The songs and lyrics scream out extreme, with a definite blackened death metal sound, while the songs and lyrics could be coming from the History Channel show Ancient Aliens. With a Middle Eastern take on thrashy blackened death metal, Melechesh translates roughly into "God of Fire," and the thrash heavy black metal attack encapsulates the tales of Sumerian legends of creationism, and lineage of the Gods while still retaining the dark occult vibes and mystical sounds of extreme metal. Absu has remained a cult like band with little or no publicity, mainstream support, and video or radio airplay.įormed in 1993, in Israel by members who were Assyrian and Israeli and Armenian, this band is now based in Amsterdam. When it comes to the ancient deities and rituals, Absu knows what it is talking about the songs are an extreme metal interpretation of some of the world's first writings on spirituality and creationism. The band's first offering, Romulus (2009), is more about the mythical founding of what would become a World leading Empire, where as 2012's Caligvla is based on the notorious, sadistic, and blood thirsty Roman tyrant, Emperor Caligula.Īrguably, more occult than historical in nature, Absu's own style is sometimes referred to as ' Mythological Occult Metal.' Formed in 1991, in Texas of all places, the band's unrefined black metal meets speed metal hybrid dissects the ancient mythology, sorcery, and religions of ancient cultures like the Celtic people, the Mesopotamians and the Babylonians. With two albums, the band has musically chronicled times in ancient Rome when Gladiators, not metal bands were live entertainment for the masses. Chthonic is sure to please fans of Bathory, Old Man's Child and even Cradle of Filth.įeaturing death metal vocalist Iacono, from Canadian band Kataklysm, Ex Deo is an epic melodic death metal band based entirely on Ancient Roman times. With a very obvious but distinct Eastern Asian influence, the band utilizes various acoustic stringed instruments, flutes, and even Tibetan bells to add a different take on heavy metal music. The history, culture and political struggle of the band's native country is the foundation for this metal band's melodic and malevolent music. This band's origins go back to 1995, in Taipei, Taiwan, a country and part of the world where heavy metal music isn't always allowed to flourish freely and openly.
Jensen's fascination with the Mayan culture and the so-called prophecies of 2012, human sacrifice and the Serpent God Quetzalcoatl, come out musically in the two albums released with Mayan, Quartermaster (2011), and Antagonise (2014). Led and formed by Dutch lyricist vocalist and musician Mark Jansen, from the bands Epica and After Forever, Mayan is a symphonic metal band whose music revolves around the Mayan civilization, and the lives of these indigenous, innovative and spiritual people.
With some line up changes in the past several years, the band has seven albums under its belt and has shared the stages with everyone from Dragonforce to Iced Earth. The band has played to tens of thousands across the world and is very popular throughout Scandinavia and the rest of Europe having played most of the huge outdoor festivals. With an emphasis on battles, the songs tell the tales from leaders on both sides of the wars.
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In 1999, this heavy metal band formed in Sweden and have since been cranking out albums full of tunes based on war battles, mostly from the First and Second World Wars. With a tradition running a decade and a half, these Aztec death warriors prefer the darkness of the underground, LA metal scene and a still perform throughout gigs in LA and throughout Southern California and the region. The band's name refers to an Aztec God of the Dead, and the band do a good job conjuring up the old school morbid, evil, and raw sound, with all song lyrics in the native Nahuatl. This LA-based underground extreme metal band brings forth a ravenous black metal assault, as part of a thrashy spiritual tribute to the Aztec people. Who knew head banging and history lessons could go hand in hand? This is our list of the Top 10 Historic Metal Bands. But could heavy metal music be history? With inspirations ranging from Ancient Egypt and Rome to the American Revolution, and even the Second World War, many bands representing various genres of metal are composing music that pays homage to our collective past, in both modern times and antiquity.
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