Ereshkigal (2)

Hellenic Thrash / Black Metal band. Early period: The roots of this unholy creation can be found way back in 1988 under the name Grinding Disgust, an ultra noisy and cacophonous pandemonium - the only offering of this project was the rehearsal demo "Herthe Geli" (released January 1989). Within the next couple of years the project transformed and adopted the name Flegethon (2), inspired by the legacy and myths of ancient Greece. The first product was a low budget demo that was recorded in just a matter of hours, called "Repugnant Blasphemy" (released February 1990), which despite the coarse and unrefined sound sold about 350 copies. In early 1993, Flegethon (2) entered a proper studio and recorded material for an EP. The "Doomed in Eternal Suffering" EP was released in March 1993, on the Hellenic Molon Lave Records label. The pressing of 500 numbered copies sold out within a month. Plans for repressings of the EP and a follow-up album never became reality since the project fell apart, the departure of vocalist Marduk being one of the reasons. Mid and current status: In early 1994 Rotten Flesh and Pinhead decided to continue the journey under the name Ereshkigal. In August 1996, Rotten Flesh and Pinhead, together with mastermind Nigel Foxxe, entered the studio to record 10 songs. Recording of all instruments was completed, except vocals, however due to studio damage and loss of initial master tapes, the project was temporarily put on hold. Completion of the recording, along with remixing and mastering, was done in Encore Studios during sessions in 2004 and 2005. Finally, in December 2005 "The Raping of the Divine" album was released on Temple of Darkness Records, on vinyl format only. A long period of silence followed, during which several songs and ideas were tried, recorded, revised and re-recorded. The initial material took shape in 2006-2007, however the work on the final versions of 9 songs took place during several sessions between August 2018 and October 2019 in Nigel Foxxe's personal studio. The result is our second album "The Erevos Arisen" which was released on Floga Records on vinyl (October 2020) and CD (December 2020) formats. Work in currently under way on more material, which will be included in our next album "The Æetherial Testimony". There is also a growing number of cover songs, hopefully to be included in a separate release too. Band members: Rotten Flesh, Pinhead, Nigel Foxxe Contact: grereshkigal[at]yahoo[dot]gr