Abramelin был образован в Мельбурне в 1988 году под названием Acheron гитаристом Дэвидом Эбботтом. Simon Dower (вокал), Jason Black (гитара), Derek Ackary (бас) и Michael Colton (ударные) - первые участники группы. Затем Tim Aldridge заменил Джэйсона Блэка и группа записала демо под названием "Eternal Suffering" ("Вечное Страдание" ), также принимали участие Jason Dutton и Justin Wornes . Французский лэйбл Corpsegrinder выпустил EP "Deprived of Afterlife" в 1991 году, и трек с этого релиза позже появился на голландской компиляции альбома Appointment With Fear. После выпуска EP, Даттон и Abbott оставили Acheron. Их замена была Euan Heriot и бывший басист того же направления группы Necrotomy- Марк Schuliga.
Почти сразу же, группа обнаружила конфликт интересов в имени Acheron с американской блэк-метал группой. Но банда долго не унывала и воодушивилась именем алхимика 14 века - Abramelin ..Маг.
Первым релизом под именем группы Abramelin стал EP "Transgression из Acheron", после чего покинул банду Schuliga. Thrust Records, Australian label Shock Records, выпустил альбом Abramelin в 1995 году, но CD был снят с продажи в Западной Австралии в связи с текстами, касающихся сексуального насилия в отношении детей и некрофилии. Роб Mollica, барабанщик из Мельбурнской дэт-метал группы под названием Earth присоединился к Abramelin на этот раз в качестве гитариста, но вскоре покинул Heriot из-за обязательств, с двумя другими группами, где он также играл на барабанах, это - и Fracture. Ex-Blood Duster барабанщик Мэтт Риццо занимает свое место в Abramelin на короткое время, но после распада Damaged он тоже был заменен Matt Sanders-ом.
Позднее в 1997 году, Abramelin Металл начинают работу над новым альбомом . Между тем, испанский лэйбл Repulse Records взялся за дебют для широкого релиза, хотя и не получил широкой поддержки. Abramelin был вновь выпущен в Австралии - "Transgression From Acheron" и на этот раз без лирических листов в упаковке, чтобы избежать запрета во второй раз.
Melbourne Death Metal act forged in 1988 by guitarist David Abbott. The band issued a single in 1991 on French label Corpsegrinder Records prior to Abbott and drummer Jason Dutton leaving.
Pulling in substitute guitarist Mark Schilby and drummer Ewan Harriott the band switched their name to Abramelin in order to avoid confusion with the American Acheron.
The last known line-up toured in 2001 with Cradle of Filth.
Abramelin was formed in Melbourne in 1988 under the name Acheron by guitarist David Abbott. Simon Dower (vocals), Jason Black (guitar), Derek Ackary (bass) and Michael Colton (drums) comprised the rest of the group. Tim Aldridge replaced Black and the band recorded a demo called "Eternal Suffering" before Jason Dutton and Justin Wornes took the places of Colton and Ackary. French label Corpsegrinder Records released the EP "Deprived of Afterlife" in 1991 and a track from this release later appeared on the Dutch compilation album Appointment With Fear. Following the release of the EP, Dutton and Abbott left Acheron. Their replacements were Euan Heriot and the former bass player for the similarly-aligned Necrotomy, Mark Schuliga.
Almost immediately, the band discovered a conflict of interest in the name Acheron with an American black metal band. Inspired by Abramelin the Mage, a 14th century alchemist, the group took its new name.
The first release under the name Abramelin was the EP "Transgression from Acheron", after which Schuliga departed. Thrust Records, a subsidiary of Australian label Shock Records, issued the album Abramelin in 1995 but the CD was withdrawn from sale in Western Australia due to explicit lyrics dealing with sexual violence against children and necrophilia. Rob Mollica, the drummer with a Melbourne death metal band called Earth, joined Abramelin at this time as a guitarist but Heriot soon departed to uphold commitments with two other bands he was also playing drums for, Blood Duster and Fracture. Ex-Blood Duster drummer Matt Rizzo took his place in Abramelin for a brief time but after the break-up of Damaged he too was replaced by Matt Sanders.
Late in 1997, Abramelin featured at Metal for the Brain before beginning work on another album. Meanwhile, Spanish label Repulse Records picked up the debut for wider release but gave it almost no support. Abramelin was re-released in Australia with "Transgression From Acheron" included, and this time without a lyric sheet in the packaging to avoid it being banned for a second time.
After this Abramelin was dormant as a live band. The second album Deadspeak was gradually recorded, originally with drums by Sanders although these were later re-recorded using a drum machine. Released in 2000 on Shock, Deadspeak featured only Dower on vocals and Aldridge performing all the music. With the live line-up of Dower, Aldridge, Rizzo, Matt Wilcock (guitar) and Grant Karajic (bass), Abramelin supported Cradle of Filth and again played at Metal for the Brain. Following this, however, the band disappeared once more. Further recording was rumoured but nothing has emerged.//wikipedia
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Tim Aldridge - Guitar, Bass
Simon Dower - Vocals (Acheron (Aus))
Grant Karajic - Bass (2001)
Matt Rizzo 'Maidhorn' - Drums (1996) (2000-2001) (Blood Duster, Hellspawn (Aus), Order of Chaos)
Matt Wilcock - Guitar (2001) (also in The Berzerker, Steel Affliction, Akercocke, The Senseless)
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участники
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Transgression from Acheron EP 1994
Abramelin Full-length 1995
Deadspeak Full-length 2000
Transgressing the Afterlife - The Complete Recordings 1988-2002 Compilation 2013
Knife Play Single 2020
Full Gore Whore Single 2020 Never Enough Snuff Full-length 2020
