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INSPIRED BY THE EVIL PROTAGONIST IN THE FANTASY NOVEL SERIES "THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT"Bassist/Songwriter Darren Werner formed Metal band Despiser in 1986.Personel changes meant the line up did not solidify till 1987 with the nucleus or Werner, Dave King on Drums and singer Charlie C.The band performed several support gigs with guitarists coming and going and did some festivals through to the end of 1987.In 1988 the band finalised what is now considered the "classic line up" when they added former White Tiger guitarist Nick Carter.Three months of intense rehearsal later the band had tightened and set their sound in stone.Not only did the band kill sonically with their Iron Maiden influenced onslaught, but their stage show was the most bombastic ever to be brought into the local pub/club scene in Auckland if not New Zealand.With the forboding figure of the Grim Reaper lurking at side stage, the band pummelled its audience with a combination of fast paced original songs like Dreams Of Man and Unclean Saviour to the intense Sabbath styled Push Button Eternity, to the progressive Metal of From The Dark Of Evil.The power and aggression of the music was rivaled only by the fist pumping, smoke billowing, bomb bursting on stage antics, all culminating with the execution of the Grim Reaper. The band had one simple message, Death To Death...perhaps even more poignant today in a society devoid of compassion and quick to violence.Twenty Years on the "classic line up" are set to reunite for one firey night of Metal Mayhem later this year... KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS RIGHT HERE... IS THE PHANTOM LORD ABOUT TO RETURN!!!!DREAMS OF MAN (LIVE1988)
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