Black Messiah is a German Viking / symphonic black metal band, founded in 1994. Gelsenkirchen (ˌgɛlzənˈkɪʁçən is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Viking metal is a subgenre of Heavy metal music characterised by its galloping pace keyboard-rich anthemic sound bleakness and dramatic emphasis on Norse mythology Symphonic black metal is a style of Black metal that uses symphonic and Orchestral elements Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music AFM Records is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the Heavy metal musical genre signing bands such as U Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Viking metal is a subgenre of Heavy metal music characterised by its galloping pace keyboard-rich anthemic sound bleakness and dramatic emphasis on Norse mythology Symphonic black metal is a style of Black metal that uses symphonic and Orchestral elements Having started as a pure black metal band, Black Messiah's sound has evolved to Viking metal with the release of their Oath of a Warrior album. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Oath of a Warrior is the second full-length Album by the German Viking metal band Black Messiah. Three full-length albums have been released so far.

Line-up

• Zagan – vocals, guitars, violin, mandolin
• Meldric – guitars
• Zoran – guitars
• Agnar – keyboards
• Garm – bass
• Surthur - drums

Discography

Albums

• Sceptre of Black Knowledge (1998)
• Oath of a Warrior (2005)
• Of Myths and Legends (2006)

Demos

• Demo 2001 (2001)
• Roughmix 2004 (2004)

External links

• Black Messiah's official homepage
• Black Messiah at MySpace
• Black Messiah at AFM Records
• Black Messiah at The Metal Archives