BiografieThe group was formed on April 1999, after the meeting between Ottavio Marzo and Luca Roberti, two guitarists coming from a hard rock band, with Damiano Porcelli and Alex Martiradonna, respectively ex drummer and bass player of Fearland (a heavy-thrash metal band lived form ´97 to´98). The band starts to play an old-style heavy metal, near to the one played by Iron Maiden, but in the September ´99, Luca leaves the band for some musical incomprehensions; after few days, Nicola Esposito, ex Fearland guitarist, become the new member of the group. From this moment, the musical direction will be moved towards more heterogeneus sounds: the base is still today the more classic metal, but Golem have enriched their sound with more aggressive elements as the melodic black/death metal or the epic metal. After some concerts in Bari as support to Requiem, on April 2000 golem record a promo tape of 3 songs. In the same year (October), they record their first CD-demo called "Flames of Wrath" with other 4 new tracks. Immediately after the recording sessions, Alex must leave the band to enter in the Army; he will be soon replaced by Domenico Bottalico, a young bass player coming from a local melodic death metal band. With him, Golem play some important shows with bands like Natron, Kiss of Death and more. On February 2001, Nicola leaves the band to be substituted by Matteo De Bellis from Requiem. He will come back after 3 months only as vocalist. With this line-up, on January 2002, they return in studio to record a new CD called "Death Never Dies", containig 7 new songs which is getting a big success from magazines (5 times "top demo" including Metal Hammer) and audience. Recentely , Golem made some important live sets with Heimdall and White Skull and appeared in some important compilations such as Wild ´Zine.
Quelle: http://www.golemneverdies.it/Discografie2006 Black Era
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