Founded by Quazarre in 2000, DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS merges the fierceness of … Read Full Bio ↴Founded by Quazarre in 2000, DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS merges the fierceness of traditional black and death metal with a subtle dose of ethereal melodies. Throughout the years the band found the right balance between those seemingly opposing elements and eventually created their own, distinctive sonic path. Critically acclaimed records as well as intense touring all over the Old Continent along with some of the biggest names on the metal scene made the band a promising force on the map of European extreme music.

Considered as one of Poland’s leading and most innovative modern black / death metal acts Devilish Impressions started in 2000 as a three-piece, with founding singer / guitarist Quazarre remaining the only member of the original line-up. The band began the process of shaping up its own spirit and self-consciousness marking its presence with the 45-minutes-long “Eritis sicut Deus; Verbum Diaboli Manet in Aeternum; Vox Vespertilio Act I – Moon Var Dies Irae”, self-released in 2002.

2005 saw them recording “Plurima Mortis Imago”, released in September 2006 on Conquer Records. Two months later the band joins forces with AETERNUS for the European ‘Ageless Void Tour 2006’. In April 2007 they land a slot on MARDUK’s ‘Swords In The East’ Eastern European run.

In May 2007 the group enters Studio X for the recording session of their sophomore full-length “Diabolicanos – Act III: Armageddon”. While the record was being mastered by Andy Classen at Stage One Studio, Devilish Impressions appears at Red Alert Festival in the Crimea with VADER and SUFFOCATION. At the end of the year, the band sets off for the ‘Verbum Diaboli Tour 2007’, their first ever headlining run across the Eastern European countries.

The “Diabolicanos...” album, released in January 2008 again on Conquer Records, was widely praised in the international metal press and gave Devilish Impressions the opportunity to open for BEHEMOTH and SUICIDE SILENCE on ‘The Apostasy European Tour’, and then embark with DISMEMBER for the ‘UK, Ireland and Northern Ireland Tour’. Meanwhile the group was invited for selected shows of ‘Wacken Road Show 2008’ with OVERKILL, TRISTANIA, SAMAEL and ENSLAVED on the bill.

In May 2008 “Diabolicanos…” comes out in Poland licensed to Empire Records followed by the band’s first time ever Polish invasion ‘Rebel Angels Tour Vol. 3’ along with HATE. Right after the tour Devilish Impressions comes back to Ukraine for a special show with SATYRICON.

The summer of 2008 included the band's appearance at Pro Rock Festival while co-headlining with RAGE and at Metal Heads Mission Festival with bands like MOONSPELL, GORGOROTH and SAMAEL to name but a few.

In the second half of 2010, Devilish Impressions enters few recording studios in order to produce “Simulacra”, their latest full-length up-to-date. Releasing the album in 2012 on several record labels: Lifeforce Records (Europe / North America), Icaros Records (Poland), MSR Productions (Russia / CIS countries), resulted also in signing the worldwide deal with The Flaming Arts Management and Booking Agency.

Nominated for a 2012 METAL STORM AWARD “Simulacra” was voted one of the BEST MELODIC BLACK METAL / METALGAZE ALBUM and gets very good press all over the world.

In support to the record the group appears at a bunch of summer festivals, incl. Hard Rock Laager (with SAMAEL, MELECHESH), Carpathian Alliance (co-headlining with DARK FUNERAL, CARPATHIAN FOREST, TYR, ARKONA), Castle Party and Brutal East, followed by ‘Fear no Gods of The East Tour 2013’, a month-long headlining run across The Baltic States / Eastern European countries. After the tour Devilish Impressions plays at Wave Gotik Treffen (with PARADISE LOST, LACRIMOSA) and at MetalFest Open Air Poland (with HELLOWEEN, ACCEPT, SODOM, DESTRUCTION, DOWN, SATYRICON).

During the Summer of 2013 the band re-enters Hertz Studio for the drums recording session of what is now known as “Adventvs” EP. Several months later, having the material mixed and mastered by Arkadiusz Malczewski at Sound Division Studio, the band decides to re-master their 2002 never-published-before demo “Eritis sicvt Devs” to eventually add it up to the new tracks portraying the band’s re-defined sonic path. Released on May 2014 “Adventvs” features over an hour of both the band’s new and old music - Experimental Black Death Metal at its best.
In support to its premiere Devilish Impressions hits the road for a headliner tour across Poland.

Soon after the new tracks from “Adventvs” get the attention of a now-legendary Hammerheart Records. Thus they eventually come out as a 12’’ LP in February 2015.
A month later sees the emissaries of The Devil once again spread their message across their motherland as part of the tour along with CHRIST AGONY and BEHEADED.

On the 7th of May the band will commence the recording session of their new full-length, said to prove not only they’re still very open-minded but also dangerously unpredictable…

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Har-Magedon
Devilish Impressions Lyrics

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"Et vidi de ore draconis et de ore bestiae
et de ore pseudoprophetae spiritus
tre immundos in modum renarum"

Arise!! Forgotten wounds
have now ben opened
Gratification for all humiliated lives
of those who dared to think

immortal power of vendetta
crushing skulls of enemy
Look to the sky and see them dead
- the picture of god's misery

Toward mind's labyrinth I see
infected neurons
bringing human's thoughts to me
Son of the Morning Star I am
Erotic dream of Eden,
he who once has been betrayed

"Sunt enim spiritus daemoniorum
facientes signa est procedunt
ad reges totius terrae congregare
illos in proelium ad diem magnum
Dei omnipotentis"

Arise!! Forgotten wounds
have now ben opened
Gratification for all humiliated lives
of those who dared to think
immortal power of vendetta
crushing skulls of enemy
Look to the sky and hear their lament
- your god has been dethroned!!!

"Et congregavit illos in locum
qui vocatur Hermagedon"

Arise!! Forgotten wounds
have now ben opened
Gratification for all humiliated lives
of those who dared to think
immortal power of vendetta
crushing skulls of enemy....

Overall Meaning

The opening lines of Devilish Impressions' Har-Magedon suggest a glimpse into a horrific apocalyptic world where dragons, beasts, and false prophets run rampant. The verse in Latin paints a picture of three unclean and repulsive spirits that resemble frogs. Moving on to the main theme of the song, the lyrics speak of forgotten wounds that have been reopened and the gratification that comes with it. The humiliated lives now stand vindicated as they dared to think beyond mortality and embraced immortal power, crushing skulls of their enemies.

The song also hints at a rebellion against god, with the "picture of his misery" being dead bodies strewn across the sky. As the narrative progresses into the chorus, the wounds that have been opened take center stage. It seems like a culmination of all the pain and hurt that has been stored up over time, and now with this new power, they seek to avenge themselves. The final verse brings together all elements of the narrative in a final showdown, on a site named Hermagedon.

Throughout the song, there is a sense of struggle, apocalyptic chaos, and triumph over oppression. The lyrics vividly manifest this chaos and are accompanied by equally intense music. Overall, the song paints a dark, intense and apocalyptic picture of a world consumed in chaos and upheaval.

Line by Line Meaning

Et vidi de ore draconis et de ore bestiae et de ore pseudoprophetae spiritus tre immundos in modum renarum
I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet

Arise!! Forgotten wounds have now ben opened
Wake up!! Painful memories have been recalled

Gratification for all humiliated lives of those who dared to think immortal power of vendetta
Revenge brings satisfaction to those who were humiliated and believe in their everlasting power

crushing skulls of enemy
Destroying the enemies, ending their existence

Look to the sky and see them dead - the picture of god's misery
Gazing at the divine perspective unveils the tragedy and suffering caused by this revengeful act

Toward mind's labyrinth I see infected neurons bringing human's thoughts to me
Within the labyrinth of the mind, I observe how the human psyche is contaminated with evil thoughts that influence their actions

Son of the Morning Star I am Erotic dream of Eden, he who once has been betrayed
I am the fallen angel, the dream of an erotic paradise, betrayed by those I once trusted

Sunt enim spiritus daemoniorum facientes signa est procedunt ad reges totius terrae congregare illos in proelium ad diem magnum Dei omnipotentis
For they are the spirits of demons, performing signs, who go out to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty

Look to the sky and hear their lament - your god has been dethroned!!!
Listen to the cries of those who worshipped a god now defeated by this act of revenge

Et congregavit illos in locum qui vocatur Hermagedon
And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon

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