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Members
6 Mixed
Origin
Paris
Genre
Gothic Metal
Style
Metal
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6 MixedOrigin
ParisGenre
Gothic MetalStyle
MetalMood
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Born
1996
Active
1996 to Present...
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Formed in Paris, France in 1996. Their lyrics are themed toward love, angels, witches, death, and emotions.
1996 - Creation of the band
The band was founded rather by chance, while visiting a concert one day in 1996 Dorian (guitars) met Jarlaath (vocals) and soon after they had known each other they found themselves philosophizing about metal in general and in particular. They realized that they had very much in common regarding their musical ideas.
Both of them took the view that there were too many bands around sounding all more or less the same but not enough of them using classical music influences.
So it happened that they arranged a rehearsal together with a soprano and a synthesizer. Jarlaath also played the oboe. This rehearsal went so outrageously fine that they decided without the slightest hesitation to leave their bands and to found Penumbra (at this point they called themselves “Imperatoria”).
1997 - Recording of the first demo and Concert in Paris with Misanthrope
Around November 1996, Imperatoria split up and Jarlaath together with Dorian and Herr Rikk formed Penumbra with three other musicians.
Their first appearance was at the St. Denis University Festival where exclusively metal bands were playing. Audiences were unexpectedly enthusiastic about the “outsiders”. A short time after this first live experience they got the offer to play with the French metal band Misanthrope.
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