Dark music collection

Astarte first formed under the name Lloth in September 1995 at Elefsina, Attica. The original line-up included Maria Kolokouri (bass, guitar, keyboards), a.k.a. Tristessa (who subsequently took over on lead vocals), Nemesis (guitar), and Kinthia (vocals, guitar). They had Psychoslaughter, the drummer from Greek band Invocation, play for the sessions on their demo, Dancing in the Dark Lakes of Evil, released as Lloth in 1997. Shortly thereafter they adopted the name Astarte, named after the Semitic goddess of sexuality. Their debut full-length album, Doomed Dark Years, appeared in 1998 on Black Lotus Records; two further LPs followed on the label. After lineup changes in which Nemesis and Kinthia left to be replaced by Katharsis (keyboards) and Hybris (guitar), they released their fourth and fifth albums on Avantgarde Music, the most recent of which, Demonized, was released in 2007. In 2003 the band participated in the Celtic Frost Tribute album Order of the Tyrants, released by Black Lotus Records, covering the song "Sorrows Of The Moon".


Members

Former members

Nemesis – guitar (1995–2003)
Kinthia – guitar, lead vocals (1995–2003)
Katharsis – keyboards (2003–2008)
Psychoslaughter aka Aithir – session drums (1995–1997)
Stelios Darakis – drums
Stelios Mavromitis – guitars
SIC – vocals




Current members

Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri – bass, guitar, keyboards (1995–present), vocals (2003–present)
Derketa – keyboards
Ice – drums
Lycon – session guitars, bass
Hybris – guitar (2003–present)




Special guests

SIC from Lloth (God Among Men of the Album Demonized)
Attila Csihar from Mayhem (Lycon of the Album Demonized)
Henri Sattler from God Dethroned (Queen of the Damned of the Album Demonized)
Angela Gossow from Arch Enemy (Black at Heart of the Album Demonized)
SIC from Lloth (Bitterness Of Mortality (MecomaN) of the Album Sirens)
Sakis Tolis from Rotting Christ (Oceanus Procellarum (Liquid Tomb) of the Album Sirens)
Shagrath from Dimmu Borgir (The Ring of Sorrow of the Album Sirens)

Discography

Lloth
Dancing in the Dark Lakes of Evil (1997)

Astarte
Doomed Dark Years (1998), Black Lotus Records
Rise from Within (2000), Black Lotus
Quod Superius, Sicut Inferius (2002), Black Lotus
Sirens (2004), Avantgarde Music
The Ring (of Sorrow) / Lloth Single, 2007
Demonized (2007), Avantgarde Music

Additional notes

Astarte participated in the "Celtic Frost Tribute - Order of the Tyrants", released by Black Lotus Records in 2003, covering the song "Sorrows Of The Moon".