AKEM MANAH - BELGIUM

Threnodies - 2026 - Black Lion

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Members
Vocals
Colcothar, Herfst, My Lament, VoidWork, Pillars, Lichfield, Hangman's Hymn, Plagueland, Saille, Nyrak, The Dead Dirt>>XAVIER DE SCHUYTER>>Herfst, My Lament, VoidWork, Pillars, Lichfield, Hangman's Hymn, Plagueland, Saille, Nyrak, The Dead Dirt

Guitar
The Dead Dirt>>XAVIER DE SCHUYTER>>The Dead Dirt - JT [JORIS THOEN] - Everglow, Angeli Di Pietra, Poseidon, Cambrian, Wound Collector, Lily Dances Alone, II, IX, Motte, Notti Del Terrore, Hangman's Hymn, Xiphactinus, Nyrak, Drunar, Herfst, Splendidula, Anomalocaris>>GVC [GUY VAN CAMPENHOUT]>>Cambrian, Wound Collector, Lily Dances Alone, II, IX, Motte, Notti Del Terrore, Hangman's Hymn, Xiphactinus, Nyrak, Drunar, Herfst, Splendidula, Anomalocaris

Bass
Hangman's Hymn, The Dead Dirt>>XAVIER DE SCHUYTER>>Hangman's Hymn, The Dead Dirt - RD [RUBEN DELANGHE]

Drums


Keyboard
Hangman's Hymn, The Dead Dirt>>XAVIER DE SCHUYTER>>Hangman's Hymn, The Dead Dirt




History & Biography
Akem Manah refers to the demon of the same name from the indigenous Iranian religion of Zoroastrianism. The name is also picked up by, not one, two bands on the quasi-metal scene. This particular band professed to goth and doom and was founded in late 2007. The act was around until 2014 before throwing in the towel. The mandatory return was in 2023.

A 2010 demo was called The Testament Of Sealant Mound. The band was singer Xavier De Schuyter, guitarist Benjamin Vandendriessche, bassist Ruben Delanghe and drummer Michaël Vandendriessche. The band was billed at Dordrecht Doom Day in 2011. The band uploaded a 20-minute song called Beneath in 2012. The group was invited to play the Darken The Moon IV in Belgium in 2013.

Belgium-based Akem Manah had an album, called Threnodies, through Black Lion Records in March of 2026. XDS was in a kilo, or two, of projects. GVC was in so many projects that he started numbering them. Drummer Ed Warby, formerly of Gorefest, had been playing with the band. A trumpet player called Izzy Op De Beeck was banished before recording anything.


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