Evoken | |
Background: | group_or_band |
Alias: | Funereus (1992) Asmodeus (1993) |
Origin: | Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United States |
Genre: | Funeral doom |
Years Active: | 1992–present |
Label: | Elegy Records, Avantgarde Music, I Hate, Profound Lore |
Associated Acts: | Funebrarum |
Current Members: | John Paradiso Chris Molinari Dave Wagner Don Zaros Vince Verkay |
Past Members: | Nick Orlando Phil Wilson Rob Robichaud Bill Manley Steve Moran Dario Derna Denny Hahn |
Evoken is an American funeral doom band from Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United States. Evoken is one of the earliest U.S. death-doom bands that are still active today, along with Novembers Doom and Rigor Sardonicous.
The band was founded by guitarist Nick Orlando under the name Funereus in April 1992. The original line-up consisted of Rob (bass/vocals), Nick (guitar), Phil (guitar) and Vince (drums). They recorded a rehearsal demo in 1992, which would be the only release under the Funereus name. After briefly changing their name to Asmodeus the following year, the band eventually decided upon the name Evoken in 1994 after several line-up changes. The name was taken from the Thergothon song found on the Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth demo.
In 2003, Evoken headlined the Dutch Doomsday Festival during a brief European tour of the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK.
Evoken left Avantgarde Music of Italy after releasing two albums with the label and signed to Sweden's I Hate Records in January 2007.
Evoken returned to tour Europe in 2009, and again in 2011 for Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands. The following year they signed to Canada's Profound Lore Records and performed on the inaugural Decibel Magazine tour in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. 2012 saw the release of their fifth full-length album Atra Mors, which was Profound Lore's 100th release.
Evoken credits its main influences to be Australian band Disembowelment, England's Paradise Lost,[1] the American band Winter, and the Finnish band Thergothon.[2] [3]
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