Evoken

Evoken
Evoken
Also known as	Funereus (1992); Asmodeus (1993)
Origin	Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United States
Genres	Funeral doom
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Elegy Records, Avantgarde Music, I Hate, Profound Lore
Members	John Paradiso; Chris Molinari; Dave Wagner; Don Zaros; Vince Verkay
Past members	Nick Orlando; Phil Wilson; Rob Robichaud; Bill Manley; Steve Moran; Dario Derna; Denny Hahn
Website	evokendoom.net

Evoken is an American funeral doom band from Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United States. Evoken is one of the earliest U.S. death-doom bands that are still active today, along with Novembers Doom and Rigor Sardonicous.

History

Founding years

The band was founded by guitarist Nick Orlando under the name Funereus in April 1992. The original line-up consisted of Rob (bass/vocals), Nick (guitar), Phil (guitar) and Vince (drums). They recorded a rehearsal demo in 1992, which would be the only release under the Funereus name. After briefly changing their name to Asmodeus the following year, the band eventually decided upon the name Evoken in 1994 after several line-up changes. The name was taken from the Thergothon song found on the Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth demo.

Reaching mainstream

In 2003, Evoken headlined the Dutch Doomsday Festival during a brief European tour of the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK.^{[citation needed]}

Evoken left Avantgarde Music of Italy after releasing two albums with the label and signed to Sweden's I Hate Records in January 2007.

Evoken returned to tour Europe in 2009, and again in 2011 for Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands. The following year they signed to Canada's Profound Lore Records and performed on the inaugural Decibel Magazine tour in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. 2012 saw the release of their fifth full-length album Atra Mors, which was Profound Lore's 100th release.

Stylistic influences

Evoken credits its main influences to be Australian band Disembowelment, England's Paradise Lost,^[1] the American band Winter, and the Finnish band Thergothon.^[2]^[3]

Members

Current

Vince Verkay – drums (1992–present)
John Paradiso – guitar, vocals (1994–present), keyboards (1994, 2007), bass (2004–2007)
Don Zaros – keyboards (2007–present)
Dave Wagner – bass (2008–present)
Chris Molinari – guitar (2009–present)
Randy Cavanaugh – guitar (2018–present)

Former

Nick Orlando – guitar (1992–2008), keyboards (2007)
Phil Wilson – guitar (1992)
Rob Robichaud – bass, vocals (1992–1993)
Bill Manley – bass (1994–1996)
Dario Derna – keyboards (1995–2002)
Steve Moran – bass (1996–2004)
Denny Hahn – keyboards (2003–2007)
Craig Pillard – Bass, Keyboards (2007)

Session

Charles Lamb – cello (1998)
Suzanne Bass – cello (1999)
Chris Kuffner – cello (2005)
Craig Pillard – bass (2007)
Brian Sanders – cello (2012)

Timeline

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Discography

Studio albums

Embrace the Emptiness (1998)
Quietus (2001)
Antithesis of Light (2005)
A Caress of the Void (2007)
Atra Mors (2012)
Hypnagogia (2018)

Demos

Demo 1992 (1992, as Funereus)
Into the Autumn Shade (1992, as Funereus)
Shades of Night Descending (1994)
Promo '96 (1996)
Promo 1997 (1997)
Promo 2002 (2002)

Split album

Evoken / Beneath The Frozen Soil (2010)

Compilation album

A Caress of the Void / Omniscient (2018)

Single

Rotting Misery (2012)

References

^ "EVOKEN – Complete Work On New Album, MP3 Available". Profoundlorerecords.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
^ "CoC : Evoken : Interview : 4/12/2002". Chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
^ "Ciné, Resto, Concert... Idées de sorties dans ma ville – 118 712". 118712.fr. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2020.

External links

[1] "EVOKEN – Complete Work On New Album, MP3 Available". Profoundlorerecords.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[2] "CoC : Evoken : Interview : 4/12/2002". Chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved May 31, 2020.

[3] "Ciné, Resto, Concert... Idées de sorties dans ma ville – 118 712". 118712.fr. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2020.

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v t e Evoken
Vince Verkay John Paradiso Don Zaros Dave Wagner Chris Molinari
Studio albums	Embrace the Emptiness Quietus Antithesis of Light A Caress of the Void Atra Mors Hypnagogia