Bestial Deform
History
For uncountable centuries scorching nebula was aimlessly rotating in the space. In time it took its shape, a central body and planets were formed, seething seas and flaming mountains were moving up and down, burning torrents of rain were overthrown from the black clouds on the barely hardened soil. In the depths of the ocean the first sprout of life sprang up and in the favorable warmth it quickly began to develop into giant trees, huge ferns, growing from the moist soil; it also developed into sea monsters, which were breeding, fighting, eating each other and dying. In the coarse of the drama a man arose from these monsters, the man, who had the power of thought, the knowledge of Good and Evil and who had an unbearable thirst for creation. And the man saw in this crazy monstrous world the fight of the short moments of life, before death would pass its merciless verdict. And the man said: "There is a latent goal, and this is a good goal, for we should create and nothing is worth attention but music". The Angels' chorus became tiring, "Death". Wars arose from chaos, wars were created from metal. Smiling to himself, the man decided that the grandeur of death metal must be played. Rough music arose from decomposition and disintegration of a better-accomplished music. Music came from crude and sombre form, bestial like form, in the true meaning of the word.
The history of Bestial Deform started in the end of the year 1990. The singing guitarist Kirill Ulanenkov, who gathered around himself the bassist Sergey Utkin, the guitarist Andrey Shnurov and the drum player Victor Kuzmichov, initiated the project. In 1992 they recorded the debut demo 'Worship to Madness'. Quite soon the quartet started giving concerts in different clubs of St.Petersburg. This experience allowed them to have a successful tour throughout Ukraine together with Great Sorrow. Back from the tour Bestial Deform took part in a grandiose metal festival Baltic Death Zone 1 with Great Sorrow, Koma, Tula smiths Graveside, Estonian Agressor etc.
Soon the inner disagreements in the group caused the complete change of its members. The bassist Sergey Zelenyuk (ex-Mecca), the drum player Michael Lind (ex-Great Sorrow) and the guitarist Dmitriy Ivanov took the place of Sergey Utkin, Andrey Shnurov and Victor Kuzmichov. In 1993 Bestial Deform released their second demo 'Malebranche' and filmed a video for 'For the Great Evil'. The cassettes were being actively distributed throughout the country, while the group continued playing on different stages.
Next work 'Together We'll Destroy the World' was released at the beginning of 1994. In summer of the same year Bestial Deform participated in the second Baltic Death Zone, where Polish Dead Infection were headliners.
In October 1994 the group recorded their next demo 'The Mystic' and left for Moscow and Smolensk to give concerts.
The year 1995 was marked by a big festival in Kharkov where such Ukrainian giants as Lazareth (Lvov), North Storm (Sumi), Nocturnal Mortum, Corps took part. The festival was followed by the work on the fifth album 'Bellum Contra Omnes'. It was released on the independent label RAE Music.
From 1997 to 1999 Bestial Deform were actually inactive because of the disagreements, searching of the new forms and preparing new material. The complete change of the members took place in the end of this period.
In the end of 1999 Kirill Ulanenkov returns to the path of war and gives concerts to the accompaniment of a drum-machine. Soon the guitarist Timur Madyaev and the bassist Alexander Petrov come to the group. In 2000 Bestial Deform participates Banzai festival together with Virgilia Mortum (Estonia), Ashen Light and Rossomahaar (Moscow), Burial Shades (Pskov), Azeroth and the others. Having given a number of concerts presenting new programme 'The Second Coming', Bestial Deform visits Belarus playing with Polish Decapitated and local Exumator, Rasta and Bleeding. The tour was followed by a number of big concerts in St. Petersburg and region including famous in the NorthWest festivals Friday, The 13th and Banzai-fest.
"Music occupies the main part of my life", says the founder and ideologist of the group, and continues, "I am interested in creation in the first place. There are enough obstacles and disappointments, but we will overcome them. Ave Satanas. Stop the Christianity. At present, when creating a polyphony of mystic in music, forming conflict between the tones and mobile horizontals of melodically broken lines, we make the phases move. Movements, unity of suspense and aggression, speed of the hurricanes, brutality of the whip, beating the body with deforming power, turn into majestically tragic step of the coming end. The world breathes. The Demons guard the altar. Jesus is dead. Decapitated, dismembered, crucified. Stop the Christianity!"
Before the next album, it was time for an EP 'We Go to Kill...', which features three songs from the band's fourth album 'Stop the Christianity!' (released via Coyote Records in 2005).
The fifth studio album 'Aut Caesar, aut nihil' was released in 2007 via Brutalorgy.
(source: Old Bestial Deform website, October 2013, last 2 chaoters by AM)