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After some rehearsals hosted usually by Tammuz during which they used only the acoustic guitar and the piano, they decided to go to a rehearsal room where more aggressive tunes were tested and the result was the first and only demo: In my misanthropic Kingdom, released august 2000. The raw sound exploring several avangardistic dimensions of black metal was pretty well received by the audience even if the whole product had an anti-commercial attitude. After this moment, Tammuz had less and less time to spend with Fogland so Fulmineos started looking for other members to share his ideas. First came Alteea (vocals&keyboards), a very young and talented musician, adding her Slavonic/folk influences to the sound. Then came Odhin (electric&acoustic guitar) and Erebus (bass, acoustic guitars) who were playing in a band that rehearsed in the same room that Fogland used before, also Erebus with Fulmineos were band mates in the infamous black metal band Argus. After the consolidation of this line-up, the sound changed a bit, becoming more diverse, as a consequence the debut album Znaman has in it: black metal, folk, ambiental, and even darkwave influences but all in all, the material keeps its anti-commercial attitude. The band members are very open-minded concerning their musical tastes, listening to bands like: Placebo, The Cure, The Cranberries up to the most brutal ones like: Ulver, Emperor or Opera IX. The Lyrics belong to Fulmineos and are written in the language of Banat region used during 17th-18th centuries. They underline the Mittel-Europa concept that describes this region as being a crossover territory between Oriental and Western influences. They also evoke the forgotten landscapes or personalities lost throughout the centuries, a time of great legends and honor under a pagan atmosphere. The band members don�t want to anticipate anything except the second album Quasiascetica , with a concept of seven songs where they will have several guest members and lyrics in German, Latin, French, English, Italian and of course Banatian. Releases: In my misanthropic Kingdom demo 2000, Znaman debut album 2002 Concerts: usually we are not in the mood for such things and we don�t think we�ll have a decent audience with the patience for listening to our music�sorry, we are not in head banging stuff�still, we had one appearance at: Apocalips Fest 2001 in our native land at Sanicolaul Mare and honestly, it didn�t come out very well. The Fogland crew Current line-up: Fulmineos (electric guitars, vocals/screams, percussion, keyboards) Alteea (vocals, keyboards) Odhin (electric/acoustic guitars) Erebus (bass, acoustic guitars, additional screams) |