TENEBRIS

Death Metal / Progressive Metal • Poland
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Tenebris is a Polish metal band whose career so far can be split into two distinct eras. The first begins with the band's formation as a death metal act in 1991 and lasted until their group's original split in 2003. This time period produced two full-length albums; The Odious Progress (1994) and Only Fearless Dreams (1996) as well as an EP, Catafalque (1998).

The second era starts with the band's reformation in 2005. The revived Tenebris operates in the progressive metal genre and have released a further two albums, Leavings of Distortion Soul (2009) and Alpha Orionis (2013). The former album was originally planned to be released under the name Ooze.

These days Tenebris contains no original members. Frontman Przemyslaw Szymaniak (aka Simon or Szymon) is the longest running member having first appeared as a session musician on the group's second demo Mesmerized (1993).

- Biography by adg211288 (September 2013)
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TENEBRIS The Odious Progress album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Odious Progress
Death Metal 1994
TENEBRIS Only Fearless Dreams album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Only Fearless Dreams
Death Metal 1996
TENEBRIS Leavings of Distortion Soul album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Leavings of Distortion Soul
Progressive Metal 2009
TENEBRIS Alpha Orionis album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Alpha Orionis
Progressive Metal 2013

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TENEBRIS Catafalque + Mesmerized album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Catafalque + Mesmerized
Death Metal 1998

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TENEBRIS Solitude album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solitude
Death Metal 1992
TENEBRIS Mesmerized album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mesmerized
Death Metal 1993
TENEBRIS Melting album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Melting
Progressive Metal 2007
TENEBRIS Tenebris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tenebris
Progressive Metal 2009

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TENEBRIS Catafalque - Comet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Catafalque - Comet
Death Metal 2007
TENEBRIS Diib album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Diib
Death Metal 2010

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TENEBRIS Alpha Orionis

Album · 2013 · Progressive Metal
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Emerging from the city of Łódź, Poland in 1991 first under the name Solitude and then Mesmerized with a demo each under both names, the band finally chose TENEBRIS and released its first album “The Odious Progress” in 1994. Adopting the sounds of old school death metal with cheesy keyboards, the early albums sounded like a poor man’s Nocturnus and ultimately the band ended in 2002 only to resurrect in 2006 like a Phoenix and emerge as a fully developed progressive metal band without jettisoning the death metal aspects.

“Catalfalque - Comet” was immediately released but recorded from 1997 - 2002 which served as a transition album between the two phases of the band however by the time the band released its 2009 album “Leavings of Distortion Soul,” TENEBRIS had mostly shed its death metal heritage and moved more into the world atmospheric sci-fi themed prog metal that adopted all kinds of various metal styles including a nod or two to its previous incarnation. ALPHA ORIONIS, named after a star cluster in Betelgeuse, followed in 2013 and took the band even further into the world of the avant-garde and experimental with a focus on psychedelic textures, jazz influences and even zeuhl based cyclical rhythms.

ALPHA ORIONIS is a strange album that really doesn’t sound like any other. It’s a veritable mix of the spacey atmospheric sounds of early Cynic especially when the few moments of death metal come in but through the run of 9 tracks that add up to 46 minutes of playing time, TENEBRIS really dishes out healthy doses of the entire metal universe with different stylistic approaches including totally distinct vocals appearing throughout the album’s run. While mostly set to clean vocals, the occasional death growls occur during the more aggressive contrasts but for the most part this is a very atmospheric metallic version of space rock with layers of synthesizers offering subtle backgrounds and even more upfront cases of spacey keyboard runs.

The music can range from somewhat familiar progressive metal in the vein of early 90s Pestilence to very strange groove metal based sounds reminiscent of Nevermore. In addition to the sung vocals are lots of spoken vocals appearing throughout. The music alternates between heavy extreme metal, more atmospheric prog metal not unlike Porcupine Tree’s heaviest to pacifying non-metal moments with clean guitars, heavy layers of synth and dreamy atmospheres. While all these styles come and go they usually play out for a lengthy period before changing the mood dial. ALPHA ORIONIS is a true progress metal album in that excels at crafting demanding time signature workouts despite the album’s overall flow feeling quite relaxed despite the business of the heavy drum, bass and guitar workouts.

This is definitely a unique album from this Polish band and for those seeking out some of the weirdest and unorthodox extreme metal out there then this album shouldn’t be missed. It features a really nice production and a strange procession of metal and space ambient sounds that somehow keep a nice flow with some zeuhl inspired rhythms. Possibly a bit claustrophobic sounding for some and admittedly a bit busy in the atmospheric department with the vocals often low in the mix but all of this guarantees a very strange album experience that won’t disappoint those looking for something different. Personally i think this is a great album that showcases as much extreme originality as it does extreme soundscapes. Definitely one for fans of the difficult music listening section.

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