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Athanator

Athanator - Thrash Metal from Medellin

About Me

Strongly influenced by bands like Celtic Frost, Sodom and Onslaught, Athanator was born in 1989 in a basement of northeast Medellín neighborhood. The founders of the band, Jaime Ocampo, Guillermo Alzate and Gioseppe Restrepo, begun to play music with the only purpose to feel the strength of a disorted electric guitar, the beats of a home-made drums and to voice with their music their feelings of a dark inner world full of cruelty and violence.

The band had their first performance in October of 1990 in Santa Bárbara, Antioquia alongside with Asalmatum, Holocausto, Skullcrusher, Belial, Agresion y Tinieblas, other Metal bands now defunct. Due to the great popularity they got by playing in this performance, the band recorded, with just a small recorder, their first demo: "Gritos del Ennom".

In 1992, Juan Fernando Escobar enters the band, conforming a traditional Metal band. With this new formation the band records its first single: "Engendros de Muerte". Thanks to this single, the band started a tour trough several cities of Colombia to release it.

In 1993 the band records and releases a new demo: "Involución". After doing this, the band begins to have problems that would lead it to disintegrate, which happened in November of 1995 after a performance alongside of Eternal, Lipthopia and Averno.

After 4 years of unsuccessful attempts to reunite, Athanator finally reappears in a performance in November of 1999 alongside of Murder, Cromlech and Eternal, this time the band was conformed by: Javier Urán, Federico Agudelo, Jaime Ocampo and Enrique Ramírez.

In January of 2000, Juan Fernando Escobar enters the band again, completing the formation with which the band records its first album in CD: "Raise the Death".

In 2003 Javier Urán and Juan Escobar leave the band, they are replaced by Jorge Mejía, at that time drummer in Réquiem, and Eder Zapata, at that time guitarist in Estigma, respectively. With this new formation the band records its second album: "Earth of Blood", produced by José Uribe (exEkhimosis) and distributed by Ateneo Producciones in Colombia, Metal Blast Records in Germany and Dirrty Records in United States and Europe.

In November of 2004 Jorge Mejía leaves the band, he is replaced by Juan Carlos Sánchez, at that time drummer in Nepentes.

As of today the band is getting ready two works: a DVD with a documentary of the history of the band, videoclips and videos of their performances; and it's also READY its third album which was released in SEPTEMBER of 2006, called THE PERFECT ENEMY.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/28/2006
Band Website: athanator.com
Band Members: Jaime Ocampo - Guitar/vocals
Kike Ramirez - Bass
Eder Zapata - Lead Guitar
Julián Mejía - Drums

Influences: Slayer, Testament, Annihilathor, Kreator, Destruction, Sepultura, Metallica, Pantera, Anthrax, Exodus, Tankard, Black Sabbath...we don't know, all the fucking good Metal!!!
Sounds Like: Thrash Metal with Death Metal Influences.
Record Label: Metal Blast / Dirrty Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Raise the Death (Demo Version)

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=rWN_53Qs2lQ You can see Athanator when they was recording the pre-production of the new song called "Raise the Death", that will be included in the new album 2....
Posted by Athanator on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:54:00 PST

BALANCE GENERAL DE METALMEDALLO.

En breve llegará a su fin uno de los eventos más destacados del Metal de Colombia durante 2007: el Metal Medallo. No resulta justo ni con los organizadores ni con las bandas invitadas, y mucho menos...
Posted by Athanator on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:32:00 PST

DERRUMBES IMPIDEN NUESTRA LLEGADA A CALI

Queremos hacer saber que la ausencia de ATHANATOR & TENEBRARUM en EL ENCUENTRO DE METAL LATINOAMERICANO no fué ni por negligencia del organizador; pues el cumplió con todo, ni por decisión de los ...
Posted by Athanator on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:06:00 PST

HOMENAJE AL SOLDADO CAIDO EN COMBATE

ESTE 19 DE JULIO&. DIA DEL SOLDADO CAÍDO EN COMBATE. En 1990 Rodrigo Obregón Osorio llega de rodar la novela "ESCALONA" y en un vuelo Valledupar-Bogotá, se percata que viajaba con un muchacho graveme...
Posted by Athanator on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:15:00 PST

PRESENTAMOS EN VIVO EL "PERFECT ENEMY"

Hey, todos invitados (cuando a uno lo invitan, no paga), a la presentación de nuestra mas brutal muestra de thrash llamada "El Enemigo Perfecto". Por otro lado... estrenando baterista!!! El señor Juli...
Posted by Athanator on Fri, 25 May 2007 03:44:00 PST

CONSIGUE TODA LA MUSICA DE ATHANATOR

Ahora, puedes conseguir toda la discografía de la banda directamente con la banda, de la siguiente forma: 1. Consigna en Bancolombia el valor de el/los articulos + el valor del envío. 2. Envía un corr...
Posted by Athanator on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:24:00 PST

EN MEDELLIN ESTAMOS DE FERIA TAURINA... ¡¡¡FERIA ASESINA!!!

La Tauromaquia es la VERGÜENZA de los que nos sentimos Colombianos! No son pocos los artistas que han dedicado  parte de su trabajo a expresar su repulsa hacia la tortura taurina. Me parece una...
Posted by Athanator on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:21:00 PST

THE PERFECT ENEMY....NEW ALBUM 2006

THE PERFECT ENEMY....READY TO ATTACK!!! En la primera semana del mes de septiembre, estará disponible para Colombia, la nueva placa de ATHANATOR: THE PERFECT ENEMY. El Disco tiene 11 nuevas canciones ...
Posted by Athanator on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:13:00 PST