Vorkreist
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Vorkreist is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 death
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

/black metal
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, based in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, who share members with the black metal bands Antaeus
Antaeus (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...

 and Hell Militia. "Vorkreist" is a barbarism created by the band that supposedly means Antichrist
Antichrist
The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to a leader who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of Christ, while resembling him in a deceptive manner...

.

Biography

After a demo in 2001, Vorkreist released their first album, Sabbathical Flesh Possession
Sabbathical Flesh Possession
Sabbithical Flesh Possession is the second studio album released by the French death metal band Vorkreist. It was released on Xtreem Music in 2003.-Track listing:#Intro: Open the Gates of Flesh 00:47#Dead and Devoted 03:21#Purified in Hellfire 03:45...

, in 2003, to lukewarm reviews.

They released their second full-length album, Sublimation XXIXA
Sublimation XXIXA
Sublimation XXIXA is the second studio album released by the death metal band Vorkreist. It was released on Xtreem Music in 2006.-Track listing:#Great Orders of Sterile Lunacy 05:14#Sublimation XXIXA 03:26#Mystical Hierarchy of Perdition 04:35...

, in 2006, which garnered much more positive reviews. They toured Europe in September 2007 with Blacklodge and Horna
Horna
Horna is a Finnish black metal band that formed in 1993. The band has appeared on over thirty releases including splits, demos, EPs and albums since 1995, which have been released through numerous record labels.-History:...

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Current members

  • SohR-KaSM - vocals
  • AK - guitar
  • Es-X - guitar (2007-)
  • LSK - bass, also in Antaeus
    Antaeus (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...

    , Hell Militia and Secrets of the Moon
    Secrets of the Moon
    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.-Current members:* sG - Vocals, guitars, synth...

  • D.Terror - drums

Discography

Studio albums
Date of Release Title Label
2001 Sermons of Impurity (Demo) Independent
2003 Sabbathical Flesh Possession
Sabbathical Flesh Possession
Sabbithical Flesh Possession is the second studio album released by the French death metal band Vorkreist. It was released on Xtreem Music in 2003.-Track listing:#Intro: Open the Gates of Flesh 00:47#Dead and Devoted 03:21#Purified in Hellfire 03:45...

Xtreem music
Xtreem Music
Xtreem Music is an independent Spanish record label, founded after the collapse of Repulse Records in 2002, and managed by Dave Rotten . It mainly produce extreme death metal and black metal bands.- Bands :* Kronos* Avulsed...

2006 Sublimation XXIXA
Sublimation XXIXA
Sublimation XXIXA is the second studio album released by the death metal band Vorkreist. It was released on Xtreem Music in 2006.-Track listing:#Great Orders of Sterile Lunacy 05:14#Sublimation XXIXA 03:26#Mystical Hierarchy of Perdition 04:35...

Xtreem music
Xtreem Music
Xtreem Music is an independent Spanish record label, founded after the collapse of Repulse Records in 2002, and managed by Dave Rotten . It mainly produce extreme death metal and black metal bands.- Bands :* Kronos* Avulsed...

2009 Sickness Sovereign Trendkill Recordings

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