Deiphago

DEIPHAGO was created in 1989 by Voltaire 666, Sidapa and Royce. The band was inspired by the black metal gods Sarcofago, Sodom, Venom, Mercyful Fate and Hellhammer. They released their 1st demo on 1991 and is a display of total Hellhammer worship with reigning guitar solos and sick vocals. Demo 91 made Deiphago known to the worldwide underground scene. On 1993, inspired by their contemporaries at that time like Blasphemy, Beherit, and Profanatica they released their 2nd demo, a fast grinding black masterpiece mixed with Morbid Angel solos and sicker vocals as V666 sang in a backmasking way the song “Backmask prayer” and also incorporated Beherit’s demonic whispers on “Hail Mary Innana”. Their demo 93 was labeled “exotic black metal”. Through the next years, Deiphago continued to assault the Philippines while they undergo constant line-up changes. On 1997, armed with a new drummer, they released their 3rd demo – the Pagan sessions. Demo 97’s lyrical concept was homage to the Filipino Pagan gods and included 2 tracks - “Bathala”, the song that incorporated elements of Bathory’s “Hammerheart” and “Uwak”, the song that retains their fast chaotic sound from their previous works showing relentless speed. Demo 97 was only distributed among hand-picked local hordes. BLACK METAL SINCE 1989