Brotherhood Of Pagans – Tales Of Vampires (1995)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. The Gathering 02:07
2. Don't Fall 04:12
3. Warshow 04:53
4. Resurrection 05:00
5. Black Art 03:37
6. Sinner Comes To Bits 08:54
7. Halloween 04:20
8. Rooms 04:37
9. Guilty 06:06
10. God Damn My Soul 04:01

French Gothic/Rock group formed in March 1990

and risen from the ashes of two other act of the Cold Wave genre, Itchy Souls and Nuits Heretiques.
The band consisted of Alien (rhythm guitar and vocals), Coccs (synthesiser),

Sailor (drums), Elrik (bass) and Vox Populi (guitar).
Brotherhood Of Pagans began playing their first live gigs in 1991,

but it was during the course of 1993 that they started to make themselves known,

thanks principally to the beginning of a their relationship with the French label Darkland Of Tears.
Among other things, this enabled them to provide support for Corpus Delicti at a concert in Nice,

and to appear at a Festival in Dorsten (Germany) in front of 800 people.
This collaboration with Darkland Of Tears further allowed Brotherhood Of Pagans to participate on numerous compilation,

firstly those on the Darkland label such as "Cold Tears" and "Gothicland",

then on compilations produced by other re-known labels like "Goth Box" by Cleopatra, and "Death By Dawn" by Appolyon.
Their first album finally appeared in March 1995 under the title "Tales Of Vampires" and was an immediate success.
Unfortunately at the peak of it’s glory, the band split following the departure of bassist Elrik.
Elrik later joined the band Disorder and also Alien decided to focus on his solo project under the name Alien Marteens.
In 2006, Vox, Coccs and Sailor decided to head for the studio in order to start working on a new album entitled "Only Once".
In 2007 the first track of the album, also called "Only Once" was featured on the Str8line compilation "Movement One".
"Only Once" was finally released in 2009 through Alone Prod exploring various musical influences

that the remaining members of Brotherhood Of Pagans had gathered through the past years

and also featured a cover version of the track "Resurrection" from their first album.

 
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