sound when combined. He also had mentioned that the band used to rehearse in the basement of one of the old band members, and the parents of that member would often tell them to "close the cellar door", which in their western accent sounded like "Cella door". Petersen also said that the band was originally called "Apostate", but the name was later changed to Cellador because he felt it was more fitting for the band.

Cellador has toured across the United States, Canada and Mexico with bands such as Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, All that Remains, Protest the Hero, The Human Abstract, The Sword, Behemoth, and Sonata Arctica.[2] They have also been scheduled to perform at the ProgPower USA VIII Showcase on October 4 in Atlanta, Georgia, [3] as well as LoudPark Fest in Japan on October 20, along with bands such as Heaven and Hell, Marilyn Manson, Blind Guardian, Nocturnal Rites, Tesla, Saxon, among many others.

Contents

Line-up

Current members

Former members

  • Valentin Rakhmanov – bass (2004-2007)
  • Bill Hudson - guitar (2005-2008)
  • Sam Chatham - guitar (2004-2005)
  • Rick Halverson - drums (2007)
  • Michael Gremio – vocals (2005-2009)
  • Dave Dahir – drums (2004-2007, 2007-2009)

Discography

External links

References


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