In 1985 MEKONG DELTA emerged on the metal scene as a mystery band, with the story being that the members were under contract to other bands and thus could not reveal their true identities. Early lineups featured Rage mainman Peavey Wagner (and other Rage members as well), but by the time of the first album "Mekong Delta", a firm lineup was established, consisting of the following members (the real names were not known for a number of years): Keil (Wolfgang Borgmann), Rolf Stein (Frank Fricke, then in Living Death), Vincent St. John (Reiner Kelch, also of Living Death), Bjorn Eklund (Ralf Hubert), and Gordon Perkins (Jorg Michael, then in Rage). The band continued to use pseudonyms for several years (Uwe Baltrusch was listed as Mark Kaye, and Uli Kusch as Patrick Duval). Eventually the real names were revealed, and by 1990 (when Dances Of Death was released) all but Jorg Michael were using their true names.
The music of MEKONG DELTA with the brilliant compositions of Ralph HUBERT is best described as Germanic thrash, with strong progressive and classical tendencies. "Kaleidoscope", "The Music Of Erich Zann" "The Principle of Doubt" are their better and most consistent releases. Over the course of their career the band has covered several classical pieces (mostly by Musorgsky), and these have been re-released as the Classics compilation. The last album is all-instrumental and is entirely based on classical pieces, with vocalist Doug Lee not appearing even though he was still considered a member of the band at the time. Mekong Delta has now a new vocalist: Leo Szpigiel--formerly of Angel Dust, Crows, Duke, and Scanner and Peter Lake (Theory In Practice) plays the guitars. The amazing "Lurking Fear" artwork is designed by Eliran Kantor (www.elirankantor.com)
You can buy at a low price the remastered versions of the MEKONG DELTA albums on the official site of the band runned by Devoraz: http://www.mekongdelta.eu/news.php
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