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| MIKE KRUTSINGER GUITAR |
ERIC CLOSE BASS |
STEVE FOURNIER DRUMS |
NIHILIST VERBAL HATE AMPLIFIER |
BIOGRAPHY
Spawned amidst the grim bedeviled hinterlands of the Pacific Northwest in the
vernal months of 1997 by guitarist Caleb Duerr, IN MEMORIUM was invoked to channel
the spirit of utter darkness and distill it into a musical avatar. The result
was an aural holocaust that has not merely continued to this day but has deepened,
descended further and further down into the stygian bowels of sheerest morbidity.
After
the release of their demo “An Ancient Word” in 2000, which
saw exclusive distribution through Seattle’s own Moribund Records, and
a handful of line-up permutations, IN MEMORIUM were prepared to write the most
blasphemous and obscene chapter in the cult’s history. With the incorporation
of the ghastly, black-lunged incanting of Nihilist (formerly of Portland’s
THY INFERNAL and WRAITHEN) to the existing sect of Duerr, keyboards Susanna Seppa,
drummer Steve Fournier, and rhythm guitarist Mike Krutsinger (former bassist
of DARKENWOOD), IN MEMORIUM retreated to the sylvan Bainbridge Island confines
of Trillium Lane Studios and, under the ministrations of engineer Curran Murphy
and producer Todd Hooper, recorded what would be their debut opus during the
waning hours of 2002. Although a promotional incarnation was self-released in
small numbers, From Misery Comes Darkness, the product those obscure twilight
rituals, became notorious, deemed one of the “Top 5 Independent Releases
of 2004” by Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles.
And then, for a time,
IN MEMORIUM slumbered, its members slaking their less wholesome thirsts
with other musical endeavors: like Faust before him, Krutsinger began
his dealings with ALCHEMY; Fournier embarked on a European tour with
HIMSA; and Nihilist became initiated into the eldrtitch and night-gaunted
Beast Coast cult of ABAZAGORATH. But now, IN MEMORIUM has awakened with
Moribund Records’ release of From
Misery Comes Darkness, seven offerings of the darkest metal, each an ode to inhumanity,
a hacking slash across the throat of all that is sacred and sanctified. From
the epic, nine-minute tribute to Japanese celluloid horror, “The Legend
of the Well-Fiend,” to “Der Todes Gruft,” an unleashed
thrashing blitzkrieg of purest misanthropy, the album is at once hauntingly
melodic yet ferocious and dread-filled, featuring a musicianship whose
indisputable technicality does nothing to dilute the absolute savagery
of the
ultimate effect.
Having proven
their mettle by sharing the stage with an eclectic sundry of acts such
as IMPALED, AGALLOCH, TEEN CTHULHU, BLOOD RITUAL, and INQUISITION, IN
MEMORIUM are truly on the brink of infamy with From Misery Comes Darkness.
Herald the coming darkness that is IN MEMORIUM. Behold.