Diocletian (band)

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Diocletian
Origin Auckland, New Zealand
Genres War metal [1]
Years active2004 (2004)–2015 (2015),2016 (2016)–present
Labels Osmose Productions
Members
  • B.S.
  • C.T.
  • E.M.
  • R.W.
Past members
  • L. Muir
  • C. Sinclair
  • J. Baldwin
  • K. Stanley
  • A. Craft
  • V. Kusabs
  • S. Bidwell
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Diocletian is a New Zealand war metal band from Auckland. Formed in 2004, the band split in 2015. Its lineup then featured Brendan Southwell (also known as Atrociter and B.S.) (guitar, vocals), L. Muir (guitar, vocals, bass), C. Sinclair (drums) and J. Baldwin (guitars). The band's 2015 album, Gesundrian, was featured as number 15 on Pitchfork's list of "The Best Metal Albums of 2014". [1]

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Brendan Southwell reactivated the band in 2016 with a whole new line-up. In 2018, Diocletian members are B.S. at lead guitar, E. M. at drums, and R.W. (Rigel Walshe from Dawn of Azazel) at bass. Impurath, from the American act Black Witchery takes lead vocal duty when available as C.T. [2]

Band members

Current members
Former members

Discography

Studio albums
EPs and splits
Compilations
Demos

References

  1. 1 2 Stosuy, Brandon (29 December 2014). "The Best Metal Albums of 2014". Pitchfork . Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "VIRIBVS". www.diocletian.org. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Seen and Heard: Impaled Nazarene, Diocletian, Gojira, The Body". No Clean Singing. Retrieved 1 September 2016.


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