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  • Formed: 1991
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Revolution", "Klagebilder", "Awake

Biography

The German goth-metal band Crematory formed in 1991; made up of singer Felix, guitarist Matthias, bassist Harald, keyboardist Katrin and drummer Markus, the group issued their debut album Transmigration in 1993, followed a year later by ...Just Dreaming. Subsequent efforts include 1995's Illusions, 1997's Awake and 1999's Act Seven. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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Crematory
Origin Westhofen, Germany
Genres Doom metal (early)
Death metal
Gothic Death metal(recent)
Years active 1991-2001, 2003-present
Labels Massacre (1993–1996, 2006–present)
Nuclear Blast (1996–2006)
Associated acts Mystic Circle
Website www.crematory.de
Members
Gerhard "Felix" Stass - growling

Matthias Hechler - guitar, clean vocals
Katrin Goger - keyboards
Harald Heine - bass
Markus Jüllich - drums
Former members
Marc Zimmer - bass, clean vocals/screaming

Heinz Steinhauser - bass, clean vocals/screaming
Lothar "Lotte" Forst - guitars, clean vocals

Crematory is a gothic metal[1]/death metal band formed in Mannheim, Germany in 1991.

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History

The band received its earliest recognition in the mid-1990s by touring with My Dying Bride, Tiamat and Atrocity[2]. Much like the latter two groups, the band had begun as traditional death metal, then evolved with an industrial music and gothic metal musical direction on later albums. The band would receive heavy rotation on MTV Germany[3], and would also make appearances at various extreme metal festivals, including Germany's Wacken Open Air in the years 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2008, in addition to inclusion on Nuclear Blast compilation samplers.

The band re-signed to Massacre Records in 2006 after a 10 year stint with Nuclear Blast; Massacre had been the band's first label.

Active for almost 20 years (with a brief split between 2001 and 2003) they are among one of Europe's longest running bands affiliated with the gothic metal genre.[2]

Line-up

Current members

  • Gerhard Stass - vocals (1991–present)
  • Matthias Hechler - guitar and vocals (1998–present)
  • Katrin Goger - keyboards (1992–present)
  • Harald Heine - bass guitar (1993–present)
  • Markus Jüllich - drums (1991–present)

Former members

  • Marc Zimmer - bass, vocals (1991–1993)
  • Lothar "Lotte" Forst - guitar, vocals (1991–1998)

Sessional live members

  • Heinz Steinhauser - bass, vocals (1993)

Discography

Demos

  • Crematory (1992)

Studio Albums

Live

  • Live... At The Out Of The Dark Festivals (1997)
  • Remind (2001)
  • LiveRevolution (2005)

Singles, EP's

Collection

  • Early Years (1999)
  • Remind (2001)

Trivia

  • One of the founding members was Bassist Marc Zimmer, who would leave the band in 1992 to focus on Mystic Circle.
  • Jüllich and Goger are married.
  • The band collaborate in the tribute album to Metallica, called A Tribute To The Four Horsemen, with the song "One".

References

  1. ^ Nuclear Blast America
  2. ^ a b CREMATORY | Unique, Detailed Biography | MusicMight
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ http://www.crematory.de/main/news/e_news.php

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