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Ataraxie


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. At that moment, Ataraxie sounded more like a black/death metal band with ‘doomy’ influences. The band even played some Reign Of Evil tunes, rearranged a more “doomier” way. After a few months of rehearsals, the band first hit the stage in April 2001, and yet received good reactions from the crowd. During May 2001, Clement left Ataraxie, for focusing on his own brutal death/black metal project, Supremacy. Again met in Hellion Record’s, Fred replaced Clement in June. The line up never changed afterwards. From summer 2001 to spring 2002, Ataraxie alternated composition and gigs, evoluting toward an extreme doom/death style. Seven songs were recorded by the band himself, became “The Other Path”, the first ‘studio’ release (released at the beginning of 2003), that reflects this evolution. From autumn 2002, Ataraxie focused on gigging, with a growing reputation of solid performers. In January 2003, they shared the...

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