Hecatomb

History

Hecatomb was incarnated in April 1999. First line-up was Ulas Isiklar (vocalist; also in Legion, the demonic Trakyian death metal band), Sertan Alguney (guitarist; ex-Consume), Rifat Sahin (bass, ex-Remains) and Cagatay Ozdas (drums; ex-Consume). In a short period of time the Hecatomb quartet got a reputation for their extreme songs crafted with bloody lyrics in their hometown Izmir.

In 2003, Hecatomb finished their debut album 'Decomposed in Hecatomb'. It was a mixture of some old Florida death metal and some groovy crossover riffs with American brutal/screaming vocals. The band signed with Poem Productions and the album was released thru 2003. The album was composed 9 Hecatomb songs and a video track for 'Assault'. Also, 3 video clips made for 'Fatal Fear', 'Kill for Us' and 'Internal Suffering' from the debut album. After releasing 'Decomposed in Hecatomb', the band got many good reactions from Turkey and abroad. Then, Cagatay drifted away from the band and the temporary replacement drummer was Fikri Yargici of Affliction, the European death metal style band from Izmir.

After the 12th show, the permanent drummer was adapted to the band, Levent Ak. Umut Uslu was accepted as a second guitarist. In 2004, with this 5-member line-up the band performed with Greece's Rotting Christ and Negative Creeps. Then, in 2005, Hecatomb parted their ways with Umut. The band welcomed replacement guitarist "Kizil" Onur Tanis. This line-up played in "Izmir Metal Massacre" with Necrophagist (Germany) in October 2005. Until now, Hecatomb have performed 18 live shows in Izmir, Ankara and Eskisehir with killer Turkish metal bands such as Carnophage, Affliction, Cenotaph, Uck Grind, Consume, Sagaris, Soul Sacrifice, Cidesphere, Moribund Oblivion, Courtyard, Ketum, In Spite, False in Truth, Solitude, Antisilence, Rectifier, Acrimony, Sadistic Spell, Chopstick Suicide, Truck, Femme Fatale, Notwithstanding and Leviathan.

Before the new Hecatomb album, promo CD 'Gorehunger' was out in November 2005. A new Hecatomb song, a Cannibal Corpse cover and a new version of old Hecatomb song have fallen within this promo.

The second album 'Impaled Apocalypse' was out from Poem Productions in February 2006. It contains 9 Hecatomb songs. 'Impaled Apocalypse' was recorded at Negative Studio and mixed by Ulas Isiklar and Rifat Sahin. It is a concept album about Vlad Dracula - The Impaler's life on this earth and in the darkside. The band presented more old school, more brutal and cruel death metal than on 'Decomposed in Hecatomb' with this second album.

In March 2006, former guitarist Sertan Alguney and drummer Levent Ak left the band and Rifat Sahin replaced Sertan as a guitarist. In January 2007, Hecatomb made a video clip for 'Postmortal Pleasure' from the second album. Emrah Demiralp, the Ulas's old friend from Vaginal Stench, supported Hecatomb as a drummer in this video. Kizil Onur Tanis left the band in May 2007. Goremaster, the legendary death metal drummer of Turkish underground scene, joined the band for third Hecatomb's devastating album record.

(source: Hecatomb @ MySpace.com, August 2009)