Varathron - Majesties at the swamp
Varathron has almost have had the same influence on the greek scene as Rotting Christ. And why not, they play great metal. Ther has been a lot of line-up changes and in the beginning Mutilator handled the bass. The picture is of Necroslaughter, former guitarist who isn´t in the band any more. Their breakthrough came with their split-LP with Necromantia "Black arts..." and after this they´ve only released two records. The first one "His majesty at the swamp" sounded quite much like Rotting Christ but had something special and interesting: It was more doomy than the other fellows. Anyway the follower "Walpurgisnacht" is a masterpiece of melodic black metal with cool leads and great vocals. I´ve heard that they released a promo in ´97 but I haven´t heard it so can´t tell you what it´s like. But I hope they will release a CD or 7" soon, because we all long after quality elite black metal. I´ve heard that they´re searching for a new label, and what label could refuse a deal with Varathron? If I had a label Varathron was the first band I´d sign together with Eternal Winter if they they were looking for one.