Crematory

Crematory is a gothic metal/death metal band formed in Mannheim, Germany in 1991.

  The band received its earliest recognition in the mid-1990s by touring with My Dying Bride, Tiamat ^{Tiamat (band)} and Atrocity ^{Atrocity (band)} . Much like the latter two groups, the band had begun as traditional death metal, then evolved with an industrial music and gothic metal musical direction on later albums. The band would receive heavy rotation on MTV Germany,, and would also make appearances at various extreme metal festivals, including Germany's Wacken Open Air in the years 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2008, in addition to inclusion on Nuclear Blast compilation samplers.

The band re-signed to Massacre Records in 2006 after a 10 year stint with Nuclear Blast; Massacre had been the band's first label.

Active for almost 20 years (with a brief split between 2001 and 2003) they are among one of Europe's longest running bands affiliated with the gothic metal genre.
Current members


*Gerhard Stass - vocals ^Singing (1991–present)
*Matthias Hechler - guitar and vocals (1998–present)
*Katrin Goger - keyboards ^{Keyboard instrument} (1992–present)
*Harald Heine - bass guitar (1993–present)
*Markus Jüllich - drums ^{Drum kit} (1991–present)


Former members

*Marc Zimmer - bass, vocals (1991–1993)
*Lothar "Lotte" Forst - guitar, vocals (1991–1998)


Sessional live members

*Heinz Steinhauser - bass, vocals (1993)
Demos

* Crematory ^{Crematory (demo)} (1992)


Studio Albums

* Transmigration ^{Transmigration (album)} (1993)
* …Just Dreaming (1994)
* Illusions ^{Illusions (Crematory album)} (1995)
* Crematory (Das Deutsche Album) ^{Crematory (Crematory album)} (1996)
* Awake ^{Awake (Crematory album)} (1997)
* Act Seven (1999)
* Believe ^{Believe (Crematory album)} (2000)
* Revolution ^{Revolution (Crematory album)} (2004)
* Klagebilder (2006)
* Pray ^{Pray (Crematory Album)} (2008)
* Infinity ^{Infinity (Crematory album)} (2010)

Live

* Live... At The Out Of The Dark Festivals (1997)
* Remind (2001)
* LiveRevolution (2005)


Singles, EP's

* Ist Es Wahr (1996)
* Fly (1999)
* Greed (2004)


Collection

* Early Years (1999)
* Remind (2001)*One of the founding members was Bassist Marc Zimmer, who would leave the band in 1992 to focus on Mystic Circle.
*Jüllich and Goger are married.
*The band collaborate in the tribute album to Metallica, called A Tribute to the Four Horsemen, with the song "One".