CARTHAGODS was formed in 1997 by Tarak ben sassi (guitarist), Aymen benhamed (drums) and Nader berber (vocals) . The lineup was completed the same year with Sami chehoudi (bass) and wassim kileni ( guitars).
For three years CARTHAGODS played cover songs of many heavy metal bands as Megadeth , Iron maiden Metallica , Pantera ….. in several concerts .
In 2001 Wassim kileni left the band and was replaced by Khalil naweli , at that time CARTHAGODS decided to make their own music. The year 2001 was marked by the death of khalil, after that the band almost split up. Only Artak (Tarak) and Zack ( Aymen) were left and they continued writing the future CARTHAGODS songs. 2004 CARTHAGODS are back with Mahdi khemakhem (singer) Khaled adhimi (guitar) and houssem (bass) the new line up performed in small concerts till the 1 st big metal event of Tunisia “ROCK TUNISIA†with the famous Dutch band EPICA (march2006).
April 2007 time for “ROCK TUNISIA II “with KIKO LOUREIRO (Angra/guitarist) for the first time a guitar hero is performing in Tunisia. At that time Houssem was replaced by Fakhri ben maryem (bass).
2008 CARTHAGODS are still here with a new line up as usual ^^ , Abdelwe7ed abdelsamad (guitar) replaced khaled. And as usual CARTHAGODS are related to the great events: “ROCK TUNISIA IIIâ€
Will take place on the 19 April in MAD ART theatre Carthage with the famous guitarist Marcel coenen himself (Sun caged; Stormrider …), CARTHAGODS producer and performing in their two songs SHADOWS and EATER OF SIN.
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