Biografia - Saturnus

BioThe history of Saturnus (or as someone would call.....The beginning) In 1991 lead-vocalist Thomas A.G. Jensen started looking for people to start a death-metal band. He hooked up with bass-player Brian Hansen who was also looking for people into the same act. After a few months the band (at that time called "Assesino") was joined by a drummer and guitarist. In 1992 the drummer was replaced and an additional guitarist entered the band. In the following year a number of musicians entered and left the band. In 1993 the people of Assesino were Thomas A.G. Jensen (vocal), Brian Hansen (bass), Christian Brenner (guitar), Pouli Choir (drums), Kim Sindahl (guitar). The band played at a metal-competition (Judgment Day) in BarBue (Huset, Cph.) and ended up second out of eight bands. Shortly after the band split up and Thomas, Brian and Kim Sindahl found a new drummer, Jesper Saltoft. A month later Kim Sindahl left the band and guitarist Mikkel Andersen joined in. It would not be long after Mikkel joined the band that a keyboard player was found, his name Anders Ro Nielsen. At this time the name "Assesino" was replaced by Saturnus. In 1994 guitarist Kim Larsen entered the band making it a sextet. It was round these days the group left death-metal to play more doomy stuff ("Astral Dawn" is a reminiscent of the elder period of SATURNUS). In 1995 guitarist Mikkel Andersen left the band but he has continued to be an active lyric-writer. The band played a number of gigs in Copenhagen with other Danish metal-acts. Early in 1996 the band played a gig with British My Dying Bride. The impact of this meeting lead to a further change of style, and during 1996 SATURNUS developed their present sound, the slow, melancholic mixture of doom and gothic metal. At the end of the year the band was signed to Euphonious Records (a division of Voices of Wonder), and in January 1997 "Paradise Belongs to You" was released.At the same time guitarist Morten Skrubbeltrang entered the band making it once again a sextet with the following line-up : Thomas (vocal), Brian Hansen (bass), Jesper Saltoft (drums), Anders (keyboards), Kim Larsen (guitar) and Morten Skrubbeltrang (guitar). During the first half of 1997 the group played a number of show in Copenhagen.The most renown of these was a 5 hour gig in Sct. Stefan's Church on Good-Friday, the inside of the church was covered in white sheets, upon which different images was projected, the band was supported by a live classical choir of 20 women. On the 29th of June 1997 the band played yet another memorable show, Saturnus entered the stage in front of 3000 fans at the Roskilde Festival. The show climaxed with the songs Christ Goodbye/The rise of Nakkiel played together with an 8 piece choir conducted by Morten Skrubbeltrang.The Roskilde show was recorded by Norwegian Radio (NRK), was be broadcast in Scandinavian Radio during spring 1998 and lastly christ/nakkiel was featured on the mini-cd "For the loveless lonely nights". Come august '98 and Morten Skrubbeltrang left Saturnus to play some of his funky shit yeah. Peter Poulsen entered immediatly... The work on "Martyre" had actually already begun at the time "paradise" was finished, in the beginning of 1999, Saturnus began looking for a studio and a producer, enter Flemming Rasmussen and The Sweet Silence Studios, Flemming is of course the guy who produced the now classic Metallica albums "Ride the lightning", "Master of Puppets" and "...And justice for all". The album was recorded during april/maj 1999, but due to tons of weird happenings the album release date was constantly postponed, it finally saw the light of day on january 10. The band went on the road for the last half of 1999, a few dates abroad and some around in Denmark. come the end of 1999 things took a turn as Kim, Brian and Jesper chose to leave Saturnus. The show must go on and it certainly does, in the first quarter of the new millennium, Saturnus was seriously strengthened by the addition of Morten Plenge on drums, Tais Pedersen on guitar and Peter Heede on bass. To further strenghten their position with their fans, Saturnus played a "we're still alive" show on may the 18th at Stengade 30 in Copenhagen, there is no doubt, Saturnus has NEVER been stronger, their fans NEVER more loyal. ...the story continues...

More Info....Veronika Decides To DieRecorded at The Sweet Silence Studios Produced by Flemming Rasmussen

More Info....Martyre Recorded April/May 1999 at The Sweet Silence Studios Produced by Flemming Rasmussen

More info....For the loveless lonely nightsRecorded April 1998 at The Sweet Silence StudiosProduced by Flemming RasmussenLive recordings produced by Erik Lloyd Walkoff and Harald Are Lund (NRK)

more info....Paradise belongs to you Recorded March/August 1996 at The Soundscape Studios Produced by Aage Nipper

Anders Ro Nielsen - Keyboards (1993-)
Thomas Akim Grønbæk Jensen - Vocals (1993-)
Brian Pomykala Hansen - Bass (1993-1999, 2007-)
Peter Erecius Poulsen - Guitar (1998-)
Tais Pedersen (Usipian) - Guitar (2000-)
Nikolaj Borg (Withering Surface) - Drums (2004-)

SATURNUS LYRICSalbum: "Paradise Belongs To You" (1997) Paradise Belongs To YouChrist GoodbyeAs We Dance The Path Of Fire Or SolacePilgrimage Of SorrowThe Fall Of Nakkiel (Nakkiel Has Fallen)Astral DawnI Love TheeThe UnderworldLament To This Treacherous Worldalbum: "For The Loveless Lonely Nights" (1999) StarresFor Your DemonsThou Art FreeChrist GoodbyeRise Of NakkielConsecrationalbum: "Martyre" (2000) 7Inflame Thy HeartEmpty HandedNoirA Poem (Written In Moonlight)Softly On The Path You FadeThou Art FreeDrown My SorrowLost My WayLoss (In Memoriam)Thus My Heart Weepeth For TheeIn You Shinning Eyesalbum: "One Freezing Mind Of Me" (2002) I Long...To The DreamsEmbraced By DarknessAll AloneMurky WatersOne Freezing Mind Of MeA Scent Of Slowly SilenceDescendingRain Wash MeTrailsalbum: "Veronika Decides To Die" (2006) I LongPretendDescendingRain Wash MeAll AloneEmbraced By DarknessTo The DreamsMurky Waters