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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Abramelin
| name            = Acheron
| image          =  
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| origin          = Melbourne, VIC
| origin          = Melbourne, VIC
| genre          = Death metal
| genre          = Death metal
| years_active    = 1988 - 2002, 2016 - present
| years_active    = 1988 - 1994
| label          = Dark Oceans, Repulse, Thrust
| label          = Corpse Grinder
| associated_acts = [[Blood Duster]], [[Fracture]], [[Necrotomy]], [[Earth]], [[Damaged]], [[The Berzerker]], [[Heaven the Axe]], Akercocke, [[Werewolves]], [[Crisis Act]], [[Psycroptic]], [[Ruins]], The Antichrist Imperium, [[The Amenta]], [[Acheron]]
| associated_acts = [[Abramelin]], [[Necrotomy]], [[Earth]], [[The Berzerker]], [[Heaven the Axe]], [[The Amenta]], [[Acheron]], [[disEMBOWELMENT]], [[Sithlord]], [[Christbait]], [[Blood Duster]]
| website        =  
| website        =  
| current_members =  Simon Dower, Tim Aldridge, Rob Mollica, Dave Haley, Matt Wilcock
| current_members = 
| past_members    =  Justin Warnes, Matt Rizzo, Matt Skitz, Euan Heriot, Mark Schuliga, Grant Karajic
| past_members    =  Simon Dower, Tim Aldridge, Euan Heriot, Mark Schuliga, Justin Warnes, Derek Ackary, Jason Dutton, David Abbott, Jason Kells, Craig Bailey, Michael Colton, Jason Black
}}
}}


===Band members===
===Band members===


*Current line-up
*Final line-up
**Simon Dower (vocals)
**Simon Dower (vocals)
**Tim Aldridge (guitar)
**Tim Aldridge (guitar)
**Dave Haley (drums)
**Euan Heriot (drums)
**Matt Wilcock (guitar)
**Justin Warnes (bass)
**Rob Mollica (bass)
**Mark Shuliga (guitar)


*Former members
*Former members
**Grant Karajic (bass) 2000 - 2002
**Craig Bailey (drums) 1991 - 1994
**Matt Skitz (drums) 1998 - 1999
**Jason Dutton (drums) 1990 - 1991
**Matt Rizzo (drums) 1996 - 1998
**David Abbott (guitar) 1988 - 1991
**Euan Heriot (drums) 1991 - 1996
**Jason Kells (guitar) 1989 - 1990
**Justin Warnes (bass) 1994 - 1999
**Michael Colton (drums) 1988 - 1990
**Mark Shuliga (guitar) 1994
**Derek Ackary (bass) 1988 - 1990
 
**Jason Black (guitar) 1988 - 1989
 
 
===Formed===
===Formed===


Melbourne, VIC, 1994
Melbourne, VIC, 1988


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


Abramelin formed out of Melbourne death metal band [[Acheron]], which formed in Melbourne in 1988. After releasing an EP, the band became known as Abramelin in 1994 after a tour with '''Carcass''', taking inspiration from the name of a 14th Century magician and alchemist. The first release under the new name was an EP, issued on Dark Oceans. Mark Shuliga left soon after and Abramelin recorded their full-length debut as a four piece.
Acheron was one of Australia's earliest death metal bands, formed in Melbourne in 1988 by Simon Dower, Michael Colton, Derek Ackary, David Abbott and Jason Black. In 1989 Jason Kells replaced Black, and the following year Tim Aldridge replaced him, Derek Ackary was replaced by Justin Warnes and Jason Dutton took over from Michael Colton. Deprived of Afterlife was recorded in 1991 and further line-up changes occurred when Dutton was replaced by Craig Bailey and Mark Schuliga from [[Necrotomy]] took over from Abbott. In 1994, Euan Heriot joined Acheron on drums and soon afterward, to avoid further confusion with the Floridian death metal band of the same name, Acheron changed to [[Abramelin]]. The 2013 '''Abramelin''' compilation album by Century Media features Acheron's recordings.
 
''Abramelin'' was released by Shock's metal label Thrust in 1995 and was almost immediately banned in Western Australia and then some other markets due to the graphic nature of Dower's lyrics. [[Earth]] drummer Rob Mollica joined the band as second guitarist at this point. The album was issued internationally by Spain's Repulse Records in 1997 but given little label support and re-released in Australia through Shock with the earlier EP added, but minus a lyric sheet.
 
Heriot left Abramelin in 1996 and was replaced briefly by ex-[[Blood Duster]] drummer Matt Rizzo and then by Skitz from [[Damaged]]. After a performance at the 1997 [[Metal for the Brain]] festival, Abramelin appeared to grind to a halt. ''Deadspeak'' was eventually released in mid-2000 as a two piece effort with Tim Aldridge responsible for all the music, although Skitz had laid down the original drum tracks that were later re-recorded using a drum machine.
 
Abramelin appeared at Metal for the Brain in 2000 and then toured with '''Cradle of Filth''' in 2001. The band's live line-up for that tour was Dower, Aldridge and Rizzo, plus [[Steel Affliction]] and [[The Berzerker]] guitarist Matt Wilcock and bassist Grant Karajic. Following this tour the band ended. Wilcock joined British black metal band '''Akercocke''' and Aldridge was in '''The Berzerker''' for a short time and later recorded with [[Heaven the Axe]]. In 2013, Century Media released the band's complete recordings including the '''Acheron''' demos as ''Trangressing the Afterlife - The Complete Recordings 1998 - 2000''.
 
In 2016 Abramelin reformed to play at an anniversary show for the 80s Melbourne record store Metal for Melbourne, with Wilcock returning along with Mollica, this time on bass, and [[Psycroptic]] drummer Dave Haley. The album ''Never Enough Snuff'' was released in mid-2020 and the band has continued.


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


'''Albums:'''
'''EP:'''


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| 1995
| 1991
| '''''Abramelin'''''
| '''''Deprived of Afterlife'''''
| Thrust
| Corpse Grinder
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| 2000
| '''''Deadspeak'''''
| Shock
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| 2013
| '''''Transgressing the Afterlife - The Complete Recordings 1998 - 2000'''''
| Century Media
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| 2020
| '''''Never Enough Snuff'''''
| Independent
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Revision as of 01:05, 8 June 2022

Acheron
OriginMelbourne, VIC
GenresDeath metal
Years active1988 - 1994
LabelsCorpse Grinder
Associated actsAbramelin, Necrotomy, Earth, The Berzerker, Heaven the Axe, The Amenta, Acheron, disEMBOWELMENT, Sithlord, Christbait, Blood Duster
Past membersSimon Dower, Tim Aldridge, Euan Heriot, Mark Schuliga, Justin Warnes, Derek Ackary, Jason Dutton, David Abbott, Jason Kells, Craig Bailey, Michael Colton, Jason Black

Band members

  • Final line-up
    • Simon Dower (vocals)
    • Tim Aldridge (guitar)
    • Euan Heriot (drums)
    • Justin Warnes (bass)
    • Mark Shuliga (guitar)
  • Former members
    • Craig Bailey (drums) 1991 - 1994
    • Jason Dutton (drums) 1990 - 1991
    • David Abbott (guitar) 1988 - 1991
    • Jason Kells (guitar) 1989 - 1990
    • Michael Colton (drums) 1988 - 1990
    • Derek Ackary (bass) 1988 - 1990
    • Jason Black (guitar) 1988 - 1989

Formed

Melbourne, VIC, 1988

Band information

Acheron was one of Australia's earliest death metal bands, formed in Melbourne in 1988 by Simon Dower, Michael Colton, Derek Ackary, David Abbott and Jason Black. In 1989 Jason Kells replaced Black, and the following year Tim Aldridge replaced him, Derek Ackary was replaced by Justin Warnes and Jason Dutton took over from Michael Colton. Deprived of Afterlife was recorded in 1991 and further line-up changes occurred when Dutton was replaced by Craig Bailey and Mark Schuliga from Necrotomy took over from Abbott. In 1994, Euan Heriot joined Acheron on drums and soon afterward, to avoid further confusion with the Floridian death metal band of the same name, Acheron changed to Abramelin. The 2013 Abramelin compilation album by Century Media features Acheron's recordings.

Discography

EP:

1991 Deprived of Afterlife Corpse Grinder
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