Biography:
The band started in 1996 with Garo, Clement(ex-guitarist) and Geno in a small garage. At the time the band was known as Opposites and played black metal influenced by Emperor, Naglfar, Dissection Several members joined later on to complete the line-up(1998): Marco(Keyboards), Khalil(Bass) Pierre on drums and later on; Farid as second vocals. At this time The bands name changed fromOpposites to The Weeping Willow , several songs were done and a couple of gigs performed.
The band faced many problems such as, line up changes, conflict in musical direction and The HEAVY METAL issue in Lebanon which you all know and dont need to talk about. So Farid, Pierre, and Khalil left the band, Marco switched to bass and Rafik joined the band on drums in the year 2000.
The bands style after the exit of former members changed to death metal, mainly influenced by old school death metal bands which we were raised on such as: Morbid Angel, Unleashed, Obituary, Benediction, Death
We worked on new material. Geno had to leave the band for a while. He was replaced by Ralph, who figured as vocalist on our first demo album Garden of Misery (First Doom/death metal ever to be released in our country). Several big concerts followed which were pretty successful with amazing reactions from the crowd (You know who you are, You Rule!!).
Problems dealt with, Geno came back in late autumn 2001. The band opened up for Theatre of Tragedy , Material for our first album was being prepared but due to lack of funding, Marco and Rafik joining the army, and the rise again of the Metal Issue(jail...) which has been persecuting musicians and this type of music since 1995, the band had to wait until late 2003 to enter the studio.
On September 2004, Weeping Willow released their second album "MENTALLY DECAYED" in Rock Fest, and Virgin Megastore.
In June 2006 Weeping Willow opened for Finish band Apocalyptica!! and In july 2006 performed in RockNation with Macbeth.Joeseph had to leave to France in August 2006 (Good Luck Bro keep those Horns Up) and was replaced by x-Armageddon guitarist Elias Njeim.The Band entered the studio in December 2006 (IQ Studios) and recorded their third album.
