Alastis was a Swiss extreme metal band formed in 1987 in Sion, Valais.

History

The band formed in 1987 with the name Fourth Reich, playing death metal. The initial line-up was War D. on guitar, Zumof on vocals, Acronoise on drums, and Masmiseim (b. Christophe Mermod, Acronoise's brother) on bass. In 1989 Fourth Reich changed name to Alastis, a derivation of Alastor, the executioner of hell, and moved towards black metal; two years later Masmiseim left in order to join Samael, with Zumof departing soon after. and industrial musical elements played an important role in their sound during their later career, starting as a raw black metal before signing to Century Media Records in 1996, who began distributing the group's output in the United States. The band released their fourth album, Revenge, in 1998. The musician line-up at this stage was War D. on guitar/synthesizer/vocals, Acronoise on drums, Nick on second guitar, and Raff on bass.

In 2000, the band added Sebastian on drums and Graven X on keyboards. Their last album was the 10-track opus Unity, released in 2001 on Century Media Records. After that, they built a home studio, which was initially supposed to be used for the recording of the 6th album, for which several songs had already been written. Notwithstanding, the album was never recorded and the band split up in 2004. While the members still play together in several other musical projects, they no longer write music under the "Alastis" name.

In the Summer of 2010, the band reformed as "The Corrosive Candy" and recorded their debut album under the label "ALASTIS Records". Produced by War D., mixed by War D. and Raff, they expect to release the album in early 2011.

Personnel

Final line-up

  • Raphael "War D." Fumeaux – lead vocals <small>(1991–2004)</small>, rhythm guitar <small>(1987–2004)</small>, backing vocals <small>(1987–1991)</small>
  • Nick – lead guitar, backing vocals <small>(1997–2004)</small>
  • Raff – bass, backing vocals <small>(1998–2004)</small>
  • Sebastian – drums, percussions <small>(2000–2004)</small>
  • Graven X – keyboards, effects, backing vocals <small>(2000–2004)</small>

Former members

  • Laurent "Acronoise" Mermod – drums, percussions <small>(1987–2000)</small>
  • Zumof – lead vocals <small>(1987–1991)</small>
  • Christophe "Masmiseim" Mermod – bass, backing vocals <small>(1987–1991)</small>
  • Eric Bouillou – bass, backing vocals <small>(1991–1992)</small>
  • Didier Rotten – bass, backing vocals <small>(1993–1997)</small>
  • Kleid – lead guitar <small>(1987–1988)</small>
  • Steff Terry – lead guitar <small>(1996)</small>

Session musicians

  • George-Paul Gillioz – keyboards in The Just Law <small>(1992)</small>
  • Waldemar Sorychta – keyboards and acoustic guitars in And Death Smiled, The Other Side and Revenge

Timeline

Discography

Demos

  • Fatidical Date (1989)
  • Black Wedding (1990)

Studio albums

  • The Just Law (1992)
  • ...And Death Smiled (1995)
  • The Other Side (1997)
  • Revenge (1998)
  • Unity (2001)

References

  • The Other Side review, Sea of Tranquility
  • "The Corrosive Candy" Alastis Records, produced by War D.