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Oath to
Vanquish is a 3-piece death/grind band from Lebanon, a small
place on the Mediterranean sea with a multitude of cultures
and a rich history. Founding members Elias (guitar/vocals)
and Carlos (drums/vocals) had taken part in several bands
since 1992, but in Nov. 2001 they decided to create a new
musical beast that would push their songwriting and
musicianship skills to a totally new level.
OTV played their first gig in Feb. 2002 in Amman, Jordan ,
delivering a crushing set to an unsuspecting and nascent
scene. The band followed with a string of performances which
quickly earned them notoriety around the Lebanese
underground. When Joseph departed in 2003, Cyril (bass/vocals)
joined the band adding an extra dimension to the sound by
incorporating bass melodies and fills, as well as the most
inhuman and monstrous guttural delivery! The band spent a
further 2 years crafting and rehearsing their compositions
in preparation to unleashing them to the world. The fruit of
their labour comes in the form of their debut album, "Applied
Schizophrenic Science", which spawned to life at Mad House
Studios, Lebanon. Mixing and mastering was handled by Colin
Davis at Imperial Mastering, which has helped to deliver
crushing production values that do justice to the songs.
Lyrically, the album tackles many social and political
issues, often handled through the veil of allegory and
unsettling imagery, the main theme however being an account
of the frightening physical transformations that an
extremely disturbed mind can engender upon itself and the
inevitable ensuing carnage! In early 2006, the band signed a
worldwide deal with Grindethic Records, this type of
international collaboration being a first on the Lebanese
scene and a further testimony to the band's far reaching
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