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Axamenta
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Axamenta is a Belgian band formed in 1993 that plays a musical style of melodic death/black metal. Recently, however, the band has integrated elements of progressive metal, along with inspiration from movie scores, which led the band to replace keyboards with orchestra samples. So far, the band has released two demos, two EPs, and two full-length albums. Biography Axamenta was formed in 1993 as a trio made up of vocalist and guitarist Koen Vriesacker, guitarist Steven De Meyer, and drummer Frederik Van Mieghem. This line-up was behind their first demo, Echoes, which was released independently in 1995. The demo was a death metal oriented demo. Another demo, titled Into a Dream, was made in 1997, but with a much different line-up than on the first demo. The independently released demo was also death metal oriented, but held inspiration from doom metal as well. In 1999, the band's first EP, Nox Draconis Argenti, was released independently. The line-up changed again for this release, with additional vocalists in Peter Meynckens and Ann Kermans. The EP would show that the band incorporated symphonic metal and black metal characteristics into their music. The EP would also be the only recording that female singer Ann Kermans would record on, due to her leaving the band in 2000. But this stable line-up of theirs would last until 2008, when vocalist Peter Meynckens left the band due to throat problems. His last gig with Axamenta was on April 30, 2008 for the Turn the Page Fest. As of yet, Meynckens has not been replaced. Discography *Echoes (demo, 1995) *Into a Dream (demo, 1997) *Nox Draconis Argenti (EP, 1999) *Codex Barathri (full-lenth, 2001) *Incognation (EP, 2004) *Ever-Arch-I-Tech-Ture (full-length, 2006) Line-up Current members Myspace/>=== *Ian van Gemeren - lead guitar, clean vocals, orchestration (2001 - present) *Sven Deckers - rhythm guitar (2001 - present) *Jeroen Vingerbloed - bass (2003 - present) *Tom van Oosterwijck - drums (2003 - present) Former members Vocals *Koen Vriesacker (also guitars) (1993 - 1998) *Ann "Shar'teel" Kermans (a.k.a. Shar'teel) (1999 - 2000) *Bruno Peeters (1996 - 1998) *Peter Meynckens (1998 - 2008) Guitars *Steven de Meyer (1993 - 1996) *Koen Vriesacker (also vocals) (1993 - 1998) *Wesley "Anfauglir" Heyndrickx (1996 - 2000) *Yves "Yvel" Huts (also keyboard and bass) (1998 - 2002) Keyboards *Yves "Yvel" Huts (also guitar and bass) (1998 - 2002) Bass *Tim "Finster" Wilmots (1996 - 2001) *Yves "Yvel" Huts (also guitar and keyboard) (1998 - 2002) *Kristof "Gnash" de Greef (2002 - 2003) Drums *Frederik "Count von Mieghem" Van Mieghem (1993 - 2002) 
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