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Weapon (band)

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Years active
  
2003–2013

Active until
  
2013

Origin
  
Calgary, Canada (2003)

Labels
  
Relapse

Record label
  
Relapse Records

Genres
  
Death metal, Black metal

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Website
  
store.relapse.com/band/weapon

Albums
  
Embers and Revelations, Drakonian Paradigm, Weapon, Friction EP, From the Devil's Tomb, Air Raid, Fused ep

Similar
  
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Profiles

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Weapon was a Canadian black metal / death metal band, formed by frontman Vetis Monarch in early 2003. The band gained notoriety locally and internationally with incidents of violence. Weapon signed with Relapse Records in 2011 and released their label debut, Embers and Revelations, in 2012. Subsequently, Weapon toured North America with Marduk beginning in May 2012.

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In October 2012, Weapon and an older United Kingdom band of the same name came to a legal agreement that the latter band would add 'UK' to their band name. Weapon state at their official Facebook page that they own the US, Canadian and UK trademarks on the name, leading the UK band to change their moniker.

According to frontman Vetis Monarch, Weapon's lawyer Eric Greif worked out their recording deal with Relapse and settled the legal dispute over the band name.

The band announced on June 28, 2013 that they had broken up. Since that announcement, Vetis Monarch has said that he has immersed himself in the corporate world and felt that further Weapon albums would only "be a black/death metal record by the numbers", which he felt would be stagnation.

Final line-up

  • Vetis Monarch – guitar, vocals, bass (2003–2013)
  • The Disciple – drums (2008–2013)
  • Kha Tumos – bass (2009–2013)
  • Rom Surtr – guitar (2011–2013)

    • Former members

  • Nohttzver – drums (2004–05)
  • Kapalyq – bass (2005)
  • Menschenfiend – guitar (2007–08)
  • Arcan of Death – drums (2007–08)
  • Agni Nethra – bass (2008)
  • Sabazios Diabolus – bass (2008–09)
  • Vileblood Dahcnial – guitar (2009)
  • Apostle VIII – guitar (2009–11)

    • Discography

  • Within the Flesh of the Satanist (Demo, 2004)
  • Violated Hejab (EP, 2005)
  • Para Bhakti... Salvation (EP, 2008)
  • Drakonian Paradigm (LP, 2009)
  • From the Devil's Tomb (LP, 2010)
  • Embers and Revelations (LP, 2012)
  • Naga: Daemonum Praeteritum (Compilation, 2013)

    • Songs

    Embers and RevelationsEmbers and Revelations · 2012
    Vanguard of the Morning StarEmbers and Revelations · 2012
    Furor DivinusFrom the Devil's Tomb · 2010

    References

    Weapon (band) Wikipedia
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