Evoken
| Evoken | |
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| Origin | Lyndhurst, New Jersey |
| Genres | Funeral doom metal, death/doom |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | I Hate Records |
| Website | myspace.com/evoken |
| Members | |
| John Paradiso - Guitar/Vocals Nick Orlando - Guitar Chris Molinari - Guitar Dave Wagner - Bass Vince Verkay - Drums Don Zaros - Keyboards |
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| Past members | |
| Steve Moran Bill Manley Rob Robichaud Dario Derna Denny Hahn |
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Evoken is an American funeral doom metal band from Lyndhurst, New Jersey, that is influenced by the Australian band Disembowelment and the Finnish band Thergothon.[1][2] The band name Evoken was taken from the Thergothon song found on the Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth demo. The band was founded by guitarist Nick Orlando under the name Funereus in April 1992. It was with the original line-up of Rob (Bass/Vocals); Nick (Guitar); Phil (Guitar) & Vince (Drums) that they recorded what would be the only Funereus release, which was a rehearsal demo released in 1992. After briefly changing their name to Asmodeus the following year, the band eventually decided upon the name Evoken in 1994 after several line up changes. They headlined the Dutch Doomsday Festival in 2003 during a brief European tour of Holland, Belgium & the UK.[1].
Evoken is one of the earliest U.S. doom/death metal bands that are still active today along with Novembers Doom and Rigor Sardonicous.
Evoken left Avantgarde Music of Italy after releasing two albums with the label and signed to I Hate Records of Sweden in January 2007.
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[edit] Members
[edit] Current members
- John Paradiso - Guitars/Vocals (1994–present)
- Nick Orlando - Guitars (1992–present)
- Chris Molinari- Guitars (2009–present)
- Dave Wagner - Bass (2008–present)
- Vince Verkay- Drums (1992–present)
- Don Zaros - Keyboards (2007–present)
[edit] Former members
- Phil Wilson - Guitar (1992)
- Rob Robichaud - Bass/Vocals (1992–1993)
- Bill Manley - Bass (1994–1996)
- Dario Derna - Keyboards (1995–2002)
- Steve Moran - Bass (1996–2004)
- Denny Hahn - Keyboards (2003–2007)
- Charles Lamb - Cello (Session) (1998)
- Suzanne Bass - Cello (Session) (1999)
[edit] Discography
- Rehearsal/Demo 1992 (as Funereus)
- Shades of Night Descending (Demo, 1994)
- Shades of Night Descending (MCD, 1996)
- Promo Demo 1996
- Promo Demo 1997
- Embrace the Emptiness (CD, 1998)
- Quietus (CD, 2001)
- Promo Demo 2002
- Antithesis of Light (CD, 2005)
- A Caress of the Void (CD, 2007)
- TBA (2012)
