Welcome
The Chants Of Maldoror were formed in December 1994, when Adolphe (vocals) and David (bass), both coming from a previous and unfruitful experience, joined Echo (keys/synth/piano) and Loren (guitars/programming) to start a project of medieval/ritualistic music. They got the band’s name from “Les Chants De Maldoror”, a prose poem by Isidore Ducasse (1846/1870), which is considered a masterpiece of the unreal and a decadent manifesto of surrealistic imagery.
As
time went by, the C.O.M. changed their sound until reaching a more rock-oriented
form, as stated by their first official release, the demotape “Ritual
Death”, out in 1997 and presented with a live performance
at the Italian goth festival “Ascension Of The Gods”, where
they shared the stage with many well-known international bands.
This show was soon followed by other live acts, and “Ritual Death”
had a strong presence on European and overseas fanzines and magazines.
In
June 2000 the first C.O.M.’s full-length cd, “Thy
Hurting Heaven” is released through the labels Radio Luxor/SPV,
and immediately captures the media attention worldwide, presenting a new
evolution of songwriting and leading the band to the status of “European
gothrock cult band”.
Soon followed lots of promotional shows across Europe in small clubs as
well as on important stages such as the performance at the “11th
Wave Gotik Treffen” international festival in Leipzig, Germany (only
Italian band of the bill), the one at Wien’s “Music Planet”
club and the most recent at the “T.H.H.” promotion gigs at
the legendary Amsterdam’s “Paradiso” club.
Up to now, The C.O.M. have just finished an endless line of rehearsals and recording studio sessions to complete the compositions for their second album entitled "Every Mask Tells The Truth" released on September 4, 2005, which has proven to be another ongoing step in their musical evolution.
Chronology
1994
December 22th – the band is formed
1995
December 31st - very first live show at a private party
1996
May/June - “Ritual Death” recording sessions
1997
January 5th – first official live show at “Moon Club”,
Rome
June 6th – cancelled show at “Moon Club”, Rome
July – “Ritual Death” (seven trx demo) release
July 12th – live at “Ascension Of The Gods” festival,
Bassiano
December 4th – live at “Velvet Club”, Rome
1998
January/December – rehearsing pause
December 2nd – live at “Transilvania Club”, Rome
1999
March 13th – live at “Velvet Club”, Rome
July/November – “Thy Hurting Heaven” recording sessions
2000
June – “T.H.H.” CD release through Radio Luxor/SPV
September – the song “Selbsther” is featured on the
Sonic Seducer sampler
2001
April 1st – live at “Sonica Club”, Rome
May 12th – Live at “Isola Del Rock”, Rimini
June/July – recording sessions
December 6th – live at “Alpheus Club”, Rome (supporting
Judith)
2002
March/August – recording sessions
March 9th – live at “Jungle Club”, Rome
April 30th – live at “Vampyria Club”, Reggio Emilia
May 20th – live at “11th Wave Gotik Treffen”, Leipzig,
Germany
September 28th – live at “Herbstnachte” Festival, Rabenstein,
Germany
November 1st – live at “Darknation Day” Festival, Wien,
Austria
November 3rd – live at “Transilvania Live”, Milan
November 16th – live at “Jungle Club”, Rome
2003
February – the song “Baptism” appears on the “Ascension
Of The Mother Dance” sampler
March 15th – live at “Gotham V” Festival, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
September 26th – start of recording sessions for the new album
2004
March – the song “Spectre (Love Is Dead)” appears on
the “New Dark Age” sampler
April 17th – live at “Figurative Theater” Festival,
Piacenza (headliners)
December – end of the recording sessions for the new album
2005
May - C.O.M. sign to Strobelight Records
September - 2nd album "Every Mask Tells The Truth" released