guitars - Jos guitars - Richard drums - Serge bass and vocals - Corinne
Acrostichon from Tilburg, Holland was formed in August 1989 when Jos (guitar), Richard (guitar) and Corinne (vocals) found a rehearsal-room and a drummer (Vincent). In those days Acrostichon played some songs of Richard's old project: United Brains ("Mentally deficient" and "Havoc"), and the first Acrostichon songs were written ("Xenophobic mania", "Immolation of the agnostic", and "elaborate ritual").
In November 1989 Vincent was replaced by Roeland and in this lineup Acrostichon played their first gigs. In March 1990 Acrostichon recorded their "Prologue" demo which contained the songs "Immolation of the agnostic", "Havoc", "Mentally deficient" and "Elaborate ritual". The demo got great reviews and the band sold about 500 copies of it. The demo also made it possible to do more and bigger gigs. The biggest one was in front of 800 people with Carcass, Hellbastard and Gorefest.
In June 1990 Serge replaced Roeland, and in this lineup the second demo "Dehumanized" was recorded. This tape contained four new tracks, called "Dehumanized", "Thriving on chaos", Exasperation" and "Lost remembrance". This demo was the final breakthrough in the Dutch underground scene. More than 1000 copies were sold. Songs of the demo were featured on the "Where is your god now" LP published by D.S.F.A. Promotions. Also, a 7" was released by Seraphic Decay Records. After that, there were some labels interested in signing Acrostichon, and Acrostichon signed with Modern Primitive Records.
In March 1992 Acrostichon recorded their debut album, called "Engraved in Black", with producer Colin Richardson. On this album nine songs are featured: "Immolation of the agnostic", "Walker of worlds", "Dehumanized", "Mentally deficient", "Zombies", "Havoc", "Relics", "Lost remembrance", and "Engraved in Black". The album was released in early of 1993.
Acrostichon played many gigs with great bands like: Carcass, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, Death, Master, Massacra, Sodom, Revenant, Asphyx, Hellbastard, Lemming project, Atrocity, Cerebral fix, Tiamat, Samael, Gorefest, Thanatos, Dead Head, Sinister, The Gathering, Pungent Stench, and many more.
After a two-year break Acrostichon is back. Richard is replaced by Michel on guitar, but he still accounted for the artwork. They signed a record deal with Double Noise Records and in January 1995 the CD-EP "Forgotten" is released. In April their new album "Sentenced" will be available.
Nothing has been heard from the band since 1995 and they have probably broken up.
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