Ceremonial_Oath

Ceremonial Oath

Ceremonial Oath

Swedish death metal band

Ceremonial Oath is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1989. They were originally called Desecrator, but changed their name to Ceremonial Oath in 1991 and disbanded in 1996.[1] During their initial existence they released three demos, one EP and two studio albums.[1] Several of the band members would later create or join bands that would achieve greater success such as In Flames and HammerFall, a band that would greatly influence the awakened interest in power metal and traditional heavy metal.[citation needed]

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Ceremonial Oath reunited for an appearance at the inaugural edition of The Gothenburg Sound festival on January 5–6, 2013 at Trädgår'n in Gothenburg,[2][3] and also made appearances on a few other festivals later the same year. In addition to that, a remixed and remastered version of their 1993 album The Book of Truth was re-released in the beginning of 2013.[4] Other than reuniting for a string of shows, Ceremonial Oath has no plans to record or release any new material.[5]

Band members

Current

  • Oscar Dronjak – vocals, guitar (1989–1993, 2012–present)
  • Anders Iwers – guitar (1989–1996, 2012–present)
  • Markus Nordberg – drums (1991–1996, 2012–present)
  • Jesper Strömblad – bass (1991–1993, 2012–present)

Former

  • Ulf Assarsson – drums (1989–1991)
  • Marcus Fredriksson – bass, vocals (1989–1990)
  • Thomas Johansson – bass (1993–1996)
  • Mikael Andersson – guitar (1993–1996)
  • Anders Fridén – vocals (1993–1996)

Session lineup

Timeline

Discography

As Desecrator

  • Wake the Dead (Demo, 1990)
  • Black Sermons (Demo, 1990)

As Ceremonial Oath

  • Promo 1991 (Demo, 1991)
  • Lost Name of God (EP, Corpse Grinder Records, 1992)
  • The Book of Truth (CD, Modern Primitive Records, 1993)
  • Carpet (CD, Black Sun Records, 1995)

References

  1. [1]
    "Biography". Black Sun Records. Archived from the original on 2007-10-06. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
  2. [2]
    "CEREMONIAL OATH To Reunite For THE GOTHENBURG SOUND Festival • Metal4all.com". metal4all.com. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Blistering Metal News: CEREMONIAL OATH to Reunite for THE GOTHENBURG SOUND Festival". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  4. [4]
    "Ceremonial Oath". www.facebook.com.
  5. [5]
    "ETERNAL TERROR - CEREMONIAL OATH - Revisiting the Metallic Oath". Eternal-terror.com.
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