Evoken is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 funeral doom metal band from Lyndhurst, New Jersey

Lyndhurst, New Jersey

Lyndhurst is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 20,554.Lyndhurst was originally formed as Union Township on February 19, 1852 from portions of Harrison Township...

, that is influenced by the Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n band Disembowelment

Disembowelment (band)

Disembowelment is a Australian death/doom band from Melbourne, Australia that was formed in November 1989 out of the ashes of two-piece grind band Bacteria, featuring drummer Paul Mazziotta and guitarist/vocalist Renato Gallina...

 and the Finnish band Thergothon

Thergothon

Thergothon was an influential Finnish doom metal band. They were one of the pioneers of the funeral doom subgenre, starting with their demo Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth and continuing their raw, depressing style with their only album, Stream from the Heavens...

. The band name Evoken was taken from the Thergothon

Thergothon

Thergothon was an influential Finnish doom metal band. They were one of the pioneers of the funeral doom subgenre, starting with their demo Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth and continuing their raw, depressing style with their only album, Stream from the Heavens...

 song found on the Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth

Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth

Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth is the only demo album made by the funeral doom pioneers Thergothon. It originally was released in November 1991. It was reissued in 1992 by Wild Rags Records and in 1999 by Eibon Records. The demo was reissued again by Eibon in late 2005 or early 2006...

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.http://www.baroeg.nl/ddd/uk/html_uk/previous.htm.

Evoken is one of the earliest U.S. doom/death metal bands that are still active today along with Novembers Doom

Novembers Doom

Novembers Doom is a death/doom metal band from Chicago, Illinois. They are currently signed to The End Records. Novembers Doom is one of the earliest U.S. death/doom metal bands that are still active today along with Evoken and Rigor Sardonicous....

 and Rigor Sardonicous

Rigor Sardonicous

Rigor Sardonicous is an American death inspired doom metal band from Long Island, New York. Coined as "raw, apocalyptic doom", Rigor Sardonicous is one of the earliest American doom metal bands that are still active today among Novembers Doom and Evoken...

.

Evoken left Avantgarde Music

Avantgarde Music

Avantgarde Music is an Italian record label, formed as a continuation of Obscure Plasma Records, focusing on black and doom metal artists. The label has a sub-label called Wounded Love Records, which has released albums by Dolorian and Taake....

 of Italy after releasing two albums with the label and signed to I Hate Records of Sweden in January 2007.

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)

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)

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
  Quietus (album)
  Quietus is the second album by the American doom metal band Evoken. It was released in 2001.-Track listing:# "In Pestilence, Burning" – 8:42# "Withering Indignition" – 8:55# "Tending the Dire Hatred" – 7:11...
  
  (CD, 2001)
• Promo Demo 2002
• Antithesis of Light
  Antithesis of Light
  Antithesis of Light is an album by the US funeral doom band Evoken. It was released in 2005.- Track listing :# "Intro" – 0:50# "In Solitary Ruin" – 10:44# "Accursed Premonition" – 12:33# "The Mournful Refusal" – 13:30...
  
  (CD, 2005)
• A Caress of the Void
  A Caress of the Void
  A Caress of the Void is an album by the US doom metal band Evoken. It was released in 2007.-Track listing:# "A Caress Of the Void"  – 8:52# "Mare Erythraeum" – 7:19# "Of Purest Absolution" – 7:46# "Astray in Eternal Night" – 8:37...
  
  (CD, 2007)
• TBA (2012)

External links

• Official Evoken Myspace page
• [ Evoken at allmusic]
• Evoken Interview