Satariel (band)

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Satariel
Origin Sweden
Genres Black metal [1]
Melodic death metal
Blackened death metal
Years active1993–present
LabelsNone
Website www.satariel.com
MembersPär Johansson
Mikael Granbacke
Magnus Alakangas
Robert Sundelin
Mikael Granqvist
Past membersAndreas Nilzon
Fredrik Andersson
Mats Ömalm
Simon Johansson

Satariel is a death metal band from Sweden founded in 1993 in Boden. [2] [3]

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History

Satariel recorded its first demo in 1994; titled Thy Heavens' Fall, which consisted of traditional black metal sounds. [4] The band released their debut album, Lady Lust Lilith, in 1998 on Pulverised Records. [5] Over its first four albums up to 2007, the band increasingly mixed melodic death metal with black metal and technical death metal, [6] sometimes drawing comparisons to Opeth and Insomnium. [7] [8] After a seven-year hiatus, Satariel released three-song EP White Ink: Chapter 1 in 2014. [9]

Members

Current members

Past members

Discography

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References

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