Vlad Tepes (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Vlad Tepes


Background = group_or_band
Origin = Brest, France
Genre = Black metal
Years_active = 1992 – 1998
Label = Drakkar Productions
Embassy Productions
Full Moon Productions
Tragic Empire Records
Current_members = Wlad Drakksteim: All instruments
Worlok Drakksteim: All instruments
Past_members = Nifleim: Drums
D.K.: Drums

Vlad Tepes was a French black metal band which was formed in Brest in 1992. The name originated from the 15th century Wallachian ruler, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's fictional vampire Dracula. The group belongs to The Black Legions. Worlok Drakksteim also has a side project named Black Murder. He is the composer of that band, while Wlad Drakksteim is the composer for Vlad Tepes. Vlad Tepes were one of the Black legions bands featured in the magazine "The Black Plague - First Chapter (And Maybe Last One)" in 1995.

Discography

Demos

*"Rehearsal Winter '93" (1993)
*"Celtic Poetry" (1994)
*"The Return of the Unweeping Moon" (1994)
*"War Funeral March" (1994, Tape, Full Moon Productions)
*"Brouillons I" (1995)
*"Into Frosty Madness" (1995)
*"Brouillons II" (1995)
*"Dans Notre Chute" (1996)
*"La Morte Lune (1997)
*"The Black Legions" (1998)

plits

* "March to the Black Holocaust" (1995, CD, Embassy Records)
* "Black Legions Metal" (1996, CD, Drakkar Productions DKCD002)

Re-releases

*"War Funeral March" (CD, Embassy Records)
* "March to the Black Holocaust" (CD, Tragic Empire Records)
* "Black Legions Metal" (2004, LP, Drakkar Productions DKLP009)

References

* [http://www.fmp666.com/magazine/magazine.html Vlad Tepes interview] in "Petrified Magazine #3", 1994.
* [http://www.fmp666.com/magazine/magazine.html Vlad Tepes interview] in "Kill Yourself Magazine #2", 1995.

External links

* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=975 Vlad Tepes] on Encyclopaedia Metallum
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Vlad+Tepes Vlad Tepes] on Discogs.com