3 - Raging Inferno

2 - Priests of Sodomy

1 - InnerSanctum

2 - Lisbon Pogrom

1 - Easter

5. Misericórdia [Outro]

4. Theology [Instrumental]

3. The Hebrew's Pyre

2. Lisbon Pogrom

1. Easter

Daemon Forest is a Portuguese group formed in Vila Franca de Xira, in 2016, with a great emphasis on Experimental Black Metal. The lyrics of Daemon Forest are raw and scathing, reflecting the opposition to religious fanaticism, addressing issues such as religious crimes, inequality and freedom. 

The music has been characterized by its sound, a mixture of elements characteristic of Black Metal with intense choir overtones. Daemon Forest continues to move forth and aims to expand the Portuguese Black Metal Scene abroad, the genre in the country itself, and to which new talents continue to revere and emulate.

The band was idealized in 2016 when Azazel and Sharkuel met for the first time in the SWR Barroselas Metal Fest, an extreme music festival in the north of Portugal, and soon after the festival ended, they hit the studio for rehearsals and to build the identity of the band. 

The first EP named “Dissonant Walk” aside from being the first record of the band, is pivotal in the sound characteristics the band is known for, even though highly influenced by existing music acts like Blut Aus Nord, Deathspell Omega and Leviathan. 

The Self-Tittle Daemon Forest album is where the band’s true identity was defined. The stand the band has against religious crimes against the innocent, the emphasis on mental health awareness and the eternal quest for Humanity to find true freedom, both on a spiritual and physical level. 

The band struggled through the Covid Global Pandemic in 2020, as plans to record and release a new EP had to be halted. The band released a Demo in 2021, named Lisbon Progrom 1506, that aimed to tease the future EP release that came out on the 5th of January, 2022, as the band fully envisioned. 

The latest release continues the band's stand on opposing religious fanaticism, and shed new light on crimes done by the Portuguese Church on Jew refugees that were in Lisbon, who took the blame for all the misery that the country was experiencing at the time with war and the black plague. The Portuguese Church ordered all the Jews to be hunted and burned alive on the Rossio Plaza, in Lisbon. Such a dark and twisted event happened in the Easter of 1506, and has been omitted by the Church ever since. 

Regarding the band members, Azazel takes on the vocal duties of the band, as well as the guitar work and lyrical composition. Sharkuel is the drummer/percussionist, as well as the Sound Designer of the band.  

The band had a temporary bass player that went by the alias Gadreel, who was part of the composition and recording of the Lisbon Pogrom 1506 Demo, but due to artistic divergences Gadreel parted ways with the band in the end of 2021. 

Even though the band only had one live concert, it has been pushing the boundaries of their own creative visions and released two EP’s, a full Album and a 2 track demo since 2016.