Inquisition (metal band)
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| Inquisition | |
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 Live at Hole In The Sky, Bergen Metal Fest 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Cali, Colombia & Seattle, U.S. |
| Genres | Thrash metal (early) Black metal |
| Years active | 1988—present |
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Sylphorium Records |
| Members | |
| Dagon Incubus |
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The band Inquisition was formed in 1988 in Cali, Colombia by Dagon. The band started as a thrash metal act, and in 1994 evolved into raw black metal.
In 1996, Dagon left Colombia and moved back to the United States to continue Inquisition and search for a new drummer. That same year Dagon met Incubus, who joined the band on drums and the creation of their debut full length album began. This line-up has remained stable for more than ten years and is now seen as the classic Inquisition line-up.
Inquisition resides north of Seattle, Washington, USA.
The band's style of black metal involves slow, deep and dark riffing combined with sudden tempo changes to faster sections based around blast beats and high-speed riffing; at times adding melodic solos. The classic Inquisition sound involves the combination of old school thrash metal-influenced riffs with darker and more chaotic black metal, primarily involving fast, tremolo picked minor-key guitar riffs, thus creating the trademark "Inquisition sound".
Another notable element of the Inquisition sound is Incubus' blast beat style, in which the snare works together with the hi-hat or ride while alternating the two bass drums, as opposed to alternating the snare and kick, the more traditional form. This style is somewhat uncommon in black metal, being used much more prevalently in brutal death metal.
Dagon's voice is rather monotonous, with the intention of inducing a trance-like feeling. Dagon has said that the vocals he expresses are not to reflect that of a human, but rather that of an unseen entity in demonic form and screaming or shouting will not connect the message correctly.
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[edit] Past members
John Santa - Drums 1988 - 1994
Endhir Xo Kpurtos - Drums 1996
Debandt - Bass
Cesar Santa - Bass 1989
Carlos Arcila - Keyboards and Flute
[edit] Current members
- Dagon - Vocals, Guitars (1988-)
- Incubus - Drums (1996-)
[edit] Discography
The Colombian Demo years:
- Anxious Death (1990, EP)
- Forever Under (1993, demo)
- Summoning The Black Dimensions In The Farallones/ Nema(1996, Split album)
The United States Black Metal years:
- Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult (1998, Album)
- Invoking the Majestic Throne of Satan (2002, Album)
- Magnificent Glorification of Lucifer (2004, Album)
- Nefarious Dismal Orations (2007, Album)
- Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm (2010, Album)
[edit] Rarities
- Incense of Rest (1996, EP on Defiled Records. This was the first original c.d. version before released as a split with Profane Creation)
- Unholy Inquisition Rites (2004, EP this was used as an advance of the upcoming full length with a live bonus song)
- Anxious Death/Forever Under (2006, Compilation album on Nuclear War Now! Prod.)
