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Country of origin:Belarus
Location:Gomel, Gomel Region
Status:Active
Formed in:1992
Genre:Pagan/Folk/Doom Metal
Lyrical themes:Paganism
Current label:Possession Productions
Years active:1989-1990 (as Ranger), 1990-1992 (as Chemical Warfare), 1992-2001, 2010-present
The band formed in 1989 under the name Ranger playing technical thrash metal 'till mid 1991. In 1990 the band changes its line-up as well as the name to Chemical Warfare. In May '91 the band plays the only show they ever given under that name and releases it as a live tape titled "Some Fuckin Life Else". Shortly after they split into two bands: Surgical Intervention (death metal, with Wladislaw Saltsevich and Alexander Urakoff) and Cronation: (death/doom, with Lesley Knife) but soon they reunited under the name Xyron, almost immediately switching back to Chemical Warfare. After releasing "Demolition Tape" demo in 1992 they again change their name to Gods Tower.
- Beyond Praying (two-song single recorded 9/93 at the Moscow TEF Studio: never released because Final Holocaust Records closed and lost the master tape).
Compilation Appearance(s):
- "Seven Rains of Fire" on Death Dance Compilation - Storm II (Death Dance Productions, Tape 1997)
- "The Eerie" on Metal Art Act 1 (MetalAgen, CD 2000)
- "Song to Hall Up High" on Voices from Valhalla - A Tribute to Bathory (Godreah Records, CD 2012)
MEMBERS
Yuri Sivtsoff Bass (1992-2000, 2010-present)
See also: Rasta, ex-Chemical Warfare
Wladislaw Saltsevich Drums (1992-2001, 2010-present)
See also: ex-Chemical Warfare, ex-Misanthrope Count Mercyful, ex-Rasta, ex-Северные Врата, ex-Surgical Intervention
Lesley Knife Vocals (1992-2001, 2010-present)
See also: ex-Alatyr, ex-The Regent, ex-Chemical Warfare, Aesar, ex-Stormhold, ex-Cronation
Dmitry Ovchinnikoff Keyboards (1995-2000, 2010-present)
See also: Rasta, ex-Monasticon
Vitaly Abramovich Guitars (2012-present)
See also: Weeping Twilight, Neuro Dubel
PAST MEMBERS
Alexander Urakoff Guitars (1992-2001)
(R.I.P. 2003) See also: ex-Chemical Warfare, ex-Surgical Intervention
Irina Lozovskaya Keyboards (1993-?)
Alexander Eristoff Guitars (1994-1995)
(R.I.P. 2004) See also: ex-Monasticon
Valery Novoseltseff Bass (2000-2001)
Sergei Sergeichikoff Keyboards (2000-2001)
See also: ex-Voodoo
Dmitry Lazarenko Guitars (2010-2012)
DISCOGRAPHY
The Eerie Demo 1993
Canticles Demo 1994
The Turns Demo 1995
The Eerie Full-length 1997
The Turns Full-length 1997
Twilight Lives 94-97 Video 1997
Ebony Birds Compilation 2000
Abandon All Hope Compilation 2001
The Anthology Compilation 2004
The Greatest Arrows Compilation 2005
Steel Says Last Full-length 2011
Heroes Die Young EP 2013
Roll Out EP 2013
Raven Tales Boxed set 2013
Old Towers Compilation 2014
Liar Single 2016
Srebra Pieruna Single 2016