Vesania Bio

1997-2000: VESANIA formed at the end of 1997. At the time, the line-up comprised Orion on guitars and vocals, Daray on drums and percussion, and Heinrich on bass. As the band developed their sound, they soon recognized the need to expand. Hatrah joined on keys (the first recording, "reh tape", comes from that period) and then Annahvahr also on guitars and vocals. The end of 1998 saw the recording of 15-minutes worth of studio material, which resulted in "CD promo 1999". Shortly thereafter, VESANIA split with Hatrah and the position remained vacant until the fall of 2000 when Siegmar joined the band.

2001-2002: VESANIA performed live throughout Poland. The band recognizes the importance of playing in a live environment and views it as a very intrical part of their art. Simultaneously, they continued to work on new material for a full length album. Early 2002 saw the release of 1998 material entitled "Moonastray" on Odium Records; a limited edition split CD with Black Altar. The positive developments of the past year, gave way to recording plans that finally were realized in the spring of 2002. VESANIA entered Selani Studio (Vader, Christ Agony, Lux Occulta) under the guidance of producer Szymon "Szymonaz" Czech.

2003 VESANIA's "Firefrost Arcanum" debut cd was released in January 2003 on Empire Records. This album proved to be a breakthrough for the band in Poland. Since its release, they appeared often in the Polish media and VESANIA continued to perform live shows including Metalmania Festival 2003 (Samael, Marduk, Malevolent Creation) and Vader's 2003 Blitzkrieg Tour. Annahvahr had left the band in 2003, so he was replaced by the session guitarists for the live performances.

2004: With the passing of time, two of VESANIA's band members joined two other bands. In 2003 Orion had joined Behemoth and Daray replaced Doc in Vader the following year. Yet these events did not keep VESANIA away from further musical endeavors, and at the end of 2004, they were back in the studio recording their second album, "God The Lux". In Lublin's own Hendrix Studio (Behemoth, Azarath, Thunderbolt, Asgaard) the band began work with sound engineer Arkadiusz "Malta" Malczewski at the helm. 2005: VESANIA finished "God The Lux" at Hertz Studio (Dies Irae, Lost, Decapitated, Soul, Sceptic, Crionics) in Bialystok, mixing and mastering the album with the aid of the Wieslawscy brothers. Two major breakthroughs followed: the signing of a new deal, with Massive Management (Vader, Decapitated) and of course, signing a recording contract with NAPALM RECORDS, the label to release "God The Lux" on 25 July 2005.