Israthoum


Israthoum is a melodic black metal band formed in Portugal and now based in the Netherlands. They are Israth on bass and vocals, Arvath on drums, Agramon on keys and Kald and Charagnanna on guitar. The five members make strong, well put together material. A full length album is currently being recorded. Israthoum was formed in ’92 in Portugal under the name of Grendel, and standing for sick & fast Satanic Grindcore. The line-up back then was: Arvath (drums), Arluth Dhu (guitar/vocals) and Israth (bass/vocals). By this time, two demos were recorded, namely in ’92 (Decapitation) and in ’93 (untitled). These were never launched into the scene though. A bit later the band started giving some concerts, so 3 gigs were done in Portugal in ’95, this time as a Black Metal formation, and under the new name Geryous. After this period there came a time where rehearsing became impossible since the band was kicked out of the rehearsal-place due to good old censorship. Somewhere between ’97 and ’98 there was a final change of the band name to Israthoum, and which was shortly followed by a change of residence to the Netherlands (Arluth Dhu and Arvath) and Luxembourg (Israth) respectively. Even though this meant a physical distance between its members, Israthoum finally got the chance of rehearsing again, and this time with proper material, and also some new members joined the horde. This resulted in the release of the demo Hatred in 2001. This one was followed in 2002 by the...

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