- This is an article about a music band. For mythology, see Pazuzu .
Pazuzu is a dark ambient project from Vienna ( Austria ). Originally created as a side project by the musicians of the black metal group Summoning , after recording the first album, multi-instrumentalist Raymond Wells, who also uses the pseudonym Pazuzu, remained his only participant and wrote the following albums alone. Pazuzu music is a dark ambient with elements of medieval music .
| Pazuzu | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Dark ambient Darkwave Folk rock |
| Years | since 1993 |
| A country |  Austria |
| City | Vein |
| Labels | Head Not Found Dark Matter Records Avantgarde Music |
| Composition | Raymond Wells |
| Former the participants | Tread Silenius Trificion |
| home.cogeco.ca/~rwells61 ... | |
Pazuzu is the lord of the demons of the winds in Sumerian mythology [1] .
Content
Creativity
The Pazuzu project was created in 1993 by Summoning musicians Michael Gregor (Silenius) , Richard Lederer (Protector) and Trifixion (Alexander Trondl) at the same time as Summoning. While Summoning played a melodic variety of black metal , under the name Pazuzu, they "using only synthesizers , samples and [electronic] effects, sought to create music that was dark and at the same time solemn and atmospheric" [2] . The following year, The Urilia Text split was recorded, which included four Pazuzu songs and two Summoning songs.
The first official album was called And all was Silent ... and was released on the Norwegian label Head Not Found in 1994. All music was written by Cilenius and Protector, Ray Wells was one of the vocalists. The album is a dark ambient, periodically supplemented with bagpipes and flutes , which create a medieval atmosphere. In 1995 , Wells as a vocalist participated in the recording of his debut album Summoning Lugburz . A year later, Pazuzu without Trifixion (he had a conflict with Silenius and Protector) recorded the song “The First Dominion: Renewal of Ages” for the underground Austrian black metal band ABMS Norici Obscura Pars, which was released by Dark Matter Records. This allowed Pazuzu in the same 1996 to publish on the DMR the second album Awaken The Dragon . On this record, Wells worked almost alone, the main theme of the album is waiting for the end of the world. Shortly after the release of the album, Dark Matter Records went bankrupt.
In 1998 , Raymond Welss moved to Canada [2] and Pazuzu finally began to exist as a solo project.
In October 1999 , the third album III: The End Of Ages was released on Avantgarde Music, recorded, produced and mixed by Wells independently in his own studio from June 1998 to July 1999 .
Group composition
- Raymond Wells (Raymond Wells aka Pazuzu) - vocals and all instruments (since 1993)
Former members
- Richard Lederer (Richard Lederer aka Protector) - vocals, synthesizers (1994-1995)
- Michael Gregor (Michael Gregor aka Silenius) - vocals, synthesizers (1994–1995)
- Alexander Trondl (Alexander Trondl aka Trifixion) - vocals, synthesizers (1994-1995)
- Empress Lilith - vocals (1994–1995)
- Minh Ninjao - vocals (1994–1995)
Discography
- 1994 - The Urilia Text (demo split with Summoning )
- 1995 - And all was Silent ...
- 1996 - Awaken the Dragon
- 1999 - III: The End Of Ages
Notes
- ↑ Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Chicago
- ↑ 1 2 Biography on the official website Archived January 5, 2008.
Links
- Pazuzu official website
- Pazuzu on Encyclopaedia Metallum