Lost Soul - Scream of The Mourning Star (2000)

 

Lost Soul is the pride of Polish death metal, standing in one line with such acts as Behemoth or Vader. The band was set up in 1991, released two demos and at the end on previous decade signed a deal with Relapse Records for the release of “Scream of The Mourning Star”. In 2003 the second offering - “Übermensch (Death of God)” is released via Osmose. Four years after “Chaostream” (via Earache/Wicked World), Lost Soul is back stronger than ever with new ideas and new line-up. In their long history Lost Soul played live with such acts as Samael, Vader, Monstrosity, Vomitory, Rotting Christ, Entombed, Decapitated.

With renewed line-up Lost Soul recorded their fourth album “Immerse In Infinity”. The release date was set for October 6th. During upcoming weeks the band will be taking shots for “If The Dead Can Speak” video with Endorfina Film. Cover and artwork is being prepared by Mentalporn (Deathstars, Behemoth).

Prepare yourself for 8 crushing anthems (57 minutes) of monumental extreme death metal in vein of Nile, Hate Eternal, Vital Remains.

1990: Inception of Lost Soul.
1993: Band's first demo "Eternal Darkness" is issued.
1994: The band records their second demo "Superior Ignotum" at Fors Music Studio (Czech Republic). The recording has been heard by just several people, we shall try to re-issue it in future.
1995: Signing a contract with "Baron Records" results in another attempt
to record "Superior Ignotum" at Digital Studio (Wroclaw).
1997: Lost Soul works on new material.
1998: The band records a four-song demo at Selani Studio (Olsztyn), which later appears on Relapse's Records "Polish Assault" (with Decapitated) and Novum Vox Mortis "Disco's out, Slaughter's In" with Dissenter.
1999: Lost Soul sign contract with Relapse Records and issue their debut LP, recorded at Fonoplastykon Studio.
2000: Band's first album "Scream of the Mourning Star" (Relapse Records/Metal Mind Productions) is released.
2001: Lost Soul work on their second album. The band signs a contract with Empire Records.
2002: "Ubermensch" is recorded in Wroclaw  at  Tower Studio. It is out on Empire Records soon after. Lost Soul play 10 concerts during Thrash'em All Festival, together with Mostrosity and Vomitory.
2003: Lost Soul's first appearance at Metalmania Festival alongside with Samael and Vader. "Übermensch" is released worldwide courtesy of Osmose Productions.
2004: The band record "Chaostream" at Hertz Studio (Białystok). Lost Soul go on tour with Vader, Ceti and Crionics during Blitzkrieg 2.
2005: "Chaostream" is out in Poland courtesy of Empire Records and worldwide thanks to Earache Records/Wicked World, to which the band signs. Lost Soul play during an European tour called "Mega Strike In Chaos Tour" together with Sanatorium and Fleshgore. Then they play 10 concerts at British "Summer Tour" with Vader and finally Blitzkrieg III - 48 concerts in Europe with Vader, Rotting Christ and Anorexia Nervosa and several festivals with Nile, Entombed and Decapitated. 2005 ends with Lost Soul's performance at charity concert in memory of Docent, the late Vader's drummer.
2006: Various on tour experiences from 2005 made Jacek Grecki sensibly start thinking of changing Lost Soul's line-up and have better musicians by his side.
2007: Eight new songs were created in two weeks of July.
2008: Jacek and Damian (Lost Soul bassist since 2004) found a great drummer. The band starts rehearsals in September. Apart from the music, Jacek wrote all the lyrics for the new album called "Immerse in Infinity".
2009: Domin joins the band. Desecrate records drum tracks between 9 and 16 February at Progresja Studio (Warsaw). Between 17 and 20 February the tracks were edited at Hertz Studio. From 23 to 30 March Jacek recorded his guitar tracks at both Top Secret Studio and Hellsound Studio (Wroclaw). Between 14 and 30 April Czajnik recorded bass tracks and Jacek did all the vocal parts and solos. 8-12 June Lost Soul, with careful supervision of Wieslawski Bros., put finishing touches to the mix of their fourth studio release "Immerse in Infinity". On 11 July the band signs a deal for two successive albums with Polish label Witching Hour Productions. Nine days later Wieslawski Bros. start album's mastering process. The street date of "Immerse in Infinity" is set to 6 October, 2009. The album was greatly acclaimed by the fans and media all over the world. Many Polish magazines voted "Immerse in Infinity" the album of 2009, surpassing new releases form Behemoth and Vader. Lost Soul's new album received better notes than Nile in many parts of the world. 24 December 2009 Lost soul released their first ever video clip for the song "If the dead can speak".
2010: Promotion of "Immerse in Infinity" during Aealo Tour concerts (alongside Rotting Christ). The band played dozens of festivals, XV Brutal Assault among others. Reviews, interviews and splits appear in best music magazines all over the world.
2011: The band records their anniversary album "Genesis XX Years of chaoZ" (the last band's releasefor WHP), and plays several dozen gigs. The band's core members Jacek and Damian, sensing a lack of dedication  from  the  remaining  bandmates,  decide  to  join  forces  with Marek Gołaś (guitar) and Jonathan Garofoli (drums), who soon proved to be the right people to hit it big.
2012: Lost  Soul's  new  line  up  came  up  with  songs  for  their  new  full-length, and reinvented their stage presence. Witching Hour Productions announced plans to the release the band's anniversary album in December 2012.
2013: Anniversary album "Genesis-XX Years of Chaoz"is out. Lost Soul has fulfilled the contract and is currently looking for a new label. Between April to June the band recorded drums, guitars and bassfor the new album. Because of the severe accident of vocalist Jacek Grecki, vocal recordings were postponed to January 2014.
2014: The band just finished mastering of the new album "Atlantis–The New Beginning" in Hertz Recording Studios with Wieslawski Bros.
2015: New album “Atlantis: The New Beginning” is released via Apostasy Records.

-Tracklist:

 1. My Kingdom     03:11   
2. Divine Satisfaction     02:48   
3. Tabernaculum Miser     03:49   
4. The Highest Pleasure     02:37   
5. Malediction     03:03    
6. Entrance to the Nothingness     03:25
7. We Want God     02:26    
8. Nameless     03:51  
9. An Eternal Sleep     03:11    
10. Unclean     05:55

 

-Line up: 

• Jacek Grecki: Guitars, Vocals
• Adam Sierżęga: Drums
• Piotr "P." Ostrowski: Guitars
• Krzysztof Artur Zagórowicz: Bass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Label:  Relapse Records.

 

Lyrics by Adam Sierzega.
except "Tabernaculum Miser" by Jacek Grecki and Adam Sierzega.
Cover art and layout by Graal.

Engineered by Marcin Bors and Bartek Straburzynski.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Fonoplastikon Studio, in Wroclaw, Poland June 1999.

 Photography: Wiesław Fatyga.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lost Soul 2015