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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Cruciform
| name            = The Slow Death
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| background      = group_or_band
| background      = group_or_band
| alias          =  
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| origin          = Sydney NSW
| origin          = Blue Mountains, NSW
| genre          = Death metal, Doom metal
| genre          = Doom metal
| years_active    = 1990 - 1995, 2012 - present
| years_active    = 2007 - present
| label          = Warhead
| label          =  
| associated_acts = [[Avrigus]], [[Lycanthia]], Sh'mantra
| associated_acts = Pallbearer, [[Lycanthia]], [[Corpsickle]], [[Mournful Congregation]], [[Stone Wings]], [[Decayed Divinity]], [[Elysium]], [[Backyard Mortuary]], [[Nazxul]], [[Crone]], [[Murkrat]]
| website        = http://www.facebook.com/cruciform
| website        =  
| current_members = Simon Gruer, Leon Kelly, Michael Lenton, Tony Mulhearn, Lee Tassaker
| current_members = Mandy Andresen, Dan Garcia, Yonn McLaughlin, Stuart Prickett, Gregg Williamson
| past_members    = Matt Seldon, Daniel Moth
| past_members    = Brett Campbell, Gregg Williamson
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*Current line-up
*Current line-up
**Simon Gruer (vocals, guitar)
**Mandy Andersen (vocals, keys)
**Leon Kelly (guitar)
**Dan Garcia (bass)
**Michael Lenton (drums, vocals)
**Yonn McLaughlin (John McLaughlin) (drums)
**Tony Mulhearn (guitar, vocals)
**Stuart Prickett (guitar, keys, vocals)
**Lee Tassaker (bass)
**Gamliel (vocals)


*Former members
*Former members  
**Matt Seldon (bass, vocals) 1994 - 1995
**Gregg Williamson (vocals) 2007 - 2014 (d. 2.12.14)
**Daniel Moth (bass, vocals) 1990 - 1994
**Brett Campbell (guitar) 2012 - 2015
 
===Formed===
 
Sydney, NSW, 1990


===Band information===
===Band information===


Cruciform was perhaps one of the most significant Australian metal bands of the early 1990s, playing a slow and heavy form of death/doom long before most others. Cruciform could well have gone on to take a serious role on the worldwide stage but internal conflicts sadly tore the group apart on the verge of international recognition.
The Slow Death is a funeral doom band from the Blue Mountains, formed by Stuart Prickett ([[Stone Wings]], [[Backyard Mortuary]]), Mandy Andresen (ex-[[Lycanthia]], [[Murkrat]]) and Gregg Williamson ([[Corpsickle]]) in 2007. [[Nazxul]] drummer Yonn McLaughlin joined the band in 2010 and Brett Campbell from '''Pallbearer''' was lead guitarist for some years. Williamson died on his 40th birthday on December 2, 2014 and the ''Ark'' album was released after his death.
 
The band developed a style similar to that of early recordings by '''Anathema''' and '''Paradise Lost''' featuring slow, lingering riffs and epic arrangements and rose to the forefront of Sydney's metal scene with ''Atavism'' in 1993, the first release for Warhead Records, whose owner Brad Sims was also the band's manager. Following this Daniel Moth was replaced by Matt Seldon and the group's sound engineer Simon Gruer joined Cruciform as lead vocalist and keyboard player. In 1995 they recorded a two-track demo featuring "Gutter" which appeared on that year's compilation album from Warhead and Gruer went to England where he demoed some material for Earache Records. During this time Cruciform was billed to headline [[Metal for the Brain]].  
 
Earache liked the material and were prepared to offer the band a deal but before Gruer could return to Australia, Cruciform had split up. Gruer continued with a project called [[Avrigus]]. Seldon and Lenton were later members of Sydney post-rock band '''Sh'mantra''' with former [[Aftermath]] guitarist Alex Hole.  
 
In 2012, Cruciform reformed, with Lee Tassaker from [[Lycanthia]] on bass.


===Discography===
===Discography===


'''Album:'''
'''Albums:'''


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| 2008
| 1993
| '''''The Slow Death'''''  
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| Independent
| Warhead
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| 2012
 
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| 1995
| 2021
| "Gutter"
| '''''Siege'''''  
| '''''Warhead Vol. 1'''''
| Transcending Obscurity
| Warhead
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Latest revision as of 01:26, 10 May 2022

The Slow Death
OriginBlue Mountains, NSW
GenresDoom metal
Years active2007 - present
Associated actsPallbearer, Lycanthia, Corpsickle, Mournful Congregation, Stone Wings, Decayed Divinity, Elysium, Backyard Mortuary, Nazxul, Crone, Murkrat
MembersMandy Andresen, Dan Garcia, Yonn McLaughlin, Stuart Prickett, Gregg Williamson
Past membersBrett Campbell, Gregg Williamson

Band members

  • Current line-up
    • Mandy Andersen (vocals, keys)
    • Dan Garcia (bass)
    • Yonn McLaughlin (John McLaughlin) (drums)
    • Stuart Prickett (guitar, keys, vocals)
    • Gamliel (vocals)
  • Former members
    • Gregg Williamson (vocals) 2007 - 2014 (d. 2.12.14)
    • Brett Campbell (guitar) 2012 - 2015

Band information

The Slow Death is a funeral doom band from the Blue Mountains, formed by Stuart Prickett (Stone Wings, Backyard Mortuary), Mandy Andresen (ex-Lycanthia, Murkrat) and Gregg Williamson (Corpsickle) in 2007. Nazxul drummer Yonn McLaughlin joined the band in 2010 and Brett Campbell from Pallbearer was lead guitarist for some years. Williamson died on his 40th birthday on December 2, 2014 and the Ark album was released after his death.

Discography

Albums:

2008 The Slow Death Independent
2012 II Independent
2014 Ark Independent
2021 Siege Transcending Obscurity
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