Chants of Maldoror is tagged as: deathrock, gothic rock, gothic, batcave, goth The Chants Of Maldoror were formed in December 1994, when Adolphe (vocals) and David (bass), both coming from a previous and unfruitful experience, joined Echo (keys/synth/piano) and Loren (guitars/programming) to start a project of medieval/ritualistic music. They got the band’s name from “Les Chants De Maldoror”, a prose poem by Isidore Ducasse (1846/1870), which is considered a masterpiece of the unreal and a decadent manifesto of surrealistic imagery. As time went by, the C.O.M. changed their sound until reaching a more rock-oriented form, as stated by their first official release, the demotape “Ritual Death”, out in 1997 and presented with a live performance at the Italian goth festival “Ascension Of The Gods”, where they shared the stage with many well-known international bands. |This show was soon followed by other live acts, and “Ritual Death” had a strong presence on European and overseas fanzines and magazines. In June 2000 the first C.O.M.’s full-length cd, “Thy Hurting Heaven” is released through the labels Radio Luxor/SPV, and immediately captures the media attention worldwide, presenting a new evolution of songwriting and leading the band to the status of “European gothrock cult band”.|Soon followed lots of promotional shows across... Read More About Chants of Maldoror Biography...  Send Chants of Maldoror ringtones to your cell
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