In late 2004 Artur decided to continue creating Black Metal in a refined way, of exquisite kind. This time, a singer from Slovenian coast Valentina Lacovich was invited to do additional vocals. In January 2005, the first song "Vigred" was recorded and in April when all songs were done, the decision was to name the whole project Vigred and rename the song into "Dekadent". However, when the deal was inked with SMP in early 2006, it was soon decided to rename the project into Dekadent due to international purposes (Vigred means Springtime in older Slovenian). The first eight songs Artur produced were combined into a single opus, called "Manifestation of Seasonal Bleeding", an album of advanced Black Metal compositions and atmosphere, full of spirit that is original and true. The album immediately got great response in the local rock/metal media as well as in metal-zines abroad. In order to promote his work, Artur contacted a fellow graphic designer and video artist Andra-- Sedmak, with whom he created a stunning video for the song "Vigred" which premiered on the Annual Museum Night at National Gallery of Modern Arts in Ljubljana.
In October of 2005 drummer Andra-- Krpic was asked to join Artur in recording new demo tracks for the next Dekadent release. When Swiss Black Metal label SMP decided to release "Manifestation..." in the Autumn of 2006, the recording was put on hold. In April 2006, a decision was made to shoot a second Dekadent video for the song "Dissident Dream". With collaboration of external partners and with the local Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Artur Felicijan and Andra-- Sedmak again created an outstanding video masterpiece. The video premiered at the cinema theater Kino Klub Vic in Ljubljana and was also presented at Slovenia’s biggest advertising festival Magdalena 06. In wish of Dekadent becoming a live band, Bo--tjan Ivancic was recruited as the second guitarist and a few months later, a renowned local metal bassist Andrej Bohnec joined the band.
Finally, on September the 18th, Swiss SMP released Dekadent’s debut "Manifestation...", an album that was brought to the attention of music media and already received rather good if not excellent response. Promoting their debut album, guys began performing live across the country as well as hitting the stages abroad. Thus, new fans were gained as Dekadent proved themselves as a strong and a great live act. Not resting a bit, the band prepared their new opus, entitled "The Deliverance of the Fall", which was released in late January of 2008, with their Swiss partners Pentacle Music. It is an audio/visual work of great proportions, something that had changed the meaning of a concept album and metal video! The whole album consists of one single song, which takes you on an epic and emotional journey. The band is currently busy promoting the album live, presenting it first on their local ground, while they will hit abroad by the end of the spring 2008.
Movie Trailer for Dekadent’s THE DELIVERANCE OF THE FALL
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Dekadent rehearsing new songs
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Dekadent performing Vigred at MDOA 2007, Radola