EBONY LAKE

Ebony Lake biography
EBONY LAKE is a UK Avant Prog Metal band and the brainchild of Ophelius (vocals, guitars and keyboards ) and Sighmon W. (drums) who decided to share their passion for gloomy literature (Bram STOKER, Edgar Allan POE) and romantic poetry (Lord BYRON) in a musical project involving Christopher GALLIOUS on bass and vocals, Mass aka Matthew FIRTH on guitars (previously in DOMINION), Amber on vocals, Yasmine AHMED on vocals and keyboards (previously in MY DYING BRIDE), Arian on keyboards.

In 1997 the seven-piece band recorded a demo "As Ghosts We Dance In Thrashing Seas," that was acclaimed by the critics of the underground avant-garde scene, due to its - then-uncommon - blend of technical extreme metal and avant-garde classical music. This demo helped them release in 1999 their sole record to date, the majestic "On The Eve Of The Grimly Inventive" on Cacophonous Records (the label that signed DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH, SIGH). The music proposed is an original mixture of technical black-metal and avant-garde classical (with influences drawn from great contemporary classical composers like PENDERECKI or PROKOFIEV, as well as horror movie soundtracks). Unfortunately, the passion didn't last long as the band split-up just after the release of their first record. Mass joined the death-metal band NAILED and Yasmine Ahmed attempted unsuccessfully to return to MY DYING BRIDE. As of April 2009, Ophelius and "Mass" reunited and EBONY LAKE, now a duet, are currently completing their new creation "A Lament For The Vile Triton & His Furious Bloodline."

::bio provided by Lucas Biela (lucas)::