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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          =  
| alias          =  
| 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 = [[Lycanthia]], [[Corpsicle]], [[Mournful Congregation]], [[Stone Wings]], [[Decayed Divinity]], [[Elysium]], [[Backyard Mortuary]], [[Nazxul]], [[
| website        = http://www.facebook.com/cruciform
| website        =  
| current_members = Simon Gruer, Leon Kelly, Michael Lenton, Tony Mulhearn, Lee Tassaker
| current_members = Mandy Andresen, Brett Campbell, Dan Garcia, Yonn McLaughlin, Stuart Prickett, Gregg Williamson
| past_members    = Matt Seldon, Daniel Moth
| past_members    =  
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*Current line-up
*Current line-up
**Simon Gruer (vocals, guitar)
**Mandy Andersen (vocals, keys)
**Leon Kelly (guitar)
**Brett Campbell (guitar)
**Michael Lenton (drums, vocals)
**Dan Garcia (bass)
**Tony Mulhearn (guitar, vocals)
**Yonn McLaughlin (John McLaughlin) (drums)
**Lee Tassaker (bass)
**Stuart Prickett (guitar, keys, vocals)
 
**Gregg Williamson (vocals)
*Former members
**Matt Seldon (bass, vocals) 1994 - 1995
**Daniel Moth (bass, vocals) 1990 - 1994
 
===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]]) and Gregg Williamson ([[Corpsickle]]) in 2007. '''Backyard Mortuary'''/[[Nazxul]] drummer Yonn McLaughlin joined the band in 2010. The debut album was a concept based on the Black Death and the second is themed around human extinction.
 
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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| [[Image:Atavism.jpg|thumb|150px]]
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| 1993
| 2008
| '''''Atavism'''''  
| '''''The Slow Death'''''  
| Warhead
| Independent
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'''Compilation tracks:'''
 
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! width="70"| Label
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| 1995
|  
| "Gutter"
| 2012
| '''''Warhead Vol. 1'''''
| '''''II'''''  
| Warhead
| Independent
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Revision as of 01:06, 10 May 2014

{{Infobox musical artist | name = The Slow Death | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Blue Mountains, NSW | genre = Doom metal | years_active = 2007 - present | label = | associated_acts = Lycanthia, Corpsicle, Mournful Congregation, Stone Wings, Decayed Divinity, Elysium, Backyard Mortuary, Nazxul, [[ | website = | current_members = Mandy Andresen, Brett Campbell, Dan Garcia, Yonn McLaughlin, Stuart Prickett, Gregg Williamson | past_members = }}

Band members

  • Current line-up
    • Mandy Andersen (vocals, keys)
    • Brett Campbell (guitar)
    • Dan Garcia (bass)
    • Yonn McLaughlin (John McLaughlin) (drums)
    • Stuart Prickett (guitar, keys, vocals)
    • Gregg Williamson (vocals)

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) and Gregg Williamson (Corpsickle) in 2007. Backyard Mortuary/Nazxul drummer Yonn McLaughlin joined the band in 2010. The debut album was a concept based on the Black Death and the second is themed around human extinction.

Discography

Albums:

2008 The Slow Death Independent
2012 II Independent
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