Secrets of the Moon
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Secrets of the Moon is a black metal
band from Osnabrück
, Germany, founded in 1995. They played at the Summer Breeze Open Air
in August 2007 and at the Hellfest Summer Open Air
in June 2007.
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band from Osnabrück
Osnabrück
Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest...
, Germany, founded in 1995. They played at the Summer Breeze Open Air
Summer Breeze Open Air
Summer Breeze Open Air is a heavy metal music festival in Germany. It takes place annually in Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria. It was first held in 1997. The festival had been held in Abtsgmünd until 2006 when it was moved to its new location of Dinkelsbühl. The festival draws around 40,000 attendees annually...
in August 2007 and at the Hellfest Summer Open Air
Hellfest Summer Open Air
Hellfest is an annual music festival which takes place in Clisson, France in mid-June. It is held within the Val de Moine sport complex in Clisson, approximately 35 km south-east of the city of Nantes, and approximately 400 km south-west of the nation's capital Paris. Billed as an "extreme music...
in June 2007.
Current members
- sG - Vocals, guitars, synth
- Thrawn Thelemnar - Drums (also in Eudaimony, Dordeduh)
- LSK - Bass (also in in VorkreistVorkreistVorkreist is a French death/black metal band, based in Paris, who share members with the black metal bands Antaeus and Hell Militia. "Vorkreist" is a barbarism created by the band that supposedly means Antichrist.-Biography:...
, Hell Militia, and AntaeusAntaeus (band)Antaeus is a French black metal band formed in 1993 offering eerie ambient and chaotic black metal.The group's slogan is "Anti God, Anti Music, Anti You". Their debut album, Cut Your Flesh and Worship Satan, was a collection of re-recorded demo tracks...
) - AR - Guitars, backing vocals (also in odem Arcarum, Dordeduh)
Former members
- Daevas - Vocals, bass
- Thelema - Guitars, effects
- Frazer - Drums
- Schizo - Guitar
- Ohtar - Guitar
- A.D.- Guitars
Discography
- Unearthed Arcana (Demo, 1995)
- VanitasVanitas (album)Vanitas is the second full-length studio album by the Italian Gothic metal band Macbeth.-Track listing:# 13 November 00:52# Crepuscolaria 07:11# Lady Lily White 06:19# Fables 05:03# Aloisa 04:20# El Diablo y la Luna 07:13...
(Demo, 1997) - Auf einer Wanderung durch goldene Sphären (SplitSplit albumA split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
, 1999) - Stronghold of the InviolablesStronghold of the InviolablesStronghold of the Inviolables is the first full length studio album by the black metal band Secrets of the Moon. It was released on Sombre Records in 2001.-Track listing:#"Inverted Kaos Principles" – 2:07#"Praise the Kaos" – 7:20...
(2001) - De Musica MundanaDe Musica MundanaDe Musica Mundana is the first compilation album released by the black metal band Secrets of the Moon. It was released in 2002 on Kneel Before The.....
(CompilationCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
, 2002) - Black Metal Endsieg III (Split, 2002)
- Live in Bitterfield 2001 (Live, 2002)
- Bestien in Engelsgestalt (Split, 2003)
- Carved in Stigmata Wounds (2004)
- The Exhibitions EP (EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, 2005) - Antithesis (2006)
- Privilegivm (2009)
- Seven Bells (TBA)
External links
- Official website
- Secrets of the Moon at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Secrets of the Moon at Prophecy ProductionsProphecy ProductionsProphecy Productions is a German record label located in Zeltingen-Rachtig, founded by Martin Koller in 1996. It proclaims being a "label for eerie emotional music", which roughly comprises artists with a dark metal, black metal, or neofolk background, but a unique and unconventional approach to...
- Secrets of the Moon at Lupus Lounge