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There are at least two bands, who share the name “Crematory”.

1) A German Death Metal (early), Gothic Metal band formed in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany in 1992.
The German Crematory broke up in 2001 and reformed in 2003 to release the album Revolution, a largely progressive effort which brought the band into more accessible/techno-metal territory than ever before.

Their sound has often been compared to early-Sentenced, Fear Factory, and Dark Tranquillity. The band received its earliest recognition in the mid-1990s by touring with My Dying Bride, Tiamat and Atrocity. Much like the latter two groups, the band had begun as traditional death metal, then evolved with an industrial music and gothic metal musical direction on later albums. The band would receive heavy rotation on MTV Germany, and would also make appearances at various extreme metal festivals, including Germany’s Wacken Open Air in the years 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2008, in addition to inclusion on Nuclear Blast compilation samplers.

The band re-signed to Massacre Records in 2006 after a 10 year stint with Nuclear Blast; Massacre had been the band’s first label.
Active for almost 20 years (with a brief split between 2001 and 2003) they are among one of Europe’s longest running bands affiliated with the gothic metal genre. (source wikipedia.com)


2) A Swedish Death Metal band formed in Haninge, Sweden in 1989.
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  • ShredsofFlesh

    The early, more Doom sounding stuff from the German Crematory is simply amazing . They seem to remind me of Tiamat's earlier albums that had a lot of Doom Metal influence to them .

    8 May 9:20pm Reply

  • TheGreatRaven

    Scandinavian Crematory are nothing special, there were hundreds of bands like that in Sweden at that time...The German band is very innovative and influential in the Gothic scene. I don't see how people even argue about which band is band is better. And I l am definitely more into Death metal.

    30 Apr 6:24pm Reply

  • Obzedat

    Writing cohesive songs also requires talent. That's something those "true" Metal heads can never admit. They are just too insecure about themselves.

    19 Apr 3:00pm Reply

  • Dave1978

    Out now for FREE: Mirrored In Secrecy - Black Halo - http://mirroredinsecrecy.bandcamp.com - check it out if you like DARK ROCK / METAL music like Amorphis, Sentenced, Paradise Lost, Arch Enemy or similar!

    16 Apr 2:26pm Reply

  • skalberg242

    Not a big fan of either bands but the german "goth gays" at least has some good songs, unlike the swedish life metal band.

    15 Apr 5:23pm Reply

  • ikd-sj

    [Fly] amazing (⋈・◡・)

    11 Apr 6:05am Reply

  • fredperry79

    fuck, so many retards mix this crap from germany with gods from sweden

    4 Apr 8:53pm Reply

  • numentalist

    neeed new album

    14 Mar 7:05pm Reply

  • Pedrogrief

    Just Dreaming, Transmigration and Illusions are quite good.

    28 Feb 9:08am Reply

  • MrAudico

    German Crematory all the way!

    25 Feb 1:16pm Reply

  • ShredsofFlesh

    The Swedish Crematory is definitely sick, but I do like the first few albums by the German one .

    10 Feb 6:44pm Reply

  • Divine-Empyreal

    If you like, please check out my instrumental project. I tried to mix Doom Metal with New Age music, and Ethnic Folk. My debut was released a week ago. You can either download, or listen to the whole album, for free at here: http://uscu.unitedstudios.ru/2013/01/roaring-empyrean-to-earths-heart.html They are all listenable also at here, last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Roaring%2BEmpyrean Please do give me your criticism, feedback, idea and comment on it, at my user page, or at the artist shoutbox. Best regards and thank you!! \m/

    9 Feb 5:57am Reply

  • xxXDeathcryXxx

    Swedish Crematory forever. [7] fuck the goth gays

    5 Feb 10:34pm Reply

  • 666depravado

    illusions is the best album !!!!! i remember when i was a young

    27 Jan 8:54pm Reply

  • mattimek

    Swedish Crematory forever. [6]

    26 Jan 8:02am Reply

  • Jnum

    Swedish Crematory forever. [5]

    19 Jan 12:09am Reply

  • gislahurst

    Swedish Crematory forever. [4]

    14 Jan 1:59pm Reply

  • ReMetallized

    swedish crematory or die

    30 Nov 2012 Reply

  • abomanation666

    if there was ever a perfect mix of real gothic beauty and sheer old school death metal brutality and heaviness it would be Transmigration by the german Crematory,the other releases are just poor in quality IMO. and yeah swedish Crematory also rules

    25 Nov 2012 Reply

  • ForgottenWar

    Swedish Crematory forever. [3]

    12 Nov 2012 Reply
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