It seems a long time since Ctesias and I begin to rehearsal in my
parent’s house. It’s been a while, only ten years back, in 1992. Ctesias came
from a band formed by him called Mortandad, he joined with a drummer and came
to me in order to play bass, I accepted although I had my own death metal
project called Ataraxia. At this time we decide to call the band Liturgia (what
a name¡¡¡¡¡¡). Immediately we began to rehearsal with the firm intention to
record a demo, and the first opus see the light in April of 1992. It was called
Sanctum Regnum. The recording of this blasphemy was made in a home studio from
a friend, we finished all drunken, and it was a boozy work. This demo, quickly
became in a reference point, and receives great reviews and comments. It was so
raw, so slow, in the present days, I consider it a jewel. It was the really
beginning. We began to travel all the country, made some gigs, and some good
metal friends. Cali was the place that received our work in a very devoted way.
So many things happened along the way, and in 1994 we prepared for the second
coming, In Perpetvvm. We rehearsal so hard for this, but due to my professional
occupations, I had to move away temporally.
A guest bass player played my parts in the recording of this master
opus, two raw tracks of pure slow doom, the classical impure In Perpetvvm and a
side b called Liturgy. This 7 ep was recorded in Medellín and we had the great
backing vocals of Alex Oquendo from Masacre. This ep was a high point in our
career, I returned not to play bass, I assumed as lead guitar player. The gigs
didn’t wait for us and was time to tour; we play all along the country again
and then in 1996 came the opportunity to play in another country... Ecuador.
What a great people. They received us so well. The InPperpetvvm ep sold out.
For that time, we were four members in the band, and we decide that Ctesias
should leave the guitar to be devoted only to the screams, and to include a new
guitar player... a previous drummer bring us to Sycorax. It understood at first
sight. The evil flowed easy.
We began to compose the tracks for our debut CD. We decide to call it
Veritatis Splendor, as you will see all our works have latin titles. We
recorded it in Manizales in the middle of 1998, whit the collaboration of
Dilson diaz from La Pestilencia. It was a hard work, but great result to see.
We signed with Decade Records, and our first CD saw the light in October 31 of
1998. It was time for the big leagues; we play with great bands as master, and
rotting christ, and of course, great Colombian bands as Masacre, Tenebrarum
etc. The evil grow high and we prepare our masterpiece, rehearsal so hard, so
few know how hard has been the road. Penumbral came to us and Sycorax toke a
break in the keyboards duty. Penumbral was the missing piece in the puzzle. The
crows began to fly in October of 2001. We recorded corvi et cygnes, our 2nd CD
in Medellín in El Pez studios, with the great collaboration of Jorge Ceballos,
and well you hear how it sounds. The first time we heard the entire finished
piece, the only fucking thing that sound was amazing. I’m so proud of this
work, and I considered it our great contribution to the scene. Alex Barrera of
Necrodeath came to us and we signed in a time of storm, but there some things
that don’t deserve to be mentioned.
Our second CD was out, so many thing had happened, so many people had
talked, was the time to open for great bands as Master, Rotting Christ, Cradle
of Filth, we appeared in some compilations in south America as NAHUEL IV, From
Colombia With Hate, Infected Voice, Necrodeath, beside bands as death, Dimmu
Borgir, Old Man’s Child, Mastifal, etc.
Then so many musicians passed but we have to prepare our 3rd attack. We
decide to made a tribute to the ancient cult bands from our country in a CD
called IN NOMINE PROFANA, we amalgamate old raw track from bands as Masacre,
Reencarnacion, Parabellum, Neurosis, Blasfemia, Darkenss, Lluvia negra, and we
remake a song from our demo called Apocalipsis, that song only kept its lyrics,
all music was made new. This work was released in a Digipack deluxe
presentation, and this time let us open for bands as Ancient from Norway. This
year we ha we a new line up with a furious blood, and we have the chance to
stand up in great scenarios as the Jorge Isaacs Theater, we also played in the
Manizales grita rock festival, there are great things coming. Just keep in touch.
In
Nomine Profana
Tracklist:
- Intro
- Apocalipsis
- Sepulcros
En Ruinas (Masacre Cover)
- Metalero (Darkness Cover)
- Postmortem (Blasfemia Cover)
- Bienvenida
Muerte (Lluvia Negra Cover)
- 666
Engendro (Parabellum Cover)
- La
Profecía (Neurosis Inc. Cover)
- Funeral
Del Norte (Reencarnacion Cover)
