Armageddon (Swedish band)
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Armageddon | |
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Origin | Listenable, Toy's Factory |
Members | Christopher Amott Antony Hämäläinen Joey Concepcion Andrew Pevny Márton Veress |
Past members | Jonas Nyrén Martin Bengtsson Peter Wildoer Daniel Erlandsson Rickard Bengtsson Dick Lövgren Tobias Gustafsson Matt Vicklund Van Williams Matt Hallquist Sara Claudius |
Armageddon is a Swedish
Biography
Formed in
The band released their 1997 debut album, Crossing the Rubicon, on the now defunct W.A.R. records in Europe, and on Toy's Factory Records in Japan. Crossing the Rubicon focused primarily on melodic death metal, but incorporated instrumentals and special effects pieces between each song.[citation needed] The album was released by the same label that released Arch Enemy's first album in Europe, but it folded soon after the release of Rubicon and the album has since become a rare find. To this day, Crossing the Rubicon has never been released outside of Europe and Japan.
Following Crossing the Rubicon, Peter Wildoer and Martin Bengtsson both joined Arch Enemy, recording and releasing ).
In 2002, Armageddon resurfaced with
On 16 November 2009, Embrace the Mystery and Three were re-released as 2-CD set with upgraded artwork, several bonus tracks and liner notes on 16 November 2009 in Europe and on 26 January in North America via Century Media Records.
In 2012, Christopher Amott once again quit Arch Enemy, and reformed Armageddon once again, featuring Matt Vicklund of God Forbid on guitars and Van Williams of Nevermore on drums.
In January 2015, the band announced Nightrage vocalist Antony Hämäläinen as their replacement for the recently departed Matt Hallquist.[1]
On 25 May 2016, the band announced via their social media "We are happy to announce that the next Armageddon release will be a re-recording of the very first Armageddon album from 1997 entitled 'Crossing The Rubicon'. We are excited to share this news with you!"
As Amott was not able to commit time to Armageddon, in 2019, former members Hämäläinen, Concepcion, Claudius, Pevny and drummer Yanni Sofianos have formed Daughter Chaos, a band intended to be a spiritual successor of Armageddon.[2][3]
Band members
- Current members
- Christopher Amott – guitars, backing vocals (1997-present)
- Joey Concepcion – guitars (2014–present)
- Márton Veress – drums (2014–present)
- Antony Hämäläinen – lead vocals (2015–present)
- Andrew Pevny – bass (2016–present)[4]
- Former members
- Jonas Nyrén – vocals (1997)
- Martin Bengtsson – bass (1997)
- Peter Wildoer – drums (1997)
- Rickard Bengtsson – vocals (2000)
- Dick Lövgren – bass (2000)
- Daniel Erlandsson – drums (2000, 2002)
- Tobias Gustafsson – bass (2002)
- Matt Wicklund – guitar (2012–2013)
- Van Williams – drums (2012–2013)
- Matt Hallquist – vocals (2014)
- Sara Claudius – bass (2012-2016)
Timeline
Discography
- Studio albums
- Crossing the Rubicon (1997)
- Embrace the Mystery (2000)
- Three (2002)
- Captivity & Devourment (2015)
- Crossing the Rubicon (Revisited) (2016)
References
- ^ "CHRISTOPHER AMOTT's ARMAGEDDON Taps Ex-NIGHTRAGE Singer ANTONY HÄMÄLÄINEN For U.S. Tour". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Former ARMAGEDDON Members Launch DAUGHTER CHAOS". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Sara Claudius". www.facebook.com.
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