Bandhistory of Eminenz
October 14th, 2009 by Kek


Eminenz starts in spring of 1989 in followed line up

Zwerg - guitar

Butcher - guitar

Darkman - bass

Iten - drums

Leviathan - vocals


  • in autumn ยด89 we had our first gig with "Chronos Titan"
  • in autumn '90 we supported the migthy "true Mayhem" with "Dead" and "Euronymus" in the line up
  • summer '92 we had luck to support the great "Carcass"
  • Eminenz had played at some little festivals like "Thrashing East", Steinbusch Open Air" and "Fuck the Commerz"
  • in summer '93 we got our first contract with "Lethal Records" Austria
  • we completed our line up with "Benedikt Kern" on the keyboards


Zwerg - guitar

Benedikt Kern - key

Butcher - guitar

Darkman - bass

Iten - drums

Leviathan - vocals



  • beginning '94 we released our first album called "Exorial"
  • autumn `94 "Zwerg", "Butcher" and "Benedikt Kern" left us
  • at the start of '95 "Lorenzo"(key) und "Black Abyss" (bass) completed the band again
  • in summer '96 we entered the studio and released our second album "The Heretic"
  • it followed a promotour across germany and we made some gigs as supportact


Lorenzo - key

Darkman - guitar

Black Abyss - bass

Iten - drums

Leviathan - vocals



  • in summer '97 the time was come to play with "Mayhem" and "Marduk " again (return of Mayhem) gig
  • '98 Eminenz made a contract with "Last Episode Rec." and produced the "Anti- Genesis" album
  • '99 drummer "Iten" left the band and in "Heretic" we found the new drummer
  • now was the time to play some gigs and promote the new record
  • 2000 we created our 4th album "The Blackest Dimension" and after the release "Heretic" left the band again and "Illeies" took the place behind the drumkit. Micha completed the line up and the 3rd guitar
  • 2001 Lorenzo left the Band and we played some Gigs without Keyboarder
  • in September 2002 we had our last act before we paused and changed our Line-Up
  • in the years of 2003-2006 we played at some Gigs like the "Thunders over Miriquidi Festival" or "Skullcrusher" in Dresden with some great Bands like Rotting Christ and after that we restructured our Lineup
  • we also found for new members in Sus (keys), Asmon (drums), Shardik (session drums)



Sus - key

Darkman - guitar

Black Abyss - bass

Asmon/Shardik - drums

Leviathan - vocals



  • 2007 we released our sixth album "Eminenz" and played at some Gigs like the great "Hellraiser" Leipzig or "Fergunna - Festival" in Mildenau, also we found a new member "Mindworm" for bass
  • 2008 we promoted our sixth album "Eminenz" and played at some Gigs like the great "6th BOA Open Air" "Goremageddon - Festival" or the great "Skullcrusher Festival in Dresden"
  • 2009 at the beginning of the year Asmon left the band and we prepared us for our 25th year anniversary in the Black Metal scene with new tourdates and a new Best-Of Album "Two Decades of Blasphemy+Darkest Kingdoms" wich we promoted at our following gigs
  • 2010 Shardik left our band due personal issues, first preparations for a new album were made



Sus - key

Darkman - guitar

Black Abyss - guitar

Mindworm- bass

Shardik - drums

Leviathan - vocals


 

Members
Leviathan Darkman Sus Black Abyss Mindworm Shardik
Leviathan
Darkman
Sus Black Abyss Mindworm Shardik
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