PAZUZU, an ancient Sumerian Demon, worshipped thousands of years before the birth of monotheistic religions, was dreaded for his appearance and ruthlessness. But in time his name became nothing but a legend, echoing from times past. In early 1994, Silenius Gregor, Richard Lederer (both of Summoning fame) and Ray Wells, re invoked this dark force and created a band by the name of PAZUZU, with the idea to introduce a new type of dark music to the metal scene, and especially Black Metal Genre. The focus was to be more on atmosphere and ambience, rather than guitars and drums. These were quite simply replaced by flutes, kettledrums and bagpipes. The fruits of this first collaboration were the demo " The Urilia Text " and the first full length album " And all was silent " on Head not Found.
Following the relative success of this CD, the band decided to lay to rest this project and focus more on other things, until 1996, when Ray Wells signed to Dark Matter Records in Austria and entered their studio to record the second full length " Awaken the Dragon " . Prior to this, the band released a compilation track on the strictly limited " ABMS Norici Obscura Pars " Sampler. The musical direction was similar, and yet different. PAZUZU now focused more heavily on melodies and structure, rather than on effects and ambience. The lyrics became more fantasy oriented and the album turned out generally more bombastic than the first one. Dark Matter Records were able to sell a decent amount of CDs, before they finally went under in 1997. Now almost three years later with the new millennium approaching at ramming speed, sending us one apocalyptic omen after another, PAZUZU can once again be heard over the deserted temples of Eridu. "III: The End of Ages " , is the third chapter in the ongoing quest for darkness and the first of three opuses for Italian Gloom Mongers, Avantgarde Music. . .