Macabre Omen

Country of origin: Greece
Location: Rhodes, South Aegean (early); London, England, United Kingdom (later)
Status: Active
Formed in: 1994

Genre: Epic Pagan/Black Metal
Lyrical themes:
War, Death, Hellenic pride, Rhodian antiquity and lore
Current label: Ván Records
Years active: 1994-present

Macabre Omen was founded in August 1994 by Alexandros and Nikos on the island of Rhodes, Greece, in the town of Ialysos. Their first release was the ''Secrets of the Moonlight '' demo in 1994. A year later they released their second demo ''Before Darkness'' as a four-member band with Alexandros on guitars, Lefteris on vocals, Nikos on bass and Stephen on keyboards.

By 1996 only Alexandros and Nikos were remaining in the band. Alexandros also took on the role of lead vocals and with the addition of Polyvios on drums and Michalis Savvakis as a guest on keyboards, released the promo tape ''Olympus'' where the typical sound of Macabre Omen came to be.

In 1997 Polyvios left the band, after which they released a split 7'' with Godblood from Cyprus. In the same year Alexandros moved to London, England, and Macabre Omen became a one-man-band. With only Alexandros remaining and performing all instruments except drums, the split 7'' with Walhalla from Finland was released in 1999.

The band continued as a one-man outfit releasing the four-way split ''None Shall Escape with Wrath'' in 2000 and the split 7'' with the Norwegians Ad Inferos in 2001.

A small hiatus occurred until 2004, when the two Italians, Gionata Potenti on drums and Claudio Alcara on acoustic guitar, joined the band. Macabre Omen as a full act again released their first full length album after eleven years since their creation, which was recorded in Italy and released in 2005.

In 2006 they participated in the compilation by Kyrck Productions & Armour ''Hellas - The Black Death Anthology - 1989-2006'' with the song ''We Won with War''. Also in 2006 and 2007, two split 7'' EPs were released as a tribute to Bathory.

In 2013 T. J. F. Vallely joined on drums and together they recorded the second album after 10 years, entitled ''Gods of War - At War'', which was recorded at Priory Studios with Greg Chandler (Esoteric). It was released on Van Records in early 2015.

(Bio by Sotér)

Compilation appearance(s):
- "Olympus, Mountain of the Ancient Gods" on Thunder of Death Vol 1 (Thunder Underground, 1997, Tape)
- "Olympus, Mountain of the Ancient Gods" on "Black Tears of Death (Pt. II)" (Beyond Productions, 1997, cassette)

MEMBERS

Current
Alexandros	Guitars (1994-present), Vocals (1996-present), Bass, Keyboards (1998-present)
See also: Necromaniac, Satanic Supplicia, The One, ex-Razor of Occam, Aere Aeternus, Lindy-Fay Hella (live), ex-Lvcifyre, ex-Scythian, ex-Agatus (live), ex-Glorior Belli (live), ex-Corvus Neblus
T. J. F. Vallely	Drums (2011-present)
See also: Acherontas, Omega Centauri, Sanctus Nex, ex-Orpheus, ex-Lychgate
Past
Nick a.k.a. Mournful	Bass (1994-1998)
Stephen	Keyboards (1994-1998)
Lefteris	Vocals (1994-1995)
Polyvios	Drums (1996)
Gionata Potenti	Drums (2004-2011)
See also: Blut aus Nord, Chaos Invocation, Cryptic Wanderings, Cultist, Darvaza, Deathrow, Enepsigos, Fides Inversa, Frostmoon Eclipse, Kult, Liber Null, Manetheren, Martröð, Moloch, Mortualia, Nocratai, Nubivagant, Shadows Ground, Tumulus Anmatus, Pure (live), Tundra (live), ex-In Extremo Spiritu, ex-Acherontas, ex-Glorior Belli, ex-Handful of Hate, ex-Satanic Supplicia, ex-Svlfvr, ex-Enthroned (live), ex-The One (live), ex-Violentor (live), ex-Hobbs Angel of Death (live), ex-11 as in Adversaries, ex-Entropic Degrade Behind Phylogeny
Claudio Alcara	Guitars (2004-?)
See also: Frostmoon Eclipse, Aere Aeternus, Stroszek, ex-Handful of Hate

 

DISCOGRAPHY

Name	Type	Year
Secrets of the Moonlight	Demo	1994
Before Darkness...	Demo	1995
Olympus	Demo	1996
Macabre Omen / Godblood	Split	1997
The Past, Is the Future, of the Present / Battlefield Genesis	Split	1999
None Shall Escape the Wrath	Split	2000
Macabre Omen / Ad Inferos	Split	2001
The Ancient Returns	Full-length	2005
Two Years Standing Proud in Valhalla...	Split	2006
Three Years Standing Proud in Valhalla...	Split	2007
Gods of War - At War	Full-length	2015
Fourteen Years Standing Proud in Valhalla	Split	2018
Anamneses	Compilation	2020