Watain group Biography
Watain is a Swedish black metal band from Uppsala, formed in 1998.
The band's name hails from a recording by the American black metal group Von. After recording a few demos which the band does not intend to re-release, their first official release was the 7" EP The Essence of Black Purity on the Swedish label Grim Rune Productions, recorded in Necromorbus Studios 1999. The French black metal label Drakkar Productions offered Watain a deal for two full length albums, and the debut album Rabid Death's Curse was released in 2000. After the release, Watain toured and performed alongside bands such as Rotting Christ, Antaeus, Dark Funeral and Malign.
In 2003, Watain again entered the studio to record their second full-length album, Casus Luciferi, which features lyrics by members of other bands like Funeral Mist, Katharsis and Antaeus. The 'Stellar Dimension Infernal Tour' through Europe followed, alongside Secrets of the Moon and Averse Sefira. They also toured throughout 18 countries with Dissection on their two months-long 'Rebirth of Dissection' tour in 2004. Watain member Set Teitan was officially also a member of Dissection at this point, and Erik Danielsson played bass in live shows.
In 2006, members of the band did the Hitler salute and wore t-shirts of the NSBM band Absurd after their gig on German Party.San Metal Open Air, leading to accusations of being a Nazi band. After this incident, Erik Danielsson (vocals and bass) explained the band sees NSBM as a joke in an interview to the German online metal magazine Metal.de :
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