Kronos (band)

For the string quartet, see Kronos Quartet.

Kronos was a French death metal band. Their name is a reference to the titan Cronus, the father of Zeus in greek mythology.

Kronos
Kronos in 2007
Background information
Origin	France
Genres	Death metal
Years active	1994–2017
Labels	Unique Leader, Xtreem
Members	Chris Grams Tom Richard Mike
Past members	Nicolas Temmar Marrot Jeremy Kristof
Website	kronosbrutaldeath.free.fr

Lyrical subjects

The lyrics of their songs are mainly about myths, legends and historical subjects from the ancient civilizations of Rome, Greece and Egypt or from Scandinavia or even from old kingdoms belonging to barbarians.

History

Kronos was formed in 1994 in Thaon-les-Vosges (France) by Grams (14 years old), Marot (17 years old), Jeremy (17 years old) and Mike (13 years old). The band played at this point heavy/thrash metal. Two years later Tems (19 years old) replaced Marot (guitar) and Kristof (18 years old) joined the band for the vocals. Kronos started then to play death metal and recorded its first demo called Outrance. In 1999, Tom (20 years old) replaced Jéremy and the band oriented towards brutal death metal. The following year the recording of a new demo Split Promo 2000 containing 4 titles was finalised.

Their first album Titan's Awakening was released in 2001. This first edition of this album was produced by the band itself. The band was then acclaimed by critics and got its first contract with the label Warpath Records (former Shockwave). A new edition of Titan's Awakening was released at the end of October the same year with a new cover designed by Deather (Angel Corpse, Gurkkhas, Vital Remains) as well as a new graphical booklet. Richard (26 years old) replaced Tems and plays the lead guitar from 2003. The band signed a contract for two upcoming albums with the Spanish label Xtreem music managed by Dave Rotten from the band Avulsed. The second album was released in 2004 and is named Colossal Titan Strife. The band toured Europe in 2005 promoting the album. The third album was released in April 2007 and is named The Hellenic Terror.

Members

Current members

• Jérôme "Grams" Grammaire – guitar (1994–2017) vocals (1994–1996)
• Tom "Tom2" Viel – bass, vocals (1999–2017)
• Richard "Ricardo" Chuat – guitar (2003–2017)
• Trivette – vocals (2013–2017)
• Anthony Reyboz – drums (2014–2017)

Previous members

• Marot – guitar (1994–1996)
• Jeremy Siaux – bass (1994–1999)
• Michaël "Mike Sako" Saccoman – drums (1994–2012)
• Nicolas "Tems" Temmar – guitar (1996–2003)
• Christophe "Kristof" Gérardin – vocals (1996–2009)
• Quentin Regnault – drums (2012–2013)

Logo

Kronos's logo (appears on multiple albums such as Titans Awakening, The Hellenic Terror and more).

Kronos's logo has remained the same throughout their career. It appears on every studio album of theirs. It consists of a jagged text saying "Kronos" while to scyths stand on the "O" and "N"

Discography

Studio releases

• Titan's Awakening (2001)
• Colossal Titan Strife (2004)
• The Hellenic Terror (2007)
• Arisen New Era (2015)

Compilations

• Prelude To Awakening (2009)

Demos

• Outrance (tape) (1994)
• Split Promo 2000 with None Divine (2000)

External links

• Kronos discography at MusicBrainz
• Kronos at Encyclopaedia Metallum