Demonos Sova Anathemalignant Pelcepoop Nuklear Tormentörr Ruttokieli Pete Vendetta
Past members
Aki Hytönen Ilu Jetblack Roima Niko Neva Bloodbeast Necronom Dethstrike Infernus Reaper Sklethnor Destrukkktorr Crowl Pimeä Sulphur Nattasett Warlord Somnium Beast Dominator Trollhorn Anathemalignant
Barathrum is a Finnish
black-doom metal band, formed in 1990. The band's name is
Latin for pit or abyss. The first letters of their eight full-length albums spell "HEIL SOVA" - referring to the band's frontman, Demonos Sova,[1] who is the only original member of the band. Their music is stylistically similar to early black metal acts such as
Venom and
Celtic Frost. Their lyrics deal with occult and religious themes.
History
Barathrum was founded at Kuopio, Finland under a name of Darkfeast, which was changed into Barathrum the year after.
Barathrum recorded several demos during the years 1991-1993. After the demos, Barathrum signed to an underground German record label called Nazgul’s Eyrie Productions which released low budget studio albums "Hailstorm" (1995), "Eerie (1995)" and "Infernal" (1997) before the label went hiatus and left Barathrum as an unsigned artist.
The band signed to
Spinefarm Records record label in 1998 and released five albums, ”Legions Of Perkele” (1998), "Saatana" (1999), ”Okkult" (2000), "Venomous" (2002) and ”Anno Aspera: 2003 Years After Bastard’s Birth” making Barathrum one of the most prominent bands in Finnish black metal scene.[2]
After the years of hiatus, the band was signed to Finnish underground record label
Saturnal Records and released their ninth full-length album "Fanatiko (2017)" in April 28th 2017. [3]
Current line-up
Demonos Sova – All instruments, vocals
Anathemalignant – Guitar
Pelcepoop - Guitar
Nuklear Tormentörr – Bass
Ruttokieli - Bass
Pete Vendetta - Drums
Previous members
Aki Hytönen – guitars (1990–1992) (also in
Demilich)