1. Reluded 04:47
2. Behind the Temple Veil 05:10
3. Tired of Dying 05:00
4. Collision Course 04:00
5. Rahu 01:17
6. Vandari 05:36
7. Filth 04:47
8. Mitote - The Hum of a Thousand Voices 01:32
9. On the Edge 04:44
10. Purgatory 04:22
11. Ketu 01:03
12. To Die, to Sleep, No More 07:03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s-g9TYcMXI
The band was started in 1996 in Rybnik, Poland and back then it was called DAMNED SOULS, later, ALTAIR and finally CORTEGE. The first lineup was Artur Ambroży–guitar, Artur Majerowicz–guitar , Sebastian Bartek–bass/vocal and Grzegorz Kunicki–drums. However, after just one gig Majerowicz and Kunicki left the band. Replacement: Łukasz Schubert became a new guitarist and Michał Hoszycki a new drummer in CORTEGE. With this lineup 'Awareness' in 2000 and 'Introduction to the Slaughter of Your Gods' was recorded. CORTEGE started gigging intensively both in Poland and Czech Republic.
Unfortunately, in 2002 Łukasz and Michał left the band. After a couple of months of searching, CORTEGE was joined by a drummer, Kamil Szuszkiewicz, and a guitarist Radosław Nawrocki. In summer 2004 they recorded their third demo called V-666. Shortly after the new demo was out, Kamil And Radosław left and Artur went abroad so the band went dorment.
In 2009 Artur and Sebastian started to play together again, soon Kamil Szuszkieiwcz, who recorded V-666 returned to the band, and Michał Janczak became the new guitarist. This line up recorded 'Anachoreo' in 2012 and 'Touching the Void' in 2015. In 2016 their new album was finally out, Michał announced that he could no longer be a part of CORTEGE. In spring 2016 Łukasz Schubert rejoined the band to suport them live, however left the band again before the group decided to enter the recording studio. Finally, CORTEGE’s third album 'Vandari' was recorded.
If you like death metal in the style of Morbid Angel, Immolation, Imprecation or Deicide, you should give this one a listen!
Kamil Szuszkiewicz - drums
Artur Ambroży - guitars
Sebastian Bartek - vocals / bass
Music by Artur Ambroży
Lyrics by Sebastian Bartek
Cover artwork by Kamil Szuszkiewicz
Produced, mixed and mastered by Jarek Toifl at MAQ Records Studio between 2021 and 2022.
