Country of origin: Germany Location: Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg Status: Active Formed in: 1991 Genre: Gothic/Death Metal (early); Industrial/Gothic Metal (later) Themes: Life, Agony, Feelings Current label: RPM ROAR Years active: 1991-2001, 2003-present Crematory is a German band formed in January of 1991 as a death metal outfit. In October they began working on their first demo which also came to be their only one. In October 1992 they signed a record deal with Massacre Records. In their career, they put more gothic and industrial elements in their sound, so they transform to a gothic metal band (with industrial and death influences) After line-up changes, change of record company, many tours and several successful album releases they finally decided that it was time to put the band to rest in the spring of 2001. In early August 2003 the band officially reformed and started working with new outputs. Crematory主唱Felix和贝司手Marc创建了乐队，一年后他们发行了他们的第一张DEMO专辑：“The Light Of Day”，这张样带得到了媒体特别是乐迷的强烈反响！样带不仅仅在德国卖得好，而且在海外得到巨大广泛的赞誉并且卖了1500张。这时他们也首次和唱片厂牌取得联系。Crematory随后发展成为德国最重要的音乐团体。