Forsaken

Not to end up being confused using a afterwards music group from Sweden named the Forsaken, the Maltese quintet merely referred to as Forsaken helped place the tiny Mediterranean island country in the international rock map. Active in a single type or another since as soon as 1990, Forsaken acquired coalesced right into a continuous unit offering vocalist Leo Stivala, guitarist Daniel Magri, keyboardist Mario Ellul, bassist Albert Bell, and drummer Simeon Gatt by enough time they released their extremely individualistic first record, 1996’s Evermore. Boasting a remarkable mixture of traditional, doom, and intensifying steel tendencies under one roofing, the record’s momentum was however sabotaged when Magri — hardly 25 — instantly became suffering from cancer, eventually shedding his fight in 2001. For the time being, Forsaken’s career have been on a protracted hiatus, but after keeping their ailing friend throughout his convalescence and mourning his transferring, Forsaken appeared prepared to job application their actions; 2003’s rapturously acclaimed Iconoclast EP (offering fresh guitarist Sean Vukovic) initiated their return, and yet another pair of extremely good albums — 2004’s Anima Mundi and 2005’s Dominaeon — display that Forsaken is constantly on the increase upon their intensifying doom inclinations undeterred.