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Infobox musical artist| name = Watain| image = Watain_at_Masquerade_in_Atlanta_-_2_May_2012.jpg| caption = Watain, live at The Masquerade (Atlanta)|The Masquerade , May 2, 2012.| image_size = 250| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Uppsala , Sweden | genre = Black metal | years_active = 1998 & ndash; present| label = Season of Mist | associated_acts = Dissection (band)|Dissection Funeral Mist Malign (band)|Malign | website = http://www.templeofwatain.com/| current_members = Erik Danielsson Håkan Jonsson Pelle Forsberg Set Teitan|Davide Totaro Alvaro Lillo| past_members =| notable_instruments = Watain is a Swedish black metal band from Uppsala , formed in 1998.Rivadavia, Eduardo "Allmusic|class=artist|id=p848269/biography|pure_url=yes Watain Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation The band's name is taken from a recording by the American black metal group Von (band)|Von ." http://zine.disobedience.be/interviews/interview-watain/ Watain - The Dark Side" (interview), Disobedience Zine, 2007
History
After recording a few demos which the band does not intend to re-release, http://www.mirgilus.com/interviews/watain.html mirgilus.com: Interview with Watain their first official release was the 7" EP The Essence of Black Purity on the Swedish label Grim Rune Productions, recorded in Necromorbus Studios 1999. The French black metal label Drakkar Productions offered Watain a deal for two full length albums, and the debut album '' Rabid Death's Curse was released in 2000. After the release, Watain toured and performed alongside bands such as Rotting Christ , Antaeus (band)|Antaeus , Dark Funeral and Malign (band)|Malign .Dow, Conor (2008) " http://www.slugmag.com/articles/1445/Watain.html Skinning The Lambs", SLUG Magazine, October 2008
In 2003, Watain again entered the studio to record their second full-length album, Casus Luciferi , which features lyrics by members of other bands like Funeral Mist and Antaeus (band)|Antaeus . The 'Stellar Dimension Infernal Tour' through Europe followed, alongside Secrets of the Moon and Averse Sefira . They also toured throughout 18 countries with Dissection (band)|Dissection on their two months-long 'Rebirth of Dissection' tour in 2004. Watain member Set Teitan was officially also a member of Dissection at this point, and Erik Danielsson played bass in live shows.
In 2006, members of the band did the Hitler salute and wore t-shirts of the National Socialist black metal (NSBM) band Absurd (band)|Absurd after their gig on German Party.San Open Air , leading to accusations of being a Nazi band. http://www.powermetal.de/content/konzert/show-982.html Asked about this incident in an interview to the German online metal magazine Metal.de, Erik Danielsson (vocals and bass) gave an evasive answer, but when asked about his views on NSBM, he explained the band sees it as a joke: "NSBM is a joke, a despaired approach of people who're incapable to comprehend the perversion and the insanity of Black Metal. They're trying to appear extreme and limit their selves in their conception to that kind of society, which describes something that we wouldn't care less about. Fuck the world& #33; Black Metal doesn't have anything to do with the world like you know it."cite web|title=Interview / Story: Watain (in german) |url= http://www.metal.de/stories.php4? was=story& id=897
Their third full-length album Sworn to the Dark was released in Europe on February 21, 2007, then they toured Europe along with Celtic Frost , Kreator and Legion of the Damned (band)|Legion of the Damned . In 2008 they played their first headlining tour in North America with Withered and Book of Black Earth . Eclipse Eternal and Kronosfear joined them for some shows as well.
Watain's next album, Lawless Darkness , was released on June 7, 2010. They released a single for the song " Reaping Death " in two formats, picture disc vinyl with a cover of the song "Chains of Death" by Death SS , and digisleeve CD with a cover of the song "The Return of Darkness and Evil" by Bathory (band)|Bathory .cite news|url= http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=blog.view& friendId=116641082& blogId=530269821|title=The Winds of Darkness Blow Again|publisher=Watain|date=March 3, 2010|accessdate=March 12, 2010
Members
Erik Danielsson - Singing|vocals , Bass guitar|bass
http://www.templeofwatain.com/ The Temple of Watain - Official website
Rosenbloom, Etan (2008) " http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watain-work-their-black-metal-magic-on-north-ameri/20211/ Watain work their Black Metal Magic on North American tour", Prefix Magazine
Begrand, Adrian (2007) " http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/42007/watain-sworn-to-the-dark/ Watain - Sworn to the Dark" (review), Popmatters
" http://www.archaic-magazine.com/article.php? aid=45792 Watain" in Archaic Magazine
" http://www.globaldomination.se/interviews/watain-erik-danielsson Watain - Erik Danielsson" (interview), Global Domination, 2007
" http://metalassault.com/Reviews/080610_Watain.php Lawless Darkness" album reviews by Brianna Brackett and Kelley Simms for Metal Assault
" http://metalassault.com/Interviews/051410_Watain.php Audio interview with Erik Danielsson" by Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal for Metal Assault, May 14, 2010
Watain Category:Swedish black metal musical groups Category:Swedish heavy metal musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1998
