| BIOGRAPHY |
Amestigon, one of the oldest
back metal bands in Austria, was founded in 1993 by Tharen and Thurisaz. Since
the release of the first demos, "Through the Ages we preserve..." and "Mysterious
Realms", members of Abigor regularly contributed to the recordings as guest
musicians. Following the two demos, a split-CD with the Austrian folk metal band
Angizia and the MCD "Höllentanz", the members of Amestigon parted ways, citing
personal reasons as well as the lack of a steady line-up. This separation also
marked the end of Amestigon’s cooperation with Napalm Records, who had
originally signed the band.
In 1998, Tharen, wanting to involve himself once again in the black metal realm,
gave the band new life. He came into contact with Herr Wolf, who joined
Amestigon in the winter of the same year. Shortly thereafter, Silenius and Lanz
completed the line-up, and Thurisaz left the band to eventually take over vocal
and bass guitar responsibilities for Abigor.
Amestigon produced a promotional in 2000 ("remembering ancient origins", 5
Songs; ~25 min.), which includes material from the years 1995 to 1999, which was
limited to 100 copies and sold without any professional distribution by the band
themselfes.
2002 Amestigon released their last album so far, a split CD with Hellbound
through Millenium Metal Music which was limited to 999 copies.
Currently Amestigon are working on a new output, the concept idea includes 2 MCD´s.
Realease date not yet fixed.