Line #42 Music/Septicflesh


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2	Septicflesh are a Greek DeathMetal band that first formed in 1990. Originally a [[DeathMetal Death]]/DoomMetal act, they put out six albums before breaking up in 2003. The group reunited in 2007 and released ''Communion'', a NewSoundAlbum that combined their old sound with SymphonicMetal, the following year. In 2018, they signed with Nuclear Blast records, and released their first album with them, ''Modern Primitive'', in 2022.
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5	!!!Current Lineup:
6	* Spiros Antoniou – harsh vocals, bass (1990-2003, 2007–present)
7	* Cristos Antoniou – guitars, vocals, orchestration (1990-2003, 2007–present)
8	* Sotiris Vayenas - guitars, clean vocals (1990-2003, 2007–present)
9	* Kerim "Krimh" Lechner - drums (2014-present)
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12	!!!Studio Albums:
13	* ''Mystic Places of Dawn'' (1994)
14	* ''ΕΣΟΠΤΡΟΝ'' (1995)
15	* ''The Ophidian Wheel'' (1997)
16	* ''A Fallen Temple'' (1998)
17	* ''Revolution DNA'' (1999)
18	* ''Sumerian Daemons'' (2003)
19	* ''Communion'' (2008)
20	* ''The Great Mass'' (2011)
21	* ''Titan'' (2014)
22	* ''Codex Omega'' (2017)
23	* ''Modern Primitive'' (2022)
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25	!!![=EPs=]:
26	* ''Temple of the Lost Race'' (1991) - heavily reworked versions of all songs later appear on ''A Fallen Temple''
27	* ''The Eldest Cosmonaut'' (1998) - contains the final two parts of the "Underworld" saga, as well as the previously unreleased "Woman of the Rings"
28	* ''Forgotten Paths (The Early Days)'' (2000) - remastered version of their ''Forgotten Paths'' demo from 1991, re-released as a mini-album
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31	!!This band contains examples of the following tropes:
32	* BandOfRelatives: Spiros and Christos are brothers and have both been with the band since their inception.
33	* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: The cyborgs alluded to throughout ''Titan''; their loss of humanity leads them to [[HostileTerraforming kill the Earth]] in an attempt to make it lifeless and artificial like them.
34	* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Communion'' and the albums that follow it are noticeably more intense and less melodic musically than their earlier material. Lyrically, they aren't ''that'' much darker, with the exceptions of ''Titan'' and ''Codex Omega'' that focus on a cybernetic apocalypse and anti-religious screeds, respectively.
35	* DealWithTheDevil: "Faust".
36	* [[DeathMetal Death]]/[[DoomMetal Doom Metal]]: Their earlier material is this with noticeable shades of GothicMetal.
37	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''The Ophidian Wheel'' and ''A Fallen Temple'' feature a few operetta-style tracks with harpsichords, synths, [[SpokenWordInMusic spoken word]] and very little in the way of electric guitar.
38	* TheFerryman: "Dark River" is narrated by Charon as he crosses the Acheron to the underworld; he even refers to himself as such.
39	* GenreMashup: The primary genres on this page are vague descriptors at best; they've also incorporated elements of IndustrialMetal, MelodicDeathMetal, BlackMetal, [[PostRock Post-Metal]], and many other genres in their material.
40	* GenreRoulette: Many of their albums cover a wide variety of metal sub-genres, though ''Sumerian Daemons'' is particularly notable for really embodying this trope.
41	** ''Sumerian Daemons'' runs the gamut from atmospheric gothic DoomMetal ("Virtues of the Beast", "Magic Loves Infinity"), aggressive [[BlackMetal blackened]] DeathMetal ("Unbeliever", "Faust", "When All is None", "Red Code Cult"), MelodicDeathMetal ("Dark River", "Infernal Sun", "The Watchers"), to IndustrialMetal ("Shapeshifter") or some mix of the four ("Sumerian Daemon", "Mechanical Babylon"). The whole album is practically a mash-up of all the sounds they explored in their first five albums.
42	* GenreShift: From Gothic-tinged Death/Doom to SymphonicMetal.
43	* GothicMetal: While their early material is more aggressive than is typical for the genre, the gloomy, keyboard-aided atmospherics and ethereal melodies of their pre-''Communion'' albums definitely qualify as such.
44	** ''Communion'' and the albums that followed it more-or-less dropped keyboard atmospherics in favor of faster and heavier songwriting backed by bombastic orchestration, but their old influences still crop up occasionally, as demonstrated by "Sunlight/Moonlight", "Narcissus", "Therianthropy", "The First Immortal", "Martyr", and "Trinity".
45	* HeavyMithril: Many of their songs take inspiration from [[Myth/{{EgyptianMythology}} Egyptian]], [[Myth/{{ClassicalMythology}} Greek]], and [[Myth/{{MesopotamianMythology}} Sumerian mythology]] and mysticism, [[Literature/TheBible the Bible]], and fantasy fiction.
46	* JerkassGods: "We, the Gods" depicts them being ''far'' from generous and forgiving.
47	* LyricalDissonance: "The Ophidian Wheel" is a fairly heavy and tonally dark death metal song with light, flowery HighFantasy lyrics.
48	* MetalScream: Spiros Antoniou is a Type 2.
49	* NewSeasonNewName: After regrouping and changing their name from "Septic Flesh" to "Septicflesh", the band considers themselves to be in "Phase 2".
50	* NewSoundAlbum: While earlier albums dabbled in the genre, ''Communion'' marked the move to full-on symphonic DeathMetal.
51	** ''Revolution DNA'' also qualifies for its IndustrialMetal sound and raspy vocals.
52	* PropagandaMachine: "Enemy of Truth", which criticizes [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news fake news]].
53	* PurpleProse: They often write their lyrics in the style of Renaissance epic poetry like ''Orlando Furioso'', sometimes to the point of [[WordSaladLyrics extreme obtuseness]]. They've gotten much better balancing allegory and directness in their lyrics over time, though, and some of their recent lyrics can be pretty darn direct - compare the abstract "Smiling Marble Face" to the decidedly pointed "Enemy of Truth".
54	* ReligionOfEvil: "Red Code Cult".
55	* ReligionRantSong: They'll have at [[OncePerEpisode least one song per album]] portraying Christ and His followers as evil, deranged, or both, or is otherwise highly critical of organized religion in general. "The Vampire of Nazareth", "Babel's Gate", "Red Code Cult"...the list goes on.
56	** ''Codex Omega'' is more-or-less composed of these mixed with their usual HeavyMithril. The title song in particular is a decidedly pointed Type 2.
57	* ScienceFantasy: They have a number of songs about gods and demons manifesting through technology, especially on ''Revolution DNA'' and ''Titan''.
58	* SopranoAndGravel: Some songs feature clean vocals from Sotiris Vayenas to contrast Spiros' HarshVocals.
59	* StrictlyFormula: While each has its own distinct motifs and concepts, the sound of their albums from ''Communion'' onward have generally had very few deviations from each other. Even ''Modern Primitive'', which followed the longest gap between albums since they reunited, was cited by even those who enjoyed it as more of the same.
60	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: Putting aside the operettas on ''The Ophidian Wheel'' and ''A Fallen Temple'', the band occasionally puts out tracks that are primarily atmospheric in nature or are otherwise noticeably milder than the rest of the album. Examples include "Morpheus" on ''Mystic Places of Dawn'', "Marble Smiling Face" on ''A Fallen Temple'', "The Last Stop to Nowhere" on ''Revolution DNA'', "Sunlight/Moonlight" on ''Communion''.
61	* SymphonicMetal: Probably the hardest band in this genre aside from Music/FleshgodApocalypse. Notable in that the introduction of symphonics made their music ''heavier''.
62	* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: "Therianthropy".

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