The Meads Of Asphodel  

In the world of metal there are a few leaders, many followers, but then a few that aren't quite either -- bands that don't forge new trails so much as meander down their own unique paths, on their own terms. Such is the case of The Meads Of Asphodel, an odd but strangely compelling British outfit that in many respects simply defies description. The band was formed by vocalist/leader Metatron in 1998, and he, along with instrumentalist Jaldabaoth, formed the core of the band. They are often categorized as black metal (they have referred to themselves as "English Fucking Black Metal", though this is due more to spirit than to musical style), and at times their black roots are revealed, but they bear little similarity to the classic black metal style. The band has had close ties with space rock legends Hawkwind for some time, to the extent that Alan Davey and Huw Lloyd Langton are essentially full-time members here now, and Mirai from Sigh has lent his hand to the proceedings as well (another indication of the offbeat nature of this band). This is really one of those bands that one has to hear for him/herself, as they are clearly operating in their own world. Metatron and Jaldaboath split up several years ago, with Metatron carrying on here and Jaldaboath returning to his equally bizarre and interesting Ewigkeit project.

Current Members Metatron vocals James Tait guitars/keyboards/vocals Alan Davey bass Urakbaramel drums

Former Members/Guests Jaldaboath (James Fogarty) guitars/keyboards (Ewigkeit, Jaldaboath) L. Cornell guitars Huw Lloyd Langton (guest) guitars Zephon guitars Deorth bass Maximus keyboards Irin keyboards Mirai Kawashima (guest) keyboards (Necrophagia, Sigh)

Discography

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The Excommunication Of Christ 
2001 Supernal

The Excommunication of Christ Angelwhore The Watchers of Catal Huyuk Agrat Bat Malah Weeping Tears of Angel Light Bene Ha Elohim Assault and Battery Jezebel and the Philistines Pale Dread Hunger Rise in Godless Hell The Disembodied voices of Melchizedek Falling with lighting rays beamed towards the blazing firmament towards the untended burial grounds of Kharsag Calling all Monsters (Bonus Track)

Metatron Jaldaboath Zephon Urakbaramel

Reviews:   Lords Of Metal 

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Jihad (split w/ Mayhem) 
2002 Supernal

Intro Jihad: The Grisly Din Of Killing Steel Paradise Another God In Another Place Tanks In The Holy Land Assassins Of Allah Freezing Moon (Mayhem) Carnage (Mayhem)

Metatron Jaldaboath Zephon Urakbaramel

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Exhuming The Grave Of Yeshuah 
2003 Supernal

Intro - Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua God is Rome Blood Blasted Holy War 80 Grains of Sand Guts for Sale Utopia Sons of Anak Rise A Healer made God Sluts of the Netherworld On Graven Images I glide beyond the Monstrous Gates of pandemonium to face the Baptized warriors of Yahweh in the skull littered Plain of Esdraelon

Metatron James Tait Deorth Maximus Urakbaramel

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The Mill Hill Sessions 
2004 Godreah

Guts for Sale Grisly Din of Killing Steel 80 Grains of Sand The Watchers of Catal Huyuk A Healer Made God Refuse/ Resist My Beautiful Genocide.

Metatron James Tait L. Cornell Huw Lloyd Langton Alan Davey Irin Urakbaramel

Reviews:   Lords Of Metal 

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Damascus Steel 
2005 Supernal

Psalm 666 Creed of Abraham Hollow Womb of Suicide Sword of the East Satanic Black Nubian Pharaohs Wonderful World The Gods Who Mock Us Behold The Kindred Battle Carcasses Strewn Across The Bloodied Dunes Of gilgamesh Mute In The Frenzied Clamour Of Deaths Rolling Tongue And Ravenous Bursting Steel Beyond Death and Darkness

Metatron James Tait Alan Davey Urakbaramel

Reviews:   Lords Of Metal 

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In The Name Of God, Welcome To Planet Genocide 
2006 Firestorm

Psalm 364 My Beautiful Genocide A Baptism in the Warm Piss of Slaughtered Children The Man who Killed for God March Towards Annihilation Hell on earth / Blood runs red Aborted Stygian Foetus

Metatron James Tait Huw Lloyd Langton Alan Davey Mirai Kawashima Urakbaramel

Reviews:   Chronicles Of Chaos  Lords Of Metal 

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(EP) Life Is Shit 
2007 Firestorm

Straw Dogs Babylon's Burning Tank

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The Early Years  COMPILATION
2009 Godreah

Angel Whore (1998) Book of Dreams (1998) The Gleaming Red Serpent (1999) Just another time to Kill (1999) Pale Dread Hunger (1999) Rise in Godless Hell (1999) Give me Fire ? (1999) Neurodeliri ? (2000) Bound Alive (2000) Bleed for Me (2000) Calling All Monsters (2000) Paradise (2001) Another God in another Place (2001) Ogs Last Stand (2002)

Reviews:   Lords Of Metal 

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The Murder Of Jesus The Jew 
2010 Candlelight

Boiled In Hell Broth And Grave Dust (Intro) My Psychotic Sand Deity Apocalypse Of Lazarus Addicted To God Stiller Of Tempests Man From Kerioth Dark Gethsemane Jew Killer Genesis Of Death From Eagle To Cross Apostle Of The Uncircumcised A canticle for the lost amputees of Aelia Capitolina

Metatron James Tait Huw Lloyd Langton Alan Davey Mirai Kawashima Urakbaramel

Reviews:   Metal Review  Lords Of Metal  Metal Underground