Undish
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Undish is a Christian
gothic metal
band from Oborniki
, Poland
, formed in 1991. Undish is led by female vocalist Ada Szarata as well as a male vocalist named Robert Baum who is also handling the drums. After the release of their first album, ...Acta Est Fabula, on Massacre Records
, they toured Europe in August 1997 together with Saviour Machine
and Theatre of Tragedy
, and performed at Wacken Open Air
. Their second album, Letters from the Earth
, was released on Morbid Noizz Productions. The band was planning to record a third album entitled A Gift of Flying
in 2003 but its release was delayed until 2005 when it was released on CL Productions.
Darek Was and Michal Branny left Graviora Manent and around 1995 the band was joined by Ada Szarata (female vocals), Andrzej Walensiak (bass) and Gracjan Jeran (guitar). During this line up change in 1995 they began playing gothic metal, and recorded their first album ...Acta Est Fabula in Poland, 1996. In 1997 the band name was changed to Undish and they were signed to Massacre Records. Undish rerecorded ...Acta Est Fabula in Germany after the record deal and Massacre Records published ...Acta Est Fabula to wider audience. Afterwards they toured Europe, specifically Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, together with Saviour Machine, Theatre of Tragedy, Alastis, and Aion. During that tour, Undish performed in Wacken Open Air
.
For the next three years, Undish worked on their second album, Letters from the Earth
. The album was only published in Poland by the label Morbid Noizz Productions in 1999. Musically, it was considered a step ahead from ...Acta Est Fabula.
Their third album, A Gift of Flying
took them four years of work, and was supposed to be released in February 2003. However, the album was delayed until 2005 when the label CL Productions released the album.
and gothic rock
influenced guitars, and the deep and somber vocals of both Ada Szarata and Robert Baum. The vocals have a strong Polish accent. Undish 2005 album, A Gift of Flying shows a more impassioned style with a more laidback yet dark atmosphere.
Christian metal
Christian metal, also known as white metal, is a form of heavy metal music usually defined by its message in a song's lyrics as well as the band's dedication to Christianity...
gothic metal
Gothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
band from Oborniki
Oborniki
Oborniki is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 30 km north of Poznań. It is the capital of Oborniki County and of Gmina Oborniki. Its population is 18,176 .-External links:* *...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, formed in 1991. Undish is led by female vocalist Ada Szarata as well as a male vocalist named Robert Baum who is also handling the drums. After the release of their first album, ...Acta Est Fabula, on Massacre Records
Massacre Records
Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany.The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. The label is specialized on bands of the harder varieties of metal...
, they toured Europe in August 1997 together with Saviour Machine
Saviour Machine
Saviour Machine is an American Christian metal band that formed in 1989. They have released five studio albums and two live albums on Frontline and subsequently on MCM Music, distributed through Massacre Records...
and Theatre of Tragedy
Theatre of Tragedy
Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian band from Stavanger, active between 1993 and 2010. They are best known for their earlier albums, which provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre.-Biography:...
, and performed 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...
. Their second album, Letters from the Earth
Letters from the Earth (album)
Letters from the Earth is the second album by the Polish gothic metal band Undish, released on Morbid Noizz Productions in 1999. The album was only released in Poland.-Recording:...
, was released on Morbid Noizz Productions. The band was planning to record a third album entitled A Gift of Flying
A Gift of Flying
A Gift of Flying is the third album by the Polish gothic metal band Undish, released on CL Productions in 2005.-Recording:A Gift of Flying was to be released in 2002, but the band went through some unknown problems that delayed the release date until 2005 when the album was released on CL Productions...
in 2003 but its release was delayed until 2005 when it was released on CL Productions.
Biography
Undish was originally known as Graviora Manent and was formed in 1991 by Robert Baum (drums and vocals), Michal Christoph (guitar, guitar synthesizer), Darek Was (bass) and Michal Branny (guitar). The band played death and thrash metal styles at first. They released demos Pain (1991) and Moving Pictures (1994), and had a record deal with Altheya Project Records.Darek Was and Michal Branny left Graviora Manent and around 1995 the band was joined by Ada Szarata (female vocals), Andrzej Walensiak (bass) and Gracjan Jeran (guitar). During this line up change in 1995 they began playing gothic metal, and recorded their first album ...Acta Est Fabula in Poland, 1996. In 1997 the band name was changed to Undish and they were signed to Massacre Records. Undish rerecorded ...Acta Est Fabula in Germany after the record deal and Massacre Records published ...Acta Est Fabula to wider audience. Afterwards they toured Europe, specifically Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, together with Saviour Machine, Theatre of Tragedy, Alastis, and Aion. During that tour, Undish performed in 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...
.
For the next three years, Undish worked on their second album, Letters from the Earth
Letters from the Earth (album)
Letters from the Earth is the second album by the Polish gothic metal band Undish, released on Morbid Noizz Productions in 1999. The album was only released in Poland.-Recording:...
. The album was only published in Poland by the label Morbid Noizz Productions in 1999. Musically, it was considered a step ahead from ...Acta Est Fabula.
Their third album, A Gift of Flying
A Gift of Flying
A Gift of Flying is the third album by the Polish gothic metal band Undish, released on CL Productions in 2005.-Recording:A Gift of Flying was to be released in 2002, but the band went through some unknown problems that delayed the release date until 2005 when the album was released on CL Productions...
took them four years of work, and was supposed to be released in February 2003. However, the album was delayed until 2005 when the label CL Productions released the album.
Music
Undish's music is characterized by a dark and ethereal atmosphere, doom metalDoom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
and gothic rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
influenced guitars, and the deep and somber vocals of both Ada Szarata and Robert Baum. The vocals have a strong Polish accent. Undish 2005 album, A Gift of Flying shows a more impassioned style with a more laidback yet dark atmosphere.
Discography
- …Acta Est Fabula…Acta Est Fabula...Acta Est Fabula is the debut album by the Polish gothic metal band Undish, released on Massacre Records in 1997.- Recording :...Acta Est Fabula was originally recorded in Poland in 1996 under the band name Graviora Manent. In 1997 the band name was changed to Undish and they were signed to...
(1997) - Letters from the EarthLetters from the Earth (album)Letters from the Earth is the second album by the Polish gothic metal band Undish, released on Morbid Noizz Productions in 1999. The album was only released in Poland.-Recording:...
(1999) - A Gift of FlyingA Gift of FlyingA Gift of Flying is the third album by the Polish gothic metal band Undish, released on CL Productions in 2005.-Recording:A Gift of Flying was to be released in 2002, but the band went through some unknown problems that delayed the release date until 2005 when the album was released on CL Productions...
(2005)
External links
- Official Website
- Undish at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Undish at Metal-Archives