Algol was formed in February of 1998 by Dalkiel and Sarnath. Algol plays Dark Vinlandic Art!
Algol was created in the winter of 1998, by 16 year old Dalkiel (vocals,
guitar, keys, songwriter) and 19 year old Sarnath (bass), in hopes of
bringing a newer style of "black metal" into an already existing American
scene. Algol's first demo "Forgotten Paths" put their name out there,
enabling them to share the stage with such bands as Garden of Shadows,
Black Mass, Pessimist, In Flames, and Moonspell. Their demo also gave them
the opportunity to release their first album "Gorgonus Aura" on the small
Italian label 12th Planet Records. Although the band is disappointed with
certain aspects of that release, they received an abundant amount of good
press. Algol received many rave reviews from such magazines as Ill
Literature (USA), INFERNO mag (fin), Grind Zone (Italy), Heavymetalonline
(Norway), and many others. With the release of "Gorgonus Aura", this
allowed Algol to concentrate solely on playing live and getting their name
out to a wider audience. Unfortunately Algol was plagued by severe line-up
changes and thus forced them to cease playing live for the time being.
During this hiatus, Dalkiel and Sarnath grew increasingly disenchanted with
the back-stabbing and name dropping of the American Black Metal scene.
This allowed Dalkiel and Sarnath time to discuss what they wanted for the
band and for themselves. Ultimately, this led them to the decision of
dropping the term black metal from their music and incorporating the more
appropriate term "Dark Vinlandic Art". This allowed them the opportunity
to add more of their non-metal influences (i.e. Sigur Ros, Sopor Aeternus,
Slowdive, HIM, Ulver, etc...) to their music without being pigeonholed by
the shallow thinking, herd mentality often associated with the
self-proclaimed black metal elitists. The greatest addition to the band
came a few weeks later in drummer MBOC from ,Maryland based and Wicked
World signee, Garden of Shadows. Algol was officially back! They played
out for a good year and a half, while working hard on recording the
material for there anticipated split with Shroud of Despondency entitled
"Whispers From and Empty Room" and also the beginnings of their new album
"Vinlandic Evocations of an Anti-Christ". The music to the upcoming album
"Vinlandic......" is 100% finished and around 60% recorded. The band has
spent all of it's own money in the recording process totalling over $6,000
and they have taken their time in the recording studio ensuring the best
sound quality they possibly can. This now brings us into 2004, where the
band has solidified it's line-up with keyboardist Cthulu, new guitarist Mortanius and taking the place of their drummer MBOC is 19 year old drum prodigy Xos. The band is
now focused and ready to dedicate all their time to taking Algol to the
next level. With the right backing and the right promotion there is no
doubt that Algol will become the biggest band to come out of the
underground American black metal scene.
Yes, we play mostly the north east of the united states.
it ranges from Burzum and Dissection to Sigur Ros and Ulver
Korg Triton
Hughes and Kettner amps
Esp basses
