Strongly influenced by bands like Celtic Frost, Sodom and Onslaught, Athanator was born in 1989 in a basement of northeast Medellín neighborhood. The founders of the band, Jaime Ocampo, Guillermo Alzate and Gioseppe Restrepo, begun to play music with the only purpose to feel the strength of a disorted electric guitar, the beats of a home-made drums and to voice with their music their feelings of a dark inner world full of cruelty and violence.
The band had their first performance in October of 1990 in Santa Bárbara, Antioquia alongside with Asalmatum, Holocausto, Skullcrusher, Belial, Agresion y Tinieblas, other Metal bands now defunct. Due to the great popularity they got by playing in this performance, the band recorded, with just a small recorder, their first demo: "Gritos del Ennom".
In 1992, Juan Fernando Escobar enters the band, conforming a traditional Metal band. With this new formation the band records its first single: "Engendros de Muerte". Thanks to this single, the band started a tour trough several cities of Colombia to release it.
In 1993 the band records and releases a new demo: "Involución". After doing this, the band begins to have problems that would lead it to disintegrate, which happened in November of 1995 after a performance alongside of Eternal, Lipthopia and Averno.
After 4 years of unsuccessful attempts to reunite, Athanator finally reappears in a performance in November of 1999 alongside of Murder, Cromlech and Eternal, this time the band was conformed by: Javier Urán, Federico Agudelo, Jaime Ocampo and Enrique Ramírez.
In January of 2000, Juan Fernando Escobar enters the band again, completing the formation with which the band records its first album in CD: "Raise the Death".
In 2003 Javier Urán and Juan Escobar leave the band, they are replaced by Jorge Mejía, at that time drummer in Réquiem, and Eder Zapata, at that time guitarist in Estigma, respectively. With this new formation the band records its second album: "Earth of Blood", produced by José Uribe (exEkhimosis) and distributed by Ateneo Producciones in Colombia, Metal Blast Records in Germany and Dirrty Records in United States and Europe.
In November of 2004 Jorge Mejía leaves the band, he is replaced by Juan Carlos Sánchez, at that time drummer in Nepentes.
In September 2006, the band release THE PERFECT ENEMY; In this production, the band start to explore new voices dinamics, but keeping the force of thrash metal.
As of today the band is getting ready a new album called "ARCHITECT OF DISASTER"; this album includes a DVD with a documentary of the production, recording and rehearshals makig this album, videoclips and videos of their performances. This is the faster, heavier album of Athanator, with a new drummer, Julian Mejía, who put a new vibe in the percussion; this album which will be released in SEPTEMBER of 2009 only in Colombia.... AND WE ARE SERCHING FOR A LABEL TO DISTRIBUTE IT IN THE WORLD!!!
FIRME METAL MANIACOS QUE NOS VISITEN A LA INCIPIENTE ESCENA DE CARTAGENA..A RITMO DEL BUEN THRASH METAL QUE HACEN LOS ESPERAMOS EN LA PLAZA DE LA ADUANA...TOTAL APOYO Y FELICITACIONES 20 AÑOS QUE CELEBRAREMOS ACA EN CARTACHO...POR QUE EN LA COSTA SI HAY METAL.
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Please stop by and check out the new tracks! If you like well played leads, sick guitar harmonies, blistering fast blast beats and undead satanic vocals, then we are the band for you!! If not then fuck off!!
Satanic Victory!!
"OFFICIAL NEWS" Embrace Damnation's Debut album "Glory Of A New Darkness" has been unleashed upon the masses through Rotting Corpse Records! Featuring Dave Kibler and Garrett Scanlan of the legendary band LIVIDITY. A must hear for fans of melodic death metal! Join the crusade against god and the lies that have plagued this wretched earth for the last 2000 years! HAIL AND KILL!!
THY ANTICHRIST ...Un año después de participar en Medellin ALTAVOZ 2008 como banda invitada en Categoria Metal...
THY ANTICHRIST TENDRA EN SU ALINEACIÓN COMO INVITADOS A RECONOCIDOS MÚSICOS DE ALGUNAS DE LAS MÁS DESTACADAS BANDAS DE METAL EN COLOMBIA Integrantes de Witchtrap, Infernal y Cromlech.
OCTUBRE 31 DE 2009 TEATRO MATACANDELAS 10 PM
Boletas en: MANITU RECORDS C.C. EL PASEO DE LA PLAYA TEL: 513 33 68
Costo: $15.000 CUPO LIMITADO!!! Solo 150 Personas! Se agotan pronto...
Show Exclusivo para Medellin
Lanzamiento: "WICKED TESTIMONIES" Limitada y Especial Reedición CD.2009
3 NEW SONGS UP off our debut album "Glory of a New Darkness"!!!!
If you like well played leads, sick harmony guitars, blistering fast blast beats, and undead satanic vocals then we are the band for you!! If not, then fuck off!!
Please stop by and check out the new tracks and let us know what you think!
Cheers!!
"OFFICIAL NEWS" Embrace Damnation has just released GLORY OF A NEW DARKNESS on Rotting Corpse Records!! All radio stations, labels and fanzines please get in touch! Featuring Dave Kibler and Garrett Scanlan from the legendary band LIVIDITY.
Hey, how's everything? We hope to see ya soon at one of our shows and make sure to check out our music at our MySpace and check the merchandise in our shop !
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Línea De Fuego en el "HARDCORE FEST III" Acompañados de Grito, Lealtad X Convicción, En Contra De Todo, Fuerza De Voluntad, Causa Y Efecto, Renkore, NIX y por Bogotá Pit Bull
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