Exumer is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

 band formed in 1985.They disbanded after two demos and two albums and reunited again in 2001.

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

Angel Dust (band)

Angel Dust are a German heavy metal band. Initially active from 1984 to 1990 as speed and thrash metal band, they dropped their thrash roots in favor of a power/progressive metal sound upon reforming in 1998....

, the second album is rather more obvious the influence of Slayer

Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...

 thanks to the voice of Paul Arakaki, similar to that of Tom Araya

Tom Araya

Tom Araya is a Chilean musician, best known as the bassist and vocalist of the American thrash metal band Slayer...

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Soon after this album the band broke up only to reform in the 2001 during the exhibition at Wacken Open Air

Wacken Open Air

Wacken Open Air is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany...

. In 2009 Exumer released a one track demo called Waking The Fire. Exumer now plans to release new material sometime in 2012.

Band members

Current members

• Mem Von Stein - Vocals
  Singing
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• Ray Mensch - Guitar
  Electric guitar
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• H.K. - Guitar
  Electric guitar
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• T. Shiavo - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Matthias Kassner - Drums

Former members

• Paul Arakaki - Vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , Guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  
• J.P. Rapp - Drums
• Syke Bornetto - Drums
• Bernd Cramer - Drums
• Franz Pries - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• John Cadden - Vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Bernie Siedler - Guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  

Studio albums

• 1986 - Possessed by Fire
• 1987 - Rising from the Sea
• 2012 - TBA

Demos

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

Sources

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