Obliveon was formed in January of 1987 under the almost same name of Oblivion. Martin Gagné and Stéphane Picard were the only original members from the first line-up, rounded up at the time by Francis Giguère. Two demos were recorded by the power trio in that year; the first one in March and the second one, Whimsical Uproar, in September.
In 1989, after the departure of Francis, the band upgraded the line-up to a quartet. New drummer Alain Demers and guitarist Pierre Rémillard completed the line-up, which lasted for four years. They recorded the successful Fiction Of Veracity demo.
The year 1990 saw the release of the band's first full lenght album for Active Records, entitled From This Day Forward. Despite the fact that the album received good reviews and worldwide acclaim, the album suffered from a lack of promotion, which eventually led the band to part ways from that label. The album was distributed in Europe exclusively but it still helped the quartet to get further in their young career. This album was then re-released in Canada by Press Play Records. It had an entirely new lay-out and it was re-mastered.
In 1993, Obliveon released its second album entitled Nemesis, a self-financed success, selling around five thousand units without official distribution and without the support of a label. Rave reviews from around the world helped establish the band as one of the most professional band in Québec, with the likes of Voïvod and Gorguts. A video-clip of the crowd-favorite Dynamo was shot and played on a regular basis on canadian Much Music and Musique Plus music television channels. That album was also been picked up by Press Play Records.
Obliveon was upgraded to a quintet in 1994 with the addition of Bruno Bernier on vocals. Stéphane Picard was then able to concentrate more on his bass playing, but he still wrote most of the lyrics and still had quite a few vocal parts to fill.
The band's third album, Cybervoid, was released in 1996 on A.S.A. (a division of Cargo Records). Just like Nemesis, this album was recorded, engineered and produced by guitarist Pierre Rémillard. After A.S.A. went bankrupt, Obliveon was free again and then signed a licensing deal with Hypnotic Records for the European release of Cybervoid. The Hypnotic version included an extra song entitled Psychomatrix as a bonus track.
In the early summer of 1998, the defunct label Soundscape Music Canada re-released the band's cult demo Whimsical Uproar on a mini-CD to commemorate the band's ten years of existence. This piece of retro Death/Thrash was restored and re-mastered and sounded even better than it did back in 1987.
A cover of the song Suicide Solution from the godfather of Metal himself, Ozzy Osbourne, has been recorded and appeared on Olympic Records' tribute album Legend Of A Madman.
1999 has seen the band record their second video-clip off the cover song Planet Claire from the B-52's. Meanwhile, the guys finished composing their fourth and final album, Carnivore Mothermouth. The energy and intensity of that album was awesome but once again, the band suffered poor promotion and bad distribution. That pretty much was the last drawback that band was able to endure and a few months later, Obliveon called it quits...
In 2002, after the band had made its farewell gig (on May 31st 2002), GNW released a "Best of" album entitled Greatest Pits, which sold-out in a heart beat!
For those who never had the chance to put their hands on some, or all of Obliveon's album, you will be pleased to know that PRODISK is ready to re-issue the band's entire catalog! Find out what the hype was all about and why they have made a big mark on the Canadian Metal scene and history, and why all their albums are considered as cults!
"Obliveon's Greatest Pits" (2002 - GWN Rcs.)
"Carnivore Mothermouth" (1999 - Hypnotic Rcs.)
"From This Day Forward" (1990 - Active Rcs./1998 - Independent)
"Nemesis" (1993/1998 - Independent)
"Cybervoid" (1997/1998 - Hypnotic Rcs.)
"Planet Claire" PROMO (1998 - Independent)
"Whimsical Uproar" (1987/1998 - Independent)
VARIOUS COMPILATIONS
Disco Alterno
Polliwog II live album recorded at the Montreal Polliwog Festival in 1998.
"Legend of a Madman" Ozzy Osbourne tribute album
Polliwog live album recorded at the Montreal Polliwog Festival in 1997.
Vous êtes invité pour une soirée métal avant le temps des fêtes.Avec une liste de bands à faire lever la baraque à un prix très abordable de 10$ le billet ou avec denrées non-périssable pour les paniers de Noel et 13 $ à porte.
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Don't miss the A.normale Horror Night Show vol.2 on Saturday, November the 21th, in Montreal (Quebec) !
That's right kids !! The A.normale Horror is going back to the Katacombes...
On the menu, there will be blood, horror, sick stuff, chicks, blood on chicks and even more blood than you can take and or even ask for !! Crazy short films screenings, banned flick screenings, World Premiere, teasers, dvd release... album release... new t-shirts... and lots lots more !!
HELL YEAH ! It's a full of surprises night !!
The rising band called FRIED POPE are making there CD premiere with us and will play LIVE a performance you'll remember for years to come... It will also be the WORLD PREMIERE of the long awaited KILLER CUP 3-D first teaser (can't really miss that part do ya) !! Plus, at the count of midnight and for the hard to kill out there, our extra special exclusive late show will be the Montreal Premiere of ROTTEN COTTON's feature debut BLACK DEVIL DOLL !!! Trust us, it's a bad ass feature presentation that you really don't want to miss...
One night only !!
Stay tuned for mores infos and coming up details...
But in the mid time, tell ya mama NOW that ya wanna go... and see you all at The A.normale HORROR NIGHT SHOW ;) ---
Hello Obliveon xxx Thanks by the add. One of my favorite bands of the old times. I send you the link of the band of the one that am a manager: www. myspace. com/gamorametalband A greeting from Euskal Herria Sebas
Hails! Thanks for the add and support and for taking the time to check us out! We have our first song up now so check it out and tell us what you think. If you like what you hear so far please demand us in your area! Stay in touch and stay fuckin’ metal! Cheers,
We're now accepting submissions for our next mixtapes, please submit your info at www. coast2coastsubmissions. com for your chance to get a spot on the next mixtape!
..Hey!! Thx pour le add guys! Crissement bon votre muz..G ben hâte de vous r'voir a 3-rivières,la dernière fois,sa fa 1 putain de boute......A la crémaillaire a shawi,en 91 si j'me souvient ben :-)..D criss de bon souvnir!! Grtz from Mont-carmel..
