Suidakra - Echoes Of Yore

Suidakra started as Gloryfication and recorded one demo, known as "XIII" in 1994. Back then, the band played a death/thrash hybrid, and Arkadius Antonik only played guitar. Later in 1994 they changed the name of the band to Suidakra, which is Arkadius spelled backwards. The band's name is often typeset SuidAkrA. On their early albums, Suidakra's music was in a melodic black/death metal style with strong folk and medieval influences. Over time, the black metal asthetics began to fade out and they settled into a melodic death/Celtic folk sound. On the albums "Signs for the Fallen" and in particular "Command to Charge", the folk elements were reduced and a more straightforward melodic death metal style could be heard, but starting with "Caledonia" Suidakra moved back to their signature style. Marcel Schoenen spent a few years out of Suidakra, but still contributed songwriting, vocals and guitars to the recordings of "Emprise to Avalon," "Signs for the Fallen" and "Command to Charge." He became a full time member of the band again for "Caledonia" but left in 2007. On the albums since his second departure, Arkadius has performed nearly all the male vocals himself. "Echoes Of Yore" is the latest band's album released in 15 November 2019.