Difference between revisions of "Agatus"

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Band members

Line-up
- Eskarth the Dark One (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards)
- Archon Vorskaath (drums, percussion, vocals)

Former members
- Prince Korthnage (guitar, vocals) 1994

Website

myspace.com/agatus

Formed

Athens, Greece, 1992

Band information

Agatus was originally from Greece but was located in Adelaide from the mid-90s until 2005. The band performs haunting and atmospheric, raw black metal with medieval overtones. They were in fact performing this style even before the like of Satyricon. A demo was released in 1993 before the 1994 full length album Dawn of Martyrdom was released on Hypervorea Records, later bootlegged by No Colours. Over the years they have played a minimal amount of shows in Melbourne and Adelaide but have maintained a cult status in the underground scene worldwide.

Agatus moved to Daun, Germany in 2005.

Discography

Albums:


	1994	Dawn of Martyrdom	Hypervorea
	2002	The Weaving Fates	Iron Pegasus

Single:


	1997	Rite of Metamorphosis	self release

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+===Band members===
 *Line-up
 **Eskarth the Dark One (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards)
-**Vorskaath (drums, percussion, vocals)
+**Archon Vorskaath (drums, percussion, vocals)
-==Formed==
+*Former members
+**Prince Korthnage (guitar, vocals) 1994
-Athens, Greece, 1993
+===Website===
-==Band information==
+[http://myspace.com/agatus myspace.com/agatus]
+===Formed===
+Athens, Greece, 1992
+===Band information===
 Agatus was originally from Greece but was located in Adelaide from the mid-90s until 2005. The band performs haunting and atmospheric, raw black metal with medieval overtones. They were in fact performing this style even before the like of '''Satyricon'''. A demo was released in 1993 before the 1994 full length album ''Dawn of Martyrdom'' was released on Hypervorea Records, later bootlegged by No Colours. Over the years they have played a minimal amount of shows in Melbourne and Adelaide but have maintained a cult status in the underground scene worldwide.
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 Agatus moved to Daun, Germany in 2005.
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 | '''''The Weaving Fates'''''
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