Ceremonial Oath Explained

Ceremonial Oath
Alias:	Desecrator (1989-1991)
Origin:	Mölndal, Sweden
Years Active:	1989–1996, 2012–present
Label:	Corpsegrinder, Modern Primitive, Black Sun
Associated Acts:	In Flames, HammerFall, Tiamat
Current Members:	Oscar Dronjak Anders Iwers Jesper Strömblad Markus Nordberg
Past Members:	Anders Fridén Mikael Andersson Thomas Johansson Marcus Fredriksson Ulf Assarsson

Ceremonial Oath is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1989. They were originally called Desecrator, but changed their name to Ceremonial Oath in 1991 and disbanded in 1996.^[1] During their initial existence they released three demos, one EP and two studio albums.^[1] Several of the band members would later create or join bands that would achieve greater success such as In Flames and HammerFall, a band that would greatly influence the awakened interest in power metal and traditional heavy metal.

Ceremonial Oath reunited for an appearance at the inaugural edition of The Gothenburg Sound festival on January 5–6, 2013 at Trädgår'n in Gothenburg,^[2] ^[3] and also made appearances on a few other festivals later the same year. In addition to that, a remixed and remastered version of their 1993 album The Book of Truth was re-released in the beginning of 2013.^[4] Other than reuniting for a string of shows, Ceremonial Oath has no plans to record or release any new material.^[5]

Band members

Current

Oscar Dronjak – vocals, guitar (1989–1993, 2012–present)
Anders Iwers – guitar (1989–1996, 2012–present)
Markus Nordberg – drums (1991–1996, 2012–present)
Jesper Strömblad – bass (1991–1993, 2012–present)

Former

Ulf Assarsson – drums (1989–1991)
Marcus Fredriksson – bass, vocals (1989–1990)
Thomas Johansson – bass (1993–1996)
Mikael Andersson – guitar (1993–1996)
Anders Fridén – vocals (1993–1996)

Session lineup

Tomas Lindberg – vocals (1993–1995)
Peter Ekberg – bass (1990–1991)
Fredrik Nordström – keyboards (1992–1993)

Timeline

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Discography

As Desecrator

Wake the Dead (Demo, 1990)
Black Sermons (Demo, 1990)

As Ceremonial Oath

Promo 1991 (Demo, 1991)
Lost Name of God (EP, Corpse Grinder Records, 1992)
The Book of Truth (CD, Modern Primitive Records, 1993)
Carpet (CD, Black Sun Records, 1995)

Notes and References

Web site: Biography. 2007-05-11. Black Sun Records. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071006151342/http://www.blacksun.se/ceremonial/history.html. 2007-10-06.
Web site: CEREMONIAL OATH To Reunite For THE GOTHENBURG SOUND Festival • Metal4all.com. 15 June 2012. metal4all.com. 25 July 2017. 21 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821134402/http://www.metal4all.com/ceremonial-oath-to-reunite-for-the-gothenburg-sound-festival/. dead.
Web site: Blistering Metal News: CEREMONIAL OATH to Reunite for THE GOTHENBURG SOUND Festival . 2012-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204129/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/27100/tempidx/1/menuid/1 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
Web site: Ceremonial Oath. www.facebook.com.
Web site: ETERNAL TERROR - CEREMONIAL OATH - Revisiting the Metallic Oath. Eternal-terror.com.