SPECTRAL

SPECTRAL
Est. 1995
MARCHING FORWARD!
SPECTRAL was founded on 14 January 1995 by German "Teutonlord" Wollwert (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Meik "Destructor" Meiers. In this time the guys were influenced by bands like CANNIBAL CORPSE, SINISTER and NOCTURNUS but also MY DYING BRIDE and ANATHEMA.
Their first songs were called 'Take It Evil', 'Anytime' and 'The Dark Force'. On their first concert on 23 September 1995 SPECTRAL got positive response by the listeners and other musicians. So they searched and completed the line up with RAT (guitar) and COLOSSOS (bass). In 1998 Carlo „Zerberus“ Lepage joined SPECTRAL as their singer.
In June 1999 SPECTRAL recorded their first demo CD "Teutonic Symphony". The CD got positive feedback by zines like "Metal Heart", "Heavy, oder was?!", "G.U.C.", "Mystic Obsession", "From The Underground", "Streetcleaener", "Bright Eyes", etc.
The years 2000 and 2001 were very succesfull because of SPECTRAL played many concerts with the Death Metal band TORMENT OF SOULS from Bitburg. Mario "Aggressor" Meinen (bass) came to SPECTRAL and in 2001 SPECTRAL went to "Gernhart Studio Siegburg" where they recorded the first album "Barbaric Assault". In this time the band found their style called BLACK VIKING POWER. Many magazines like "Rock Hard", "Ablaze", "Heavy, oder was?!" and "Legacy" took pleasure, but a hoped-for record contract was still fruitless.
After the album RAT left the band and Sascha "Nidhögg" Weber came to SPECTRAL and some concerts were played with ABROGATION from Magdeburg. And so SPECTRAL went to the "Gernhart Studio" again and recorded their second album "DAWN OF GODS" on their own. It was a perfect mix of aggressive hardness and melodic hymns. But a while after finishing the CD ZERBERUS left the band.
In 2005 SPECTRAL celebrated their 10th birthday with a big party and Marco "Vidar" Ewertz entered SPECTRAL as their new singer. SPECTRAL continued writing songs and in September 2006 Florian "Exkrementor" Thome replaced Aggressor as their bass-player.
On 16 Nov 2007 SPECTRAL released their third CD STORMRIDERS at CCP Records!
For more information check out our website!
Teutonic Symphony - 1999 - Demo
01. Teutonic War
02. Praise The Mystic Shadows
03. Painful Reminder
04. Fire and Blood