The band came into existence in the year 2003. It was formed by Jarek Niemiec, Wiktor Niemiec, Adam Augustynski and Maciek Dudek. In mid 2004 Maciek was replaced by Staszek Chorazki and the band took the name Saratan. The first gig was played in Woodstock Pub in Cracow on 26th February 2005. After playing few concerts the band was ready to record the demo album. Unfortunately on 11th June 2005 Staszek died in car accident. After some time the band resumed to have rehersals, as Slawek Kawa joined us. Saratan started to record the demo album in December 2005 in ZED Studio, under Tomek Zalewski supervision. It appeard in January 2006. Demo cd "Infected with Life" received very good marks in heavy metal magazines and webzines accross the world. One year later the band
decided to record full lenght album. Saratan entered Studio X, Olsztyn in September 2007. Debut cd entitled "The Cult of Vermin" was ready in mid October 2007, and then the band started to search for a label. In December Saratan’s drummer - Wiktor Niemiec - decided to left the band, so Michal “MiSha†Drozdowski became a new band member. After few months Saratan signed a contract with italian label: My Kingdom Music. Nowdays the group is preparing to promote their first full lenght album. 18th April 2008 is the world premiere date of "The Cult of Vermin".
I. Future is Grim
II. Path of Mistakes
III. Lynch Law
IV. Eclipse (instrumental)
V. Illness we Preach
VI. Never Conform
VII. Satanic Verses
VIII. Serve the Death
IX. In the Mists of Time (instrumental)
X. Cancer of the Earth
XI. Vermin
“The Cult of Vermin†contains 38 minutes of thrash metal with some other influances like: doom metal, death metal and arabic instrumental music. The album will be available in Europe, U.S.A, South America, Japan. Full list of disributors will be added soon.
