User:HieraticalWatchman/Hieratical (band)

Hieratical is a Romanian heavy metal band formed in 2008. The band has so far released one single and it's debut album is expected to be released in the summer of 2009.

Formation
The band was founded in the summer of 2008 by Psycho, Obie and Stinkman. They recruited Maq on rythm guitar, Rob on bass and G-Orgy on drums. The line-up of the band thus far was: Psycho on lead guitar and backing vocals, Obie on vocals, Maq on rythm guitar, Stinkman on acoustic guitar, Rob on bass and G-Orgy on drums. After a while, they settled for the name Deck Genielz, a pun on Jack Daniel's. The line-up soon changed, as G-Orgy did not have a drumkit at his disposal, he was replaced with Legolas. Also, the band did not have a place in which to rehearse, and as such the line-up soon changed again in the fall of 2008 for a high-school talent show, featuring Obie on vocals, Psycho on guitar and backing vocals and Stinkman on bass. They performed "Another brick in the wall", parts 2 and 3 by Pink Floyd and "Knocking on Heaven's Door" by Guns 'n' Roses. Psycho and Obie were displeased with Stinkman's performance on bass so they had him revert back to acoustic guitar. Another high-school talent show in the winter saw the band performing under the following line-up: Obie on vocals, Psycho on lead guitar and Maq and Stinkman both playing rythm guitar. Also, two girls, friends of the boys performed backing vocals. Psycho and Obie were once again displeased with Stinkman's performance so they kicked him out of the band. Maq had to quit the band, as he was in the final year of high-school and he had to get ready for the final exams. They once again approached Rob to play bass. In the spring of 2009, Psycho aproached Sethgar and Cioky, two old friends of his, to join the band playing acoustic guitar and drums, respectively. Obie also started employing his keyboard skills into their music. The band then changed their name to Hieratical. Currently, they have one single released, HORRORfying which features the eponymous song which is divided in two parts: Walpurgis Nacht and Curse of Dracula. Their debut album, Acheron is due to be released in the summer of 2009, featuring guest artists which are friends of the band. Psycho and Obie are also involved with their side project, Psychobien Sessions.

Influences and musical style
The band cites Trivium, Metallica, System of a Down, Pantera, Machine Head, Fear Factory and Kamelot as influences. Psycho states that his favorite guitarists that influence his own style are Corey Beaulieu, Kirk Hammett, Dave Mustaine, Robb Flynn and Andy LaRocque. Also, he states that Robb Flynn, Matt Heafy and Phil Anselmo have influences his vocal style. Obie cites Oliver Palotai of Kamelot as a favorite keyboardist. As influences on his vocal style he mentions Brandon Boyd of Incubus and Roy Khan of Kamelot. Rob cites Robert Trujillo of Metallica as an influence and Cioky names John Dolmayan of SOAD as a favorite drummer. Sethgar has named Daron Malakian, also of SOAD as a favorite guitarist. The band plays a blend of multiple genres of metal: metalcore, thrash metal, gothic metal, industrial metal and death metal, but they don't always put all the styles into a single song. They rather blend two or three of these styles into one song, making it difficult for their songs to be catalogued as a specific genre.

Band members

 * Psycho - Lead and Rythm guitars, growled vocals, rarely clean vocals
 * Obie – Keyboards, clean vocals
 * Sethgar – Acoustic Guitars
 * Rob – Bass
 * Cioky – Drums

Former members

 * Stinkman - Bass
 * Maq - Rythm guitar
 * G-Orgy - Drums
 * Legolas - Drums

Discography

 * HORRORfying (2009 - single)
 * Acheron (2009 - Not yet released)