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| Also known as | Septic Flesh (1990–2003) |
| Origin | Athens, Greece |
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| Website | www |
Septicflesh (stylized asSepticFlesh, formerly known asSeptic Flesh) are a Greekdeath metal band fromAthens, founded in 1990.[2]
Septicflesh were formed in Athens in March 1990 by Sotiris Vayenas (guitar), Spiros Antoniou (bass and vocals), and Christos Antoniou (guitars). They released a debutEP,Temple of the Lost Race in December with Black Power Records, 1991.[2] The band recorded their first full-length album,Mystic Places of Dawn, in April 1994 at the Storm studio with the co-production of Magus Wampyr Daoloth (who had been the keyboardist forRotting Christ).[3] released byHoly Records. They started working on a new album for 1995 and named itEsoptron. It was produced by Septic Flesh and George Zacharopoulos, recorded and mixed at Storm Studios in March - April 1995, mastered by Sonic Contact (France), and released byHoly Records
Session vocalist Natalie Rassoulis joined forThe Ophidian Wheel (1997) and again forA Fallen Temple (1998).[4]
The group split up in October 2003, and after the breakup, its members moved on to different or existing projects:Christos Antoniou continued involvement withChaostar, which he formed in 1998, and Katsionis played guitar forNightfall and keyboards forFirewind.TheDevilWorx formed a year after Septic Flesh's disbanding, and featured some membersfrom Septic Flesh's original line-up. In March 2007, guitarist Sotiris Vayenas revealed his plans for a new solo project called Aenaos.
On February 19, 2007, Septic Flesh announced a reunion for Greece'sMetal Healing Festival featuringOrphaned Land,Rage andAborted, set to take place July 20–22.[5]
On April 3, 2007,Blabbermouth.net reported the band reunited for a seventh full-length CD, for French record labelSeason of Mist. According to guitarist and composer Christos Antoniou, the release would feature a full orchestra and a choir, totalling 80 musicians and 32 singers.[6] Septic Flesh finalized the new album,Communion, inStudio Fredman in Sweden; it was released in April 2008. By this time the band had changed its name from Septic Flesh to Septicflesh. According to guitarist Christos it looks better and states a new phase in the band.[7]
On September 10, 2009, the band announced that they had begun work on a new studio album, tentatively planned for release in the beginning of 2011.
On December 17, 2010, the band released the first single, "The Vampire From Nazareth", and announced that the new album will be shipped on April 28 in the UK, and April 29 in the United States.[8][9]
On February 12, 2014, the band released details aboutTitan.[10] The album was released in June 2014. On December 15, 2014, it was announced thatKerim "Krimh" Lechner had joined Septicflesh as their new drummer, following the recent departure of their former longtime drummer, Fotis Benardo (a.k.a. Fotis Gianakopoulos).
In June 2016 interview it was declared that, since early 2016, Septicflesh had been working on their tenth studio album, scheduled for release toward spring 2017.[11][12][13][14][15] In early June 2017, band members claimed that Septicflesh's tenth album, titledCodex Omega, is officially due to release on September 1, 2017. Like the previous album,Titan,Codex Omega was released throughProsthetic Records.[16]
On August 29, 2018, it was announced that the band had signed to Nuclear Blast Records.[17]
In February 2019, Septicflesh performed their first live performance featuring a full orchestra and choir, in a sold-out performance at theTeatro Metropólitan inMexico City,Mexico. The show was recorded and was released through Season of Mist in July 2020 as the band's first official live album, titledInfernus Sinfonica MMXIX, in audio and video format.[18]
In 2020, the band announced the upcoming release of a new studio album. The album, entitled "Modern Primitive" was released in May of 2022.[19]
In September 2024, Septicflesh were the first metal band to perform inOdeon of Herodes Atticus, once again featuring a full orchestra and a choir.[20]
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| 1994 | Mystic Places of Dawn
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| 1995 | Esoptron
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| 1997 | Ophidian Wheel
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| 1998 | A Fallen Temple
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| 1999 | Revolution DNA
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| 2003 | Sumerian Daemons
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| 2008 | Communion
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| 2011 | The Great Mass
| — | — | 132 | — | ||||||
| 2014 | Titan
| 99 | 37 | 112 | 7 | ||||||
| 2017 | Codex Omega
| 112 | — | 85 | 9 | ||||||
| 2022 | Modern Primitive
| 104 | — | 138 | — | ||||||
| Year | Title | Album | Director(s) |
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| 1998 | "The Eldest Cosmonaut" | A Fallen Temple | A. Argiris, N. Kaltzis |
| 2015 | "Prometheus"[25] | Titan | Jon Simvonis |
| 2017 | "Portrait of a Headless Man"[26] | Codex Omega | |
| 2018 | "Martyr"[27] | ||
| 2022 | "Hierophant"[28] | Modern Primitive | |
| "Neuromancer"[29] |
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