Artist description Awaken from the sleep of empty brutality, Psyphre Christ combine his energy collective to create damnedbience. Marrying the physic, the psychic, and spiritual, into hymns both brutally gothic and beautifully death, cryptic yet revealing...,into a realm for those burdened and bored with a society of lies...,into a realm where lust is your reason and instinct your guide..., into the realm of Chapelblaque. With Psyphre's moody programming, brutiful shredchine work, exquisite poetic injustice and commanding presence, Chapelblaque psychologically murders the confines of industrial, modern day metal, and gothic music, threatening to overtake the darque music continuum with damnedbience, intelligence, and sin. Seek your dreams..., twitching.

Music Style Damnedbient gothic thrash metal

Musical Influences late 80's gothic rock combines with new millenia extreme metal

Similar Artists Emperor, Type O Negative, King Diamond, Marilyn Manson, Cradle of Filth

Artist History Awaking from the sleep of empty brutality in 1996, Psyphre Christ combined forces with former vocalist Tom Parks, to marry the physic, the psychic, andand the spiritual into hymns both cryptic and revealing, brutal and beautiful,into an entity Psyphre christened Chapelblaque. After releasing their first demo"Festival of Grief" six months after conception, they swarmed the east coast performing their uniquely cruel brand of dark sexual theatre (together with their touring theatre troupe (Freque Theatre), amassing a growing legion of fans who shared their desire to explore the darkest sides of human trauma, one wrought with laughter and mayhem, desire and devastation. One year later they released their first full length CD "Hymnals of the Lastdays" to underground acclaim. The exit of Tom Parks (and his subsequent replacement Skar Chaos)presented the oppportunity for Psyphre Christ to begin a new priesthood that will boldly continue the tradition of leading the congregation into the new Millenium.

Group Members Psyphre Christ (Head composer to the clergy, 6,7,&8 string shredchines,synths and programming))

Instruments Various, 6 & 7 string guitars. Roland synths and effects. Percussion by Alesis. Amps by Line 6.

Albums Hymnals of the Lastdays..., Festival of Grief (demo)

Press Reviews "Chapelblaque is the phoenix rising from the crematory ashes of both death metal and gothic music....Chapelblaque pushes through to a new extreme."-Black Monday"This really took me by surprise. I was expecting this to be an average death metal release, but what we have here is far more interesting....a very original mix of goth/darkwave and more straight ahead dark metal."-Ohm Clock Magazine"...the band writes excellent songs highlighted by an amazing vocalist who can go from Glen Danzig-like to Glen Benton-like in the blink of an eye. The spooky keyboards mixed with the metal guitars sound great... This is never boring and ultimately very infectious.... one of the most original and entertaining bands in the underground..."Last Judgement" Overall dark, gloomy, and somewhat sadistic and perverse." Marco Barbieri The metal, gothic, & industrial unite to create a very dark band in their debut album full of new cuts that work with distinct elements giving a theatrical impression. Although they are not like other album of the same genre they are a piece that will be totally devoured by followers of bands such as Lacrimosa or Draedful Shadows. Review from: Noise&ShitSometimes I get sent CDs to review that I am certain must be a joke. Either it's a joke band, or a fake cover, or maybe just a prank pulled by my bosses to send me the most god-awful cheesy-looking garbage to test my devotion to the metal and (only sometimes) goth genres. Exhibit A: Chapelblaque. Dubious song/album title grammar, grainy CD cover design, "spooky" fonts, laughable band photos, and bad pseudonyms (the singer is "Tahmn"), it's all here. But guess what? I LIKED IT! I enjoyed this more than the Nels Cline/Gregg Bendian record. First I warmed up to the GWAR meets Genitorturers meets Cradle of Filth imagery, and then the music settled all of my doubts. This one is all in the music baby! Chapelblaque is like Marilyn Manson if Manson wasn't so fucking dumb and/or if M.M. could write songs. Chapelblaque explore black metal, death metal, doom goth, shock-rock, and even some Dead Can Dance medieval structures all without sounding contrived. First track, "Cypher's Gift," is enjoyable, Cradle-esque bombast black death. The next three tracks are excellent dirge rock that has enough of a drama metal feel to it to piss all over their peers. The biggest departure from form, "Through Seasons and Centuries," is a subtle (!!) instrumental that could almost be a DCD cover. "In Sickness and In Hell..." attempts what I can only call a fusion between Skinny Puppy and Napalm Death. A+ for effort. The album closes with four more brutal but progressive numbers, and I am left a happy camper. The back of the CD reads "...to be continued!" I can only hope. Matthew Moyer

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Location Baltimore, md - USA

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