There are three artists with this name: 1.) Hierophant is very slow, raw and atmospheric funeral doom metal project of Xathagorra Mlandroth - one of the founders of funeral doom itself (with Thergothon, Skepticism, Funeral and others).
The music is always very slow, depressive and weighty (extremely). All tracks are quite primitive, but it can be requited by unique and deep atmosphere of solitude and endless darkness.
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1) Frozen Ocean is a one-man ambient/atmospheric black metal band by Vaarwel, from Moscow, Russia.
2) There is a christian acoustic folk rock group from Vancouver, Canada with the same name.
3) A crazy, australian chaotic punk/hardcore/noise band with a drummer and a guitarist.
There are several performers under name "Esoteric":
1) A funeral doom/death metal band from United Kingdom
2) A disbanded Mexican death metal band, which released a demo in 1995
3) Emcee of the Boston hip-hop act 7L & Esoteric
4) new age artist of unknown origin, one album from 1991, titled "Enigma of Faith"
5) Dutch acid techno artist Curley's alias. About the doom metal act from Birmingham, UK:
There are many bands under the name of Valhalla, 10 of them are metal. 1) The best known Valhalla hails from Petrozavodsk, Rusland and has released one album under the name of "Hail To The Fallen Majesty" in 2003. 2) There is another Valhalla originating from Bedfordshire in England from 1979 playing progressive metal. They had two national single releases on the NEAT records label, "Coming Home" and the double A sides of "Jack" and "Still in Love with You" together with tracks on the compilation album sponsored by the popular music paper SOUNDS.
After the split of his former black metal band, Reign of Evil, Jonathan decided to continue on his own and make a new band. Long time Doom-Metal fan, regretting the lack of Doom-Metal bands in France, he therefore chose to found Ataraxie, along with Clement, that already played with him in Reign Of Evil. At the end of 2000, Jonathan and Clement met Pierre in Hellion Record’s shop, Rouen’s meeting place for all metalheads. Soon the rehearsal started. Also recruited at Hellion Record’s shop, Sylvain joined the band at the very beginning of 2001.
There are several artists named Kodiak: 1) German drone/doom metal band, in action 2008-2012
2) London electronic duo
3) Northern Irish rock band
4) Pennsylvania band
5) US emo band active in the 1990s
6) Glasgow band formed in 2004
7) Canadian world music group 1) Kodiak were a 3 piece Funeral Drone/Doom Metal band. In may 2008 they released their first 2 song cdr via Denovali Records, which was sold out in 2 months.
Falling Trees is a one-man doom metal band created specifically for airtime on WSRN's 'Encyclopedia Brutallum'. So far, they have only recorded one song.
There is more than one artist with this name:
1) This Spanish band came from Gijon, the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula. The members were Alex Cakrul (bass), Alberto Fontaneda (guitar, flute and vocals), Mento Heria (keybaords and vocals), Manda Jimenez (drums) and Rafael Rodriguez (guitar). Their only album "Si Todo Hiciera Crack” (’80) from CRACK is one of the jewels of the Spanish progressive rock.
There are at least three artists named Ahab: 1) is a German funeral doom metal band, formed by members of Midnattsol and Endzeit. They released an EP named The Oath in 2005 and a full-length album named The Call Of The Wretched Sea in 2006. The classic novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville served as a source of inspiration for their music. On the artwork of the album, the style of the music is described as "Nautic funeral doom".
1. Funeral Doom project of Mikko Aspa, the owner of Northern Heritage and Freak Animal Records, found 2001 in Lahti, Finland. Aspa is also known from many other bands/projects such as Grunt, Nicole 12, Alchemy Of The 20th Century, Clinic Of Torture, Clandestine Blaze, A.M., Deathspell Omega, Creamface and Fleshpress 2. A hymn from the 13th century attributed to a Jacopone da Todi. 3. A symphonic gothic-doom/funeral doom metal band from Japan.
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