Artist description The Heaviest Metal Band In The World.

Music Style Heavy/ Black Metal

Artist History The creation of a unique form of music is a feat which every band should be proud of. It is for exactly this reason that HADES ALMIGHTY, formed by Jorn (guitar) and Remi (drums) in 1992, have every right to hold their heads high as perpetrators of pounding, atmospheric, epic, black metal which has yet to find comparison in this genre. The line up was completed by Janto (bass and vocals) and Nagel (guitar) in 1993 and the band commenced work on their first demo, "Alone Walkyng". Shortly after the release of "Alone Walkyng" on Wounded Love Records the band signed to Full Moon Productions. Stig then replaced Nagel on guitar and HADES ALMIGHTY released their first album, "Again Shall Be" on which they refined their style immensely thus showing that this band would be a force to be reckoned with among their counterparts. Things went quiet in the HADES ALMIGHTY camp after that and it was more than two years before their second masterpiece "Dawn Of The Dying Sun" was finally released. The highly acclaimed album was supported by a large scale promotional tour through Europe and also led to the band crossing the water and playing several very successful shows in the USA and Mexico. At this point in their career it was time for another change and 1998 saw the band busily attending to new agreements, intensive rehearsals , the name alteration (from Hades to Hades Almighty) and the envied opportunity to play at the renowned Wacken Open Air in Germany that summer. In September 1998 the band entered the Prolog Studio in Dortmund (Germany) to record a very dark and ominous album, "Millenium Nocturne" which was then released, under license from Nuclear Blast, by Hammerheart Records. It was as a follow up to this release that the band toured intensively and crowds throughout Europe witnessed their atmospheric malevolence on a Benelux tour with Mayhem and Primordial and later a joint rampage with Immortal and Benediction. Since then the band have been working relentlessly on new song material which they now unleash upon unsuspecting audiences worldwide via Psycho Bitch Records. With the new material the band members show themselves from a slightly different angle in which their ability to skillfully convey the true darkness of human passion becomes more pronounced than ever before and yet they remain exactly what they always were and shall always be - HADES ALMIGHTY

Group Members REMI:Drums-Percussion-Vocals. JORN:Guitars. JANTO:Lead Vocals-Bass Guitar.

Instruments Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion

Albums Alone Walkyng-1993(Demo), ......Again Shall Be-1994, The Dawn Of The Dying Sun-1996, Millenium Nocturne-1998, The Pulse Of Decay-2001

Press Reviews Rock Hard 06/2001 - http://www.Rockhard.de 8.5 / 10 Review by Götz Kühnemund (translated by Sharon) Hades Almighty, till '98 known simply as Hades, are back with their 4th long player, The Pulse Of Decay (the 5th release,Alone Walkyng, was merely a demo ep) and yet they are still back at square one. With their last album, Millenium Nocturne, the Norwegians found themselves on Nuclear Blast, were then licensed to Hammerheart and were finally left without no deal at all. They now release their new material via the newly born Psycho Bitch label which will hopefully take better care of the best black/doom band on this planet. The mighty opener Submission Equals Suicide, a brutal lava wave in the same killer tradition as "Alone Walkyng" or "Dawn Of The Dying Sun", shows right from the start the band have not, despite a chronic lack of success, resorted to any compromise in style. Merely Janto's vocals have become more varied yet that doesn't mean that the trios (Stig left last year) black metal roots have been relegated to the background. Hades Almighty remain as darkly ominous and powerful as they always were and mix their Black, often underlined with doublebass salvoes, Doom sounds once more with Folk influences which were however more prominent on the predecessor. Good! because Hades Almighty are always at their best as pure metal steamroller! Agonia Webzine - http://www.agonia.dagdy.com.pl 6 / 6 AGONIA WEBZINE MAY 2001 This is masterpiece! That's all I can say after quite a long time since appearance of " Millenium Nocturne ", when the recent full length album of Hades Almighty reach my hands. After a lot of troubles with their previous label and rather mediocre support for their latest album, after Stig left the band and some other troubles, the band is still going to be much more stronger and much more better band on the scene. Notice, that Hades Almighty is one of a very few Black Metal bands from the old Norwegian team that remains so dedicated to the genre. This is the only band which still play extreme and most hellish Black Metal despite of many trends around. "The Pulse of Decay" follows these nocturne epic way of " Millenium Nocturne ". Grimness & hellish ambient are soul of the stuff. I love those parts when delicate used moods meets obscure hymns singing by Janto & Remi together like in "Apocalypse" or when I feel the approaching razor of the Death on my neck when I'm listening to "Razor" or "Submission Equals Suicide". This album is greatest in the band's discography. They did incredibly thing joining spell of " Millenium Nocturne " together with power of "Again Shall Be". This is sophisticated Black Metal Art! This is Hades Almighty! Hammer 07/2001- http://www.hammer-mag.de 5 / 7 Review by Robert Müller (translated by Sharon) In comparison to their last, somewhat mediocre album Millenium Nocturne, the Norwegian Black Metaller, Hades Almighty, give all they've got on their latest chunk of Black Metal. The pulse of decay beats hard and evokes pleasurable goosebumps on the neck of the adept who bows in reverence whereby this is not a celebration of fast and furious black metal sounds. Instead brachial, pounding, primitive riffs beat at gut level whilst the psychotic vocals, latently reminiscent of Attila (Tormentor, sang on Mayhems' De Mysteriis Dom Satanas), buries it's claws into your flesh.The Pulse Of Decay skillfully plays with threateningly dark scenarios without running into the horror film soundtrack trap. Hades Almighty throw open the portal to the darkest corners of the human psyche where the aesthetics of evil can only comprise of brusque riffs, pulsating drums and demonic screams. C666 Webzine - http://www.C666.de Review by Vedfolner Unyielding as magma, burning the soul like lava and black as the ash from the very core of this damned Planet : Hades Almighty have released, for the third time, an infernal full length apocalypse beyond compare! Now reduced to a "healthy" trio, the Norwegians present, with The Pulse Of Decay", their strongest, darkest and most intensive album to date. All the familiar band trademarks have remained, however the nightmarish compositions worm their way faster and directly to the soul which writhes under the pain and desperately seeks to flee from the musically incarnated torture - yet all efforts are in vain! Nothing remains of the awkward bulkiness of it's predecessor, Millenium Nocturne. Instead, heavy riffing, mega power drumming and a kind of "steamroller" aesthetic has the upper hand which makes it hard to escape this current of hate and misanthropy. Certainly an essential milestone in black art, far beyond all trends and current fads - a must for acolytes of true black metal! Vampiria Mag #5 - June 2001 95/100 Review by Franceso Palumbo Immense return of one of the most influential Black Metal band. After "Millenium Nocturne", the lords of the darkness come back with an album that is a direct son of their early steps, with a misanthropic soul that they celebrated in these seven episodes. The macabre dance starts with the painful intro that introduces the listeners into a masterpiece of true Misanthropic Black called 'Submission Equals Suicide' with some of the best vocals ever heard... a masterpiece. The next step of the Apocalypse is the title track, another fantastic song that makes them closer to the evilest MOONSPELL above all for the voice resulting here a sort of mix of Attila's and Fernando's styles. With 'The Antichrist Inside' they show another side of their Dark Art this time with a morbid touch of hypnotic Industrial moments. The dance continues and we enter into 'Vendetta Assassination' another great piece of Thrash Black with instants of darkness that result incredible. With 'Apocalypse' they have created a true hymn of old Blackish music... macabre and painful indeed. With 'Razor' (one of the best and mournful songs produced and released by Janto's and Jorn's band) HADES ALMIGHTY close this marvellous album... "come dance with me in this complex maze... ".

Additional Info HADES ALMIGHTY`s booking/management/promotion-office: http://www.raising-hell.de

Location Bergen - Norway

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