Tenebre

The self-proclaimed 'International Magik Group,' Sweden's Tenebre performs gothic-tinged hard rock verging on metal along the same lines as their countrymen Cemetary, or later day Tiamat. Forming in 1996, the band immediately started work on their debut album, XIII, which they released later that year, then followed it with 1998's Grim Ride and 2000's Mark of the Beast. Come 2002 and the release of their fourth album, Electric Hellfire Kiss, Tenebre's lineup had finally coalesced into a semi-stable unit consisting of vocalist Victor Fradera, guitarists Fredrik Täck and Peter Mårdklint, bassist Richard Lion, and drummer Andreas Albin. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia