Iniquity (band)
Danish death metal band
Iniquity was a Danish death metal group. Established in 1989, the band released three full-length albums before parting ways in 2004.
History
Iniquity was formed in 1989 in Copenhagen, Denmark by Peter Houd, Brian Petrowsky and Morten Hansen. During the first years of the band's history two demo tapes were released and they appeared on several Compilation CDs e.g. on the Fuck You We're from Denmark compilation in 1992 with the song "Torn" (taken from the Entering Deception demo). After that release the band split up for a time but started it up again with Morten Hansen and Brian Petrowsky together with Jacob Olsen (drums and backing vocals). After Jacob Olsens entry, it was decided to pull Iniquity onto a new path away from the more traditional style of death-thrash with lyrics centered mostly around real life issues of psychology to a more doom metal inspired and leaned-back style of gloomy death-thrash also influenced by the early mid-paced US death metal scene and the lyrics were now set in the gothic sci-fi realm of H.P Lovecraft. To complete the transformation of the now totally reinvented "new Iniquity" Carsten Nielsen (keyboards) was added to the line-up. Morten Hansen left once again and was replaced by Claus Zeeberg (bass) and this line-up recorded a now classic promo tape called Promo '93, followed by a track on the compilation The Very Best Of Progress Red Labels. They toured for some time and recruited Mads Haarløv as lead guitarist.
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