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Illuminandi

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About Me

.. The group came into being in Debica, a small town in the south of Poland, in early autumn 1998. It was started by Aleksander Koziol (guitar) and Jan Trebacz (vocals, guitar). Soon they were joined by Antonina Kraszkiewicz (cello) and Patrycja Pyzinska (violin). Aleksander Kraszkiewicz (bass) and Szymon Grych (drums) completed the line-up. The band’s goal from the very start was to play heavy music with a positive message. Their first live performance took place in November 1999 at a local festival in Debica.
Illuminandi recorded two demos; ’Demo I’ (four tracks) in 2000 and Demo II (3 tracks) in 2002. Demo II caused some stir in the underground press and eventually got the band signed to Bombworks Records, who in 2005 released the two demos together with a couple of live tracks on one CD entitled The Beginning.
Since Illuminandis style was gradually developing towards the darker, metal edge, it soon became evident for the band that they needed someone to handle the aggressive vocals. Thus Rajmund "Melon" Jelen reinforced the band with his powerful growls and screams.
It was in this line-up that Illuminandi recorded their last effort up to date, a 5-song EP entitled Illumina Tenebras Meas. This Latin title means Illuminate My Darknes. Initially, the MCD was to include 4 songs in Polish and one in English, but the band decided to re-record the Polish tracks in English. Thus, the MCD is going to be available in two versions, Polish and English. The songs are varied, the production is better than ever. Prepare for an intense mixture of crushing guitar riffs, pounding bass, raging drums, soothing sounds of cello and violin, powerful growls and screams and emotional clean vocals. You can call it gothic, symphonic, hardcore or death metal, but its simply Illuminandi. The group is currently looking for a label to release the English version of their EP.

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Member Since: 5/21/2006
Band Website: illuminandi.kdm.pl
Band Members:

Antonina Witkowska
cello

Krzysztof Kawa
violin

Aleksander Koziol
guitar

Janusz Domka
drums

Aleksander Kraszkiewicz
bass

Jan Trebacz
clean vocals, additional growls, guitar

Radoslaw Solek
growls and screams

Influences: Illuminandi's music is a blend of the band members' fascinations and it is not easy to label. Their influences are quite broad, they certainly include most subgenres of metal and rock as well as hardcore, classical music, early music and even some folk. Rejecting all attempts at precise labelling of Illuminandi's sound, one can say that the most characteristic element of their songs is the combination of crushing guitar riffs and aggressive growls contrasted with the soothing sound of violin, cello and melodic male vocals. As the band's members consider themselves Christians, by means of their music they would like to share with other people the greatest treasure they have - the belief in loving God, Jesus Christ, who can give true meaning to human existence.
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My Blog

Illuminandi brand new website finally launched!

Our brand new website has finally been lauched! Please visit www.illuminandi.kdm.pl for more info on the band (click the button in the TOP RIGHT corner for the English version)! And don't forget to le...
Posted by Illuminandi on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:07:00 PST

Illumina Tenebras Meas finally available in the USA!

We are happy to inform you that we have signed a contract with Nokternal Hemizphear for the distribution of our latest EP Illumina Tenebras Meas. NH will act as our official distributor for both Ameri...
Posted by Illuminandi on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:01:00 PST

Line-up update

In Spring 2007 our long-time violin player Patrycja decided to leave the band. She needed more time to finish her studies at the Academy of Music in Krakow and she was also growing tired of playing he...
Posted by Illuminandi on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:38:00 PST

Dead or Alive Festival

The organizers of the festival in Holland have finally got in touch and explained the whole situation; they want us to play at DoA 2007. However, due to some problems they didn't confirm our gig on ti...
Posted by Illuminandi on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:59:00 PST

Illuminandi is NOT coming to Holland!

Hi everybody, the organizers of the Dead or Alive festival in Holland have never really confirmed our gig. We told them clearly that we would love to come but we couldn't afford to pay almost 1000 Eur...
Posted by Illuminandi on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:02:00 PST

A full song on our myspace!

For those of you who haven't noticed yet - there's a full song from our latest EP on our myspace for you to enjoy! It's the English version of the first EP track: "the Rider". Enjoy!PaxJan/Illuminandi...
Posted by Illuminandi on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:15:00 PST

Illuminandi's latest EP distributed via Whirlwind Records

The German label Whirlwind Records has taken a few copies of Illumina Tenebras Meas EP for distribution. You can purchase the CD from them:http://www.whirlwind-records.com/de/home/mailorder/kata log/ei...
Posted by Illuminandi on Mon, 21 May 2007 11:16:00 PST

EoR 2007

EoR 2007 is over, we're back in Poland. We'd like to say THANK YOU to everyone who made EoR such a great experience for us: - the organizers and the whole EoR team (especially the girls who took care ...
Posted by Illuminandi on Fri, 04 May 2007 03:58:00 PST

Illumina Tenebras Meas is out!

Finally! The EP is out! Everyone in Poland can order it here:http://www.paganini.com.pl/product.php/aWQ9MTYzNg==For all of you outside Poland the info on how to get the CD will be posted soon.The EP w...
Posted by Illuminandi on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:03:00 PST

Illuminandi - release date!

At last!!!Our new EP entitled "Illumina Tenebras Meas" will be released in Poland on April 16th on MOCNERAMIE Records!Here's the tracklist:1.)Jezdziec2.)Czterdziesta doba3.)Hymn of All Creation4.)The ...
Posted by Illuminandi on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:12:00 PST