Pantheist have now returned home after a hugely fruitful tour with Skepticism and Ophis which took them across mainland Europe, with the band gracing countries such as Slovakia, as well as new venues in familiar countries (for example a church in Belgium!) for the first time. Pictures and other artefacts from the 'Excorcising the Funereal' tour will be added to the website in the coming weeks, and an announcement concerning future gigs will also be made soon.
In other news, the bands third full length opus, 'Journey Through Lands Unknown', is now available to order through several mailorders, and a number of doomsters were also able to get their hands on a copy, as well as a limited edition Excorcising the Funereal Pantheist tour shirt, during the European tour. For more information on where you can currently buy the new album from, go to the discography page. Otherwise it will be available from the normal distribution channels from the (slightly belated) official release date of November 19th onwards.
The Discography page has been updated with the details (including the cover artwork!) of the new Pantheist album, 'Journey Through Lands Unknown', which is set for October release through Firebox records. The arrangements for the Pantheist and Skepticism 'Haunting the Chapel' gig on the 1st November in Herenthout, Antwerp (Belgium) have also been finalised - please go to the Concerts page (where you can now also download several flyers for the Excorcising the Funereal Tour next month) for more information.
Our third album "Journey through Lands Unknown" will be available from Firebox on October 15th. "Journey..." was recorded and mixed by Greg Chandler at Priory Studios, and mastered by Rik Dowding at Sonic Mastering.
It consists of 8 tracks, with a total length of 62 minutes:
01 - Deliverance
02 - Unknown Land
03 - Dum Spiro Despero
04 - Haven
05 - Oblivion
06 - The Loss of Innocence
07 - Eternal Sorrow
08 - Mourning the Passing of Certainty
A new track can be listened to at www.myspace.com/pantheistuk.
In other news, we are pleased to announce that Pete Benjamin will be joining us on second guitar in the "Exorcising the Funereal" tour. Furthermore, the previously announced gig in Scheld'apen on Saturday 1st November has been cancelled; however stay tuned, as we are currently negotiating another gig in the Antwerp area, which will feature both Skepticism and Pantheist! As soon as it will be confirmed, we will post an update here.
The tour dates for Pantheist's descent into mainland Europe with Skepticism and Ophis on the 'Excorcising the Funereal' tour this Autumn have now all been finalised; you can find them on the concerts page. This event promises to be very special, it being only the second time in either Skepticism or Pantheist's histories that they have gone on a full tour.
Most of the dates for the 'Excorcising the Funereal' tour of Europe in October, featuring, along with Pantheist, Skepticism and Ophis, are now been announced. For more information, head over to the concerts page.
Please note that we have also now sold out of the copies of 'The Pains of Sleep' EP and the 'Envy Us' shirts that were available to order from the band from this website. We still have a few copies of the 'Amartia' album left however (via the merchandise page) and you can still get hold of 'The Pains of Sleep' elsewhere, such as the Firebox webstore at www.firebox.fi.
As it has been a while, we figured it's time for a news update on our most recent activities.
Pantheist has reached an agreement with Firebox records to record one more album for the Finnish label. The next album, to be released in October, will bear the title 'Journey Through Lands Unknown'. The album will contain the following tracks (in no particular order): Deliverance, Dum Spiro Despero, Eternal Sorrow, The Loss of Innocence, Oblivion, Mourning the Loss of Certainty pt 1, Unknown Land.
The release of the album will coincide with a short european tour with Skepticism (FIN) and Ophis (GER). So far we have gigs confirmed in Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Rotterdam and Nurnberg. More news regarding this will be posted here soon.
Lastly, we had some line-up changes once again. Since Andy has moved to Finland, it has proven to be difficult for him to keep up his involvement with the band. Therefore we have agree to part ways, and are wishing Andy all the best with his future musical endeavours. Kostas will resume clean vocal duties just like on the 'O solitude' album, with additional contributions from the other band members.
Furthermore, it has also proven to be difficult for Pete to combine his personal and musical commitments with Pantheist. Therefore, all guitars on the new album will be performed by Ilia. We are not planning to recruit any new members and will continue as a four piece for the time being.
With the increasing popularity of sites such as Myspace, we have decided to close the Pantheist forum hosted by Doom-metal.com due to its lack of use. In the future if you would like to communicate directly to the band as well as other Pantheist fans and also download some of the band's music for free among other things, head over to the Pantheist Myspace site at www.myspace.com/pantheistuk. If you are one of those still trying to resist these online nests of popular culture then you can also use the band's Guestbook or e-mail address - for more details go to the contact page.
Pantheist will be participating in two gigs in UK in the next few weeks, one as part of the Unicorn Metalfest 2008 in Camden, on Friday 21st March, and the other on Sunday 23rd March at JB's in Birmingham. For more information on these gigs, head over to the 'concerts' page.
Please note that the song 'The Loss of Innocence' from the band's 'Promo 2008' that was placed on Myspace for free download for a limited time has now been removed. Keep checking this website for more information on new material and specifically, the band's upcoming new album.
The band are now close to completing the recording of 'Promo 2008', a two-track record that will be sent to record labels and others to promote the bands future material, specifically the band's upcoming new album. One of these two promo tracks is available to download for a limited period from the band's Myspace period. This song goes by the name of 'The Loss of Innocence', and "has been uploaded for the benefit of the people who have listened to us and supported us since the early years of mp3.com. You may have to excuse us for the sound quality and other inconsistencies, as it is completely self recorded." You can find the band's myspace page at www.myspace.com/pantheistuk, and can listen to 'The Loss Of Innocence' until approximately the end of February before it will removed. Please your eyes transfixed on this website for more updates on the next Pantheist album and other news.
Please note that Pantheist now have a new e-mail address, if you wish to contact them from now on you should e-mail pantheistuk (at) googlemail.com.
As we embrace 2008, Pantheist leave a period of inactivity behind them and enter the new year with very determined resolutions. Rest assured that if quality music is your thing, you will hear from us this year. We are currently working on a two-song promo and although it has taken longer than anticipated, we have taken the time to learn new recording techniques for ourselves as well as expand on barely touched aspects of the band sound thus far, like e.g. the creation of complex, multilayered guitar lines and new vocal techniques. We hope to be able to produce a promo for interested labels by February of this year. Depending on the response, the third album might arrive much quicker than anticipated, as we have already written 6-7 new demos of challenging, otherworldly compositions, able to stun our worse enemies and freak out the biggest fans. We plan to follow-up the release of our album with a tour, but nothing specific has been scheduled yet as the recording of the album remains our first priority for 2008.
Pantheist salutes those about to doom, and wishes everyone a creative and fulfilling 2008.
The Pantheist forum is now back online and available for use again, having been down for some time whilst the forum host, Doom-metal.com, moved servers. Unfortunately none of the old data could be saved during this process, meaning that all previous topics and discussions were lost and that you will have to register again...we apologise for this inconvenience and hope that it does not deter you all from participating in the message board in the future. The address of the forum has also changed, so please point your browsers to www.doom-metal.com/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=31 to access it from now on.
Some new band pictures have also been added to the site, taken from the gig in Ashton-Under-Lyne (UK) in January of this year.
A new band link has been added to the links page pointing to the website of a side-project of Kostas as well as members of the doom-metal bands Until Death Overtakes Me, Solicide and In Somnis, called Wijlen Wij. A debut self-titled record has just been released with the style of music best described as raw funeral doom so it's likely that if you're a fan of Pantheist, you'll enjoy this too. For more information, head over to wijlenwij.nulll-void.com.
In other news, unfortunately the 'UK Doomsday' festival that the band was scheduled to play at in Nottingham on the 30th of June has been cancelled.
The band has two more gig dates lined up in June, when they will be participating in Doom-metal festivals in the UK and in France - the gigs page has more information. Some of you may also have noticed in recent weeks that the band's message board has experienced some down time and is now locked. This is due to problems with the forum's host, Doom-metal.com...however, we hope that it will be up and running again soon in one way or another, though this may have to be in the shape of a new forum. Stay tuned for more updates regarding this as well as some additions to the site soon.
Having recently completed live shows including a mini-tour through The Netherlands last week, Pantheist's next gig is back in the UK in January (head over to the concerts page for more information). In the mean time you can read a new review of the 'Day of Atmosphere' gig that the band participated in in Belgium in October via the press page. And may Santa fill your Christmas stockings with doom!
Two new reviews have been added to the site, one of 'The Pains of Sleep' and one of 'Amartia'. Head over to the press page to read them.
A new Pantheist t-shirt is now available, to order only from the band through this website...you can find out more, view pictures of the shirt (which features new artwork and lyrics from the song 'Envy Us'), and buy one for yourself via the merchandise page. (Update 18.09.2006: The shirt can now be ordered directly through Paypal - to do so, just go to the merchandise page and click the 'Buy Now' link next to the t-shirt's description.)
The band recently went down to a place called the 'Black Park' to take the first official photos with the new line-up. You can see the results of these activities via the band images page. Several more positive reviews of 'The Pains of Sleep' EP, in various languages, have also been added to the press page.
A selection of photos from Pantheist's past gigs have recently been added to the website - a set of pictures from the band's last gig in the UK being the latest additions to this images page. And an archived list of all the gigs the band has ever played has also been added to the site for all those trivial information-fiends out there. Stay tuned for more updates coming soon!
We can announce two more Pantheist gig dates for the near and not so near future - along with the mini-tour of the Netherlands this December, the band will also be playing one off shows in Belgium with bands such as The Prophecy and Insanity Reigns Supreme in October, and in the UK in January of next year. For more information on these and all Pantheist live shows, please go to the concerts page.
Following a return to the live stage for the first time in over two years last weekend in London, Pantheist have announced more gig dates with a mini-tour through the Netherlands this December. For more information, go to the concerts page - keep your eyes peeled on the site for further details concerning this tour.
The 'Curse the Morning Light' shirts have also now sold out...we hope to unveil a new t-shirt design soon. And finally, a second review of The Pains of Sleep has been added to the press page.
We now have new banners available for download if you wish to link to the Pantheist homepage, click here to view them. If you currently have the old black and white banner on your website, please consider updating it with one of these new and more up to date ones.
The website that hosts the Pantheist forum, Doom-metal.com, has migrated its forum software, and so the Pantheist forum has moved with it, to here. It also has a new look to correspond more with the new site (thank you to Doom-metal.com for this). Users are required to re-register and all old topics will be lost, although the most recent ones have been recreated. Please feel free to banter with the band and among fellow listeners at this grand-spanking new location!
The first review of the new EP 'The Pains of Sleep' has also been published with DigitalMetal.com, and is somewhat positive..."this is worth it for the three new tracks alone and solidifies Pantheist as the unquestionable masters of funeral doom." Click here to find the review.
The e-mail address band (at) pantheist.co.uk is now working again so please direct your words to this address from now on if you wish to contact the band.
To complement the recent release of the 'Pains of Sleep' EP (which you can order from the band now) along with the completion of the band's line-up and return to the live scene, the Pantheist website has been re-launched with a new design (though remaining at the same address of www.pantheist.co.uk) and new webmaster (much thanks to Graeme for all his assistance as well as for his previous webmaster'ing). Much of the site content currently remains the same, but this will not be the case for long as plentiful new features and additions will be made in the coming weeks and months. Please keep your eyes peeled for further updates well as news from the Pantheist camp, and in the mean time please let us know what you think of the new site in the renovated Guestbook or Forum.
Also, please note that the band's new e-mail address has proven troublesome so for the time being we will continue to use constantinpan (at) hotmail.com - if you wish to harangue the band please use this address for now.
With the line-up now complete the comment "Pantheist do not currently play live" no longer applies, as the band is happy to announce that they will be returning to the stage once more for their first ever gig in the UK on the 14th of May in Croydon. The band will be playing alongside fellow doomsters Indesinence and Imindain, and there is the possibility of more announcements concerning gigs on the way - stay tuned for updates. For more information regarding the 'Doom Ist Krieg' gig in Croydon, go to the now updated tour page.
Please note that the band's new contact email is band (at) pantheist.co.uk, The old email address has been abandoned a few weeks ago due to the accummulation of excessive spam and viruses. If you have sent an email to that address in the past weeks, please re-send it again. We apologise for the inconvenience.
Pantheist are glad to announce that the band's line-up is now complete with the addition of guitarist Pete Benjamin, to some perhaps better known as bass player of Corpsing and Concept. Pantheist are currently rehearsing and hope to be able to resume live activity in the first half of 2006.
The pains of sleep EP has now be released and should be soon available by the band and Firebox records. More updates to follow.
Furthermore, we would like to offer our apologies for the few updates of this site. We are planning to rebuild the site in the next months, as we feel it is in need of a new design that suits the band's atmosphere better. The work will be left in the able hands of S. Burrell who has previously designed and maintained the site of fellow unorthodox doomsters Aarni. Updates will follow at strategic intervals.
www.pantheist.co.uk