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IGNIS OCCULTUS

Demo out now / Demo disponible ya

About Me

IGNIS OCCULTUS (HIDDEN FIRE) was oficially formed in late 2003 by Ixca López & Enrique Escalante, later on Roberto Zambrano was invited to join the band to do vocals. In January 2004 the band started to rehearse and Dulce Daowz a.k.a Countess Kaypora was added to the line up as bassist, with a 4 piece line up they started working on the music and writing lyrics for the songs using their influences from bands like MOTORHEAD,VENOM, BATHORY, CELTIC FROST, SODOM, DEATH , KREATOR, THE CHASM, SHUB NIGGURATH & others. By the summer of 2004 Enrique left the band and was replaced by Adrian Miranda who also does drums for OMISION (death/thrash from Tijuana, Mx), with Adrian in the band they spend the rest of the year rehearsing and arraging their songs. By 2005 the band had the goal to start playing some live shows and become part of the Tijuana/San Diego underground metal scene which by that time was getting to be knowed in other areas by bands like INFINITUM OBSCURE, DAMNATION, SKELATOR, SEVERED (R.I.P) , MAN DESTROYS HIMSELF, DEATH EVOKATION, GUTROT & others, but in spring 2005 due to musical differences Dulce left & the band had no bassist for almost 2 months untill GOLGOTA (now MILICIA OBSCURA) guitarrist/vocalist Francisco Valtierra a.k.a Gesthas offered himself to help out as a bassist. In September 2005 IGNIS OCCULTUS made their 1st live appearance and since then they have played with local underground metal bands like OMISION, MAN DESTROYS HIMSELF, VISCERAL CARNAGE, BLOODFEST (now INFERNAL CONJURATION), FETAL GANGRENAL LEGRADE, MILICIA OBSCURA, NOCTURNAL ALTAR (R.I.P), AETERNUS MALEDICTO. In December 2005 Francisco left the band in order to focus more on his band MILICIA OBSCURA, & Hazael Gonzalez joined as the new bassist. The band started 2006 opening for death metal legends INCANTATION in February , after that Hazael took position as a 2nd guitarrist and Johnathan Bustos joined the band briefly as the new bassist and the band was a 5 piece but in July Hazael left to focus more on his college studies & weeks later Johnathan left as well , in late Octuber Alex "Warlust" Carrillo helped the band on bass and in November 2006 they opened for HACAVITZ and also shared the staged with death/thrash veterans DAMNATION. Enter 2007 and once again Francisco Valterria helped the band on bass while they continue to search for a full time bassist, in June Rene ’’Loki" Camacho joined on Bass & later Luis "Necrotico" Lizarraga from VISCERAL CARNAGE joined as 2nd guitarrist but only to help out on the demo recording due to compromises with his band. In September/October the band entered Voltabend Studios to record their 1st official demo & recently this March ex- Apostasy guitarrist Manuel Castañeda has stepped in as 2nd guitarrist. Now in 2008 the hidden fire has been unleashed!!!!_______________________________________________ ___________________IGNIS OCCULTUS (HIDDEN FIRE) se formo oficialmente a finales del 2003 por Ixca Lopez y Enrique Escalante, poco despues Roberto Zambrano fue invitado a formar parte como vocalista. Para Enero del 2004 la banda comienza a ensayar y Dulce Daowz ¨Countess Kaypora¨ entra como bajista, con la alineacion como cuarteto la banda comienza a escribir canciones y a trabajar en la musica con influencias de bandas como MOTORHEAD, VENOM, BATHORY,CELTIC FROST, SODOM, DEATH, KREATOR, THE CHASM, SHUB NIGGURATH y entre otras. Para el verano del 2004 Enrique deja la banda y es reemplazado por Adrian Miranda tambien baterista de OMISION (thrash/death de Tijuana, Mx), con Adrian en la alineacion la banda pasa el resto del año trabajando en la musica y sus letras. Entra el 2005 y la banda tiene como proposito de empezar a tocar en vivo y formar parte de la escena metalera de Tijuana/San diego que actualmente se ha dado a conocer en otras areas por bandas como INFINITUM OBSCURE, DAMNATION, SKELATOR ,SEVERED (R.I.P) , MAN DESTROYS HIMSELF, DEATH EVOKATION, GUTROT y entre otras, pero para la primavera de ese mismo año debido a diferencias musicales Dulce sale de la banda y se queda la posicion vacia por casi 2 meses hasta que Francisco Valtierra "GESTHAS¨ Vocalista/Guitarrista de GOLGOTA (Ahora MILICIA OBSCURA) se ofrece ayudar a la banda como bajista. En Septiembre de 2005 IGNIS OCCULTUS hace su primera presentacion en vivo, y desde ahi han tocado con bandas de la escena metalera local como OMISION, MAN DESTROYS HIMSELF, VISCERAL CARNAGE , BLOODFEST (ahora INFERNAL CONJURATION), FETAL GANGRENAL LEGRADE, MILICIA OBSCURA, NOCTURNAL ALTAR(R.I.P), AETERNUS MALEDICTO. En Diciembre del 2005 Francisco deja la banda para enfocarse mas en MILICIA OBSCURA y es reemplazado por Hazael Gonzalez. En Febrero 2006 abren a los lengendarios del death Metal INCANTATION y poco despues Hazael se pasa para la 2da guitarra, Johnathan Bustos entra como bajista aunque por corto tiempo asi la banda que da completada como quinteto, pero para Junio de ese mismo año Hazael sale para enfocarse mas a sus estudios universitarios, semanas depues Johnathan tambien sale, ya para Octubre Alex "Warlust" Carrillo ayuda a la banda en el bajo. Para Noviembre y como cuarteto la banda le abre a HACAVITZ y tambien comparte escenario con los veteranos DAMNATION (death/thrash de San Diego). Ya en 2007 Francisco Valtierra nuevamente ayuda a la banda en el bajo en vivo, en lo que la banda continuaba en busqueda de bajista permanente y no fue hasta Junio que Rene "Loki" Camacho se integra como bajista, semanas despues Luis "Necrotico" Lizarraga de VISCERAL CARNAGE entra como 2da guitarrista aunque solo para ayudar en la grabacion del demo debido a compromisos con su banda. Para Septiembre/Octubre la banda entra a grabar su primer demo oficial en Voltabend studios y recientemente en Marzo se integra a la banda como 2do guitarrista Manuel Castañeda ex- Apostasy. Ahora en 2008 el fuego oculto ha sido liberado!!!!!!!

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Member Since: 12/11/2005
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: Roberto Zambrano,Ixca Lopez,Rene ’’Loki’’ Camacho,Adrian Miranda,Manuel Castañeda (Not pictured).
Influences: MANY METAL INFLUENCES.DEATH, BLACK, DOOM, THRASH, HEAVY.
Sounds Like: IGNIS OCCULTUS
Type of Label: None

My Blog

APRIL 14th 1st U.S SHOW

     Ignis Occultus will be playing their 1st ever U.S show in San Diego, Ca at The Zombie Lounge (Metal Mondays).     SENTINEL     IGNIS OC...
Posted by IGNIS OCCULTUS on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:11:00 PST

BAND UPDATE / NOTICIAS DE LA BANDA

      Ignis Occultus would like to wellcome our newest member Manuel Castañeda who will be taking the position as 2nd guitarrist, as well  we like to take this opportunit...
Posted by IGNIS OCCULTUS on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:00:00 PST

Demo available at 2 TJ record stores / Demo disponible en 2 tiendas de discos de Tijuana.

      Ignis Occultus (Demo 2007) it's finally available at 2 Tijuana famous record stores: La Ciruela Electrica Calle sexta, No. 8151 entre Av. Revolución y Av. Constitución ...
Posted by IGNIS OCCULTUS on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:53:00 PST

Demo available now / demo disponible ya.

     Finally after a long wait we are proud to announce that our first official demo is finally out, at the moment is only available with the band. In the next weeks to come it wil...
Posted by IGNIS OCCULTUS on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:57:00 PST

UPDATE + NEW SONGS / NOTICIAS + ROLAS NUEVAS

Hails!!!After a long wait, we have finally finished with the recording of our first demo at Voltabend studios in Tijuana Baja California , Mexico. At the moment we are working with the mixing session ...
Posted by IGNIS OCCULTUS on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:10:00 PST