Judas Iscariot was an American black metal band. It began in 1992 as the solo-project of Andrew Harris (sociologist and philosophe), who performed under the pseudonym Akhenaten (after the Egyptian Pharaoh of the same name).
With the release of Heaven in Flames (1999), Duane Timlin (aka Cryptic Winter) joined the band as a session drummer. During 1999 and 2000, Akhenaten twice performed live with a line-up featuring members from Nargaroth, Krieg, Absu and Maniac Butcher.
The band's last show took place at the Under the Black Sun festival in Germany in July 2000. At this last show, "Spill the Blood of the Lamb" was dedicated to "the destruction of the capitalist scum who tried to destroy black metal." All of the band's releases were given to the labels who originally released them, and Akhenaten took no money, as he owned his own recording equipment, instead asking that the money be put back into the underground.
On August 25, 2002, Akhenaten announced that he had ended Judas Iscariot. "Midnight Frost (To Rest With Eternity)" was the band's last official release.
In 2018, Ascension Monuments Media began selling pre-orders for numerous re-releases from Judas Iscariot's discography, falsely claiming they were authorized by the band. Akhenaten has described these records as "disgraceful unauthorized bootlegs."
2. Gaze upon Heaven in Flames 06:20
3. Eternal Bliss... Eternal Death 06:55
4. Before a Circle of Darkness 05:26
5. From Hateful Visions 05:03
6. Spill the Blood of the Lamb 03:58
7. An Ancient Starry Sky 03:28
Track 1's title is misspelled as "An Eternal Kindom of Fire" on one of the back covers.
From the Ashes of Extermination to the Ruins of a Fallen Kingdom.
Recorded December 1998 in pure hatred and visions of subhuman genocide…
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