Septicflesh

Septicflesh (originally called Septic Flesh, and often written as SepticFlesh) is a Greek death metal band that started in Athens in 1990. The group was put together by bassist and vocalist Spiros Antoniou, lead guitarist Christos Antoniou, and rhythm guitarist Sotiris Vayenas. Their first release was an EP called *Temple of the Lost Race*, which came out in December 1991 on Black Power Records. Their debut full-length album, *Mystic Places of Dawn*, was recorded in April 1994 at Storm studio, co-produced by Magus Wampyr Daoloth (who had played keyboards for Rotting Christ), and put out by Holy Records. The follow-up, *Esoptron*, was produced by the band and George Zacharopoulos, recorded and mixed at Storm Studios in March–April 1995, mastered in France by Sonic Contact, and released by Holy Records. Session vocalist Natalie Rassoulis sang on *The Ophidian Wheel* (1997) and again on *A Fallen Temple* (1998).

The band split up in October 2003. After that, members moved on to other projects: Christos Antoniou kept working with Chaostar (which he had started in 1998), and Bob Katsionis (who was not a member of Septicflesh) played guitar for Nightfall and keyboards for Firewind. A new group called TheDevilWorx formed in 2004, featuring Spiros Antoniou and others, though not all from Septicflesh's classic lineup. In March 2007, guitarist Sotiris Vayenas announced a solo project called Aenaos. On February 19, 2007, Septic Flesh announced they would reunite for Greece’s Metal Healing Festival in July, alongside Orphaned Land, Rage, and Aborted. On April 3, 2007, Blabbermouth.net reported that the band had reunited to record a seventh album for French label Season of Mist. Guitarist and composer Christos Antoniou said the release would include a full orchestra and choir, totaling 80 musicians and 32 singers. The album, *Communion*, was finished at Studio Fredman in Sweden and released in April 2008. The band had already changed its spelling to 'Septicflesh' before the reunion, as seen on the 2003 album *Sumerian Daemons*; according to Christos, the new spelling looked better and marked a new phase.

On September 10, 2009, the band said they had started work on a new album, planned for early 2011. On December 17, 2010, they released the single "The Vampire From Nazareth" and announced the album would ship on April 28 in the UK and April 29 in the US.