Ole Caust [keyboards] Obskur [bass] Impurus [drums & percussion] Nuntius Tristis [vocals, guitar] Torgrim [lead guitar]
Dies Ater is a german (Berlin) Black Metal Band preferring an atmospheric and melodic style to express their emotions and feelings.
Dies Ater was founded by Nuntius Tristis (vocals & guitar) in autumn `94. It did not take much time to realize that it was very difficult to express and create all the music by his own. So he was looking for some companions. After a long and very careful search he found Impurus (drums), who was playing in a small Death-Band before, and Obskur (bass).
But the line-up was not complete. Another guitar-player was still missing. Torgrim (lead guitar) filled this gap.
So the band could start.
The first thing to do was to find a name. Dies Ater seemed to fit in the best way. It stands for "a black/fatal day".
The first step to glory was the recording for the Demo called Rabenflug in 1996. It took a while until it could be released, because the studio-works in the Orkikiller-Studio were tough and difficult ones. But finally the four songs "Filius Tenebrae", "A mourner`s dream", "Rabenflug" and "Engelsnacht" sounded quite good (for a demo).
The responses from fans and magazines were very pleasant. And so Dies Ater played many concerts (for example with "Nagelfar", "Ablaze my sorrow", "Cryogenic"), wrote small interviews and got some label-offerings (Kettenhund Rec., Solistitium). "Dies Ater" finally signed at the english label Mordgrimm Records. They were the third band who were signed (after "Covenant" and "Osculum infame"). To intensify their expressions Ole Caust (keyboard) joined the band.
Winter 98 the Spiderhouse-Studio (Harris Johns) was booked for the Reign of Tempests-recordings. Harris Johns working-style is a very professional one and so is the sound on the CD. The press was impressed by this intensity and power that this german guys released. So they got good critics followed by some gigs.
After some financial problems at Mordgrimm Dies Ater deceided to leave this label. Many offerings followed. And after serious considerations, they signed at Last Episode. A label which have good possibilities to support them.
Short time later (May 2000) they entered the Blue House Studio and recorded their second album Thorugh weird woods. The man on the mixer was Jens Bachmann.
Dies Ater played at some bigger festivals, like the Wave-Gothic-Meeting ein Leipzig, the "Under a the black Sun"- and the "Summer Breeze" festival. The release of the latest album, 'Through weird Woods', was the Septembre 25th 2000.
