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Years active
  
1998–present

Past members
  
Former members

Members
  
James Fogarty, Alan Davey

Website
  
Official site

Record label
  
Candlelight Records

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Origin
  
Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Labels
  
Candlelight Records, Firestorm Records, Godreah Records

Associated acts
  
Worms of Sabnock, Gunslinger, Ebonillumini, The Wolves of Avalon

Genres
  
Black metal, Experimental music, Progressive metal

Albums
  
The Murder of Jesus the Jew, Jihad / Freezing Moon, Damascus Steel, Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua, The Excommunication of Christ

The Meads of Asphodel are a British black metal band with pronounced medieval, Eastern, Punk, and Progressive Metal influences from Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

Contents

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Biography

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The band was formed in mid-1998 by Metatron and Jaldaboath. The stated aim being to "create heavy guitar-based original Black Metal with Medieval/Eastern influences and a lyrical concept derived from Christ's mortality, Biblical Apocrypha, Fallen Angels and Death." Their demo releases The Bemoaning of Metatron and Metatron and the Red Gleaming Serpent gained them a good deal of critical attention in the underground metal press, even receiving mentions from such mainstream sources as Kerrang! magazine, and they soon signed to Supernal Music after the release of their widely acclaimed final demo The Watchers of Catal Huyuk. Their albums, particularly 2001's The Excommunication of Christ explore conceptual themes based around an anti-Christian interpretation of the Bible and Apocrypha. Despite a fluctuating line-up, the band continues to release well-received music.

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One of the band's most consistent features is their use of guest musicians. Over the years they have had a large roster of guests including members of Hawkwind, Sigh, Amebix, Mael Mordha, Taake, and an actual Rabbi.

Members

Current members
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  • Metatron - Vocals (1998–present)
  • J.D. Tait - Guitars, keyboards, vocals (2002–present)
  • André Kjelbergvik Thung - Drums (2012–present)
  • Pope Richard Alan Weeks - Bass (2015–present)
    • Former members
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  • Jaldaboath - Guitars, music programming, vocals, bass, keyboards (1998–2002)
  • Urakbaramel - Drums (2002-2012)
  • Max Rael - Keyboards, programming (2001–2007)
  • Paul Carter - Keyboards (2003)
  • Deorth - Bass (2003)
    • Session musicians and guests
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  • Alan Davey - Bass (2002-2014)
  • Mirai - Keyboards
  • Huw Lloyd-Langton - Lead guitar (2000-2007)
  • The Mad Mullah - drums (2002)
  • A.C.Wild - Narration on The Excommunication of Christ
  • Vincent Crowley - Narration on Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua

    • Studio Albums

  • The Excommunication of Christ (Supernal, 2001)
  • Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua (Supernal, 2003)
  • Damascus Steel (Supernal, 2005)
  • The Murder of Jesus the Jew (Candlelight Records, 2010)
  • Sonderkommando (Candlelight Records, 2013)
  • TBC (Candlelight Records, 2015)

    • EPs and Splits

  • Freezing Moon/Jihad split with Mayhem (Supernal, 2002)
  • In the Name of God, Welcome to Planet Genocide EP (Firestorm, 2006)
  • Life is Shit EP (Firestorm, 2007)
  • English Black Punk Metal/The Bones of This Land are Not Speechless split with Old Corpse Road (Godreah, 2010)
  • Taste the Divine Wrath split with Tjolgtjar (Eternal Death, 2015)

    • Demos

  • The Bemoaning of Metatron (demo, 1998)
  • Metatron and the Gleaming Red Serpent (demo, 1999)
  • The Watchers of Catal Huyuk (demo, 1999)

    • Live

  • The Mill Hill Sessions (Godreah, 2004)

    • Compilations

  • Britannia Infernus: A History of British Occult and Black (Godreah, 2002)
  • Daze of the Underground: A Tribute to Hawkwind (Godreah, 2003)
  • The Early Years (compilation of unreleased material from 1998-2002) (Godreah, 2009)
  • Swine of Hades (Godreah, 2011)
  • Voices from Valhalla: A Tribute to Bathory (Godreah, 2012)
  • The Meads of Asphodel boxed Set (Fallen-Angels Productions, 2013)
  • The Middle Ages (Sixsixsix Music, 2014)
  • Split Promo with The Wolves of Avalon (Sixsixsix Music, 2014)
  • We Worship Desaster: A Tribute to Desaster (Grom records, 2014)
  • Desolate Hymns for a Fallen God (Covers Album) (Azermedoth Records, 2015)
  • Tales From Bedlam (Valgriind, 2015)

    • Singles

  • All Things Bright & Shit - Terrorizer Xmas Song (Terrorizer, 2006)
  • The Song of a Hundred Roars - Terrorizer Magazine Xmas Song (Terrorizer, 2009)

    • Songs

    Apocalypse of LazarusThe Murder of Jesus the Jew · 2010
    God Is RomeExhuming the Grave of Yeshua · 2003
    Addicted to GodThe Murder of Jesus the Jew · 2010

    References

    The Meads of Asphodel Wikipedia
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