The Nemesis Bio

A long time ago in a land far away Bane and Mandrake put together a band. That mighty band was called VERM

As is the way of youth we were going to single-handedly decimate the world with our Metal! As is the way with bands we eventually fell out over the fans, drugs, women, the rehearsals, coffee vs. tea and of course the drums. In 2006 Mandrake threw down his guitar, stalked out of the band and tried to make a normal life for himself. And the dream that was Rome crumbled.

It's now 2008. Blame God, the Devil, Fate or Margaret Thatcher but one way or another none of us could settle.

Mandrake's fingers burned and itched even as he denied his heritage, denied his gift. He started writing songs by himself under the title 'Children of the Fey'. But somehow, no matter how good they were, he could never quite complete them. Mandrake even flew to Norway and tried out for Satyricon but on the day somehow, like never before or since, his fingers and whole body rebelled as if this wasn't the true path for him and he knew it.

Bane worked his days away, one after the other, never ending, with his monolithic Marshall towering over his living room like some homage to a dead God that would no longer speak.

Then a higher power reached down to swirl the strands of Chaos and Mandrake reached for his guitar again and as the blood flowed out from his decayed fingers the pattern was set once more. He was cast from his home, from his job, from his safe yet torturous prison of everything he knew once more into the Maelstrom. Riding the winds of Chaos Mandrake swore an oath to all that is unholy, to any God that would listen and something darker than ever before was reborn.

With wisdom and understanding, in the month of September of 2008, a dark pact was made and three returned. Three who would, together, decimate the world with Metal, or die trying. Three musicians filled with rage and passion, with pride and with determination, three burning bright enough to obscure the sun. And thus...

Nemesis was born.