Vesania

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Vesania
Origin	Poland
Genre(s)	Symphonic black metal Blackened death metal
Years active	2000 - present
Label(s)	Empire Records Napalm Records
Associated acts	Behemoth Vader Rootwater Black River Neolithic Unseen
Members
Orion Heinrich Daray Siegmar Valeo

Vesania is a Polish blackened death metal band. They were formed in 1997 with three members: Orion (guitars and lead vocals) (Behemoth, Neolithic), Daray (drums) (Vader, Neolithic, ex-Pyorrhoea), and Heinrich (bass) (Rootwater). Later members were Hatrah (keyboards)who left the band in 1999, Annahvahr (guitars and vocals), and Siegmar (keyboards) who replaced Hatrah in 2000.

Their style is similar to the newer material by Behemoth in its intensity. However, the band incorporates much more symphonic elements and black metal (tremolo) riffing.

Their first album appearance Moonastray was a split with Black Altar and was released in 2002 by Odium Records exclusively in Poland, the release was limited to 666 copies and each album was signed with blood. 2003 saw the release of their first full length album Firefrost Arcanum by Empire Records across all of Europe. This was followed by the departure of band member Annahvahr. Their second album God the Lux was released in April, 2005. Shortly thereafter Valeo (Sammath Naur, Mortis Dei) joined the band as lead guitarist. Their third album Distractive Killusions was released in 2007 on Napalm Records.

[edit] Discography

Reh (Tape) (1997)
Moonastray (2002)
Firefrost Arcanum (Crash Records/Empire Records, 2003)
God The Lux (Napalm Records, 2005)
Distractive Killusions (Napalm Records, 2007)

[edit] Trivia

Vesania is Latin for madness or insanity.
While Vesania is sometimes referred to as a "supergroup", band front-man Orion refers to it as their "mother band", the first project of the band's founding members.