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BIOGRAPHYTekhton is a crushing DOOM band from Groningen, the Netherlands. Our influences come from a wide spectrum of music with a focus on DOOM. From St. Vitus to Neurosis and from Goatsnake to Orange Goblin. ConceptionTekhton started out as LAHAR, originally founded by Bert-Rene and Dirk, Marco and Jurgen soon followed. They recorded a demo together, and played some gigs. The demo got very good reviews in the (underground) press. This resulted in a gig at the (in-)famous Doom Shall Rise festival. The festival marked the debut of Ralph the second guitarplayer. He brought the extra power at the live gigs, which the band felt they needed at the time. NameLahar started out as Circlesix (hence the www.circlesix.com) we changed our name because there were some other bands with the same name. The name Lahar awaited a similar fate. Too many Lahar's, we've counted 5 at some point, of which some were really good. The album was about to be released and we didn't feel comfortable about the name. So we decided to change the name, we figured it would be more difficult to do so after the release of our debut. Tectonic movements are causing Lahar's. Chtonic gods are the 'earthy' gods in Greek mythology. We combined the two,changed the spelling a bit and Tekhton was born Summon the coreIn the easter weekend in 2006 we recorded "Summon the core". We recorded it in the Potsound studio with engineer Edwin Pot. The Potsound studio is housed in 'Het Viaduct' where we also have our rehearsals. Because of the DIY way it got together it took us guite some time to get it mixed and mastered (both by Roman vd Meulen). Meanwhile Oli the doom-dealer told us he started his own label and wanted to release the album. Of course we agreed and here we are.
FutureWe're very busy writing new material and trying it in a live setting. We hope to start the new recordings this year. Meanwhile "Summon the core" gets great reviews, much to our relief. |
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