Exumer

Exumer
Exumer – Wacken Open Air 2015
Background information
Origin	Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Genres	Thrash metal
Years active	1985–1991, 2001, 2008–present
Labels	Disaster, Metal Blade Records

Exumer is a German thrash metal band formed in Wiesbaden in 1985 by singer/bassist Mem V. Stein and guitarist Ray Mensh. The band broke up in 1991 after two demos and two albums. Exumer appeared for a one-off show at Wacken Open Air in 2001 and were re-activated by V. Stein and Mensh in 2008.

History

The first album, Possessed by Fire, moves on the same line of Into the Dark Past of the then label mates of Angel Dust, the second album Rising from the Sea is rather more obvious the influence of Slayer thanks to the voice of Paul Arakaki, similar to that of Tom Araya. Soon after this album the band broke up only to reform in the 2001 during the exhibition at Wacken Open Air. In 2009 Exumer released a one track demo called "Waking the Fire". Exumer released their third album Fire & Damnation in April 2012, followed four years later by their fourth album The Raging Tides. Their fifth album, Hostile Defiance, will be released on April 5, 2019.

Band members

Current members

• Mem V. Stein – vocals (1985–1986, 2001, 2008–present), bass (1985–1986, 2001)
• Ray Mensh – guitar (1985–1989, 2008–present)
• T. Schiavo – bass (2009–present)
• Matthias Kassner – drums (2010–present)
• Marc B – guitar (2013–present)

Former members

• Bernie Siedler – guitar (1985-1989, 2001)
• Syke Bornetto – drums (1985–1989)
• Paul Arakaki – vocals, bass (1986-1988), guitar (1985, 2009–2010)
• John Cadden – vocals (1989)
• Franz Pries – bass (1989)
• Bernd Cramer – drums (1989)
• J.P. Rapp – drums (2009–2010)
• H.K. – guitar (2010–2013; died 2014)
• L.O.P. – drums (2001)

Discography

Studio albums

• Possessed by Fire (1986)
• Rising from the Sea (1987)
• Fire & Damnation (2012)
• The Raging Tides (2016)
• Hostile Defiance (2019)

Demos

• A Mortal in Black (1985)
• Whips & Chains (1989)
• Waking The Fire (2009)

Sources

• "Current Line-up". Archived from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
• "Metal Forces Magazine".

External links

• Rivadavia, Eduardo. Biography of Exumer at AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-11-05.