There are five (6) different artists/bands under the name Azure;

1. Azure was a German 90's emo band.

They released a self-titled 7” (Honesty Records, 1995) and split 7" with Cerulean (Crooners Club Records, 1996).

2. Azure is a female R&B/Pop Group.

3. Azure is also a trance alias of hard house producer Paul Maddox.

4. Azure is also a Finnish ghost/death metal band.

5. A jazz quartet based in France.

6. A folk death metal band from Sweden

Sweden's technical extreme metal band Azure was formed in 1995 by guitarist/vocalist Robban Kanto.

In the beginning the music was heavily influenced by the melodic black/death metal scene but later went on to a more technical approach when Mattias Holmgren (Embracing, Tired Tree, ex. Naglfar) and Peter Uvén (Embracing, April Divine etc) replaced the old rythm section.

The lyrics theme takes place in a fantasy world created by Robban called Hevalia, but in different time periods. The latest album "King Of Stars - Bearer Of Dark" is though a continuation of where the Moonlight Legend album ended.

New songs will be recorded in 2009...

Discography:

King Of Stars - Bearer Of Dark - CD (2005 Pulverised/Deathgasm)

Moonlight Legend - CD (1998 Solistitium)

A Vicious Age Lasting - EP (1998 Pentheselia)

Demos

The Eroican - Demo (1997)

Dark & Mysterious - Demo (1996)

Demo 2 - Demo (1996)

Demo 1 - Demo (1996)

Influences: Death, Enslaved, Arcturus, Borknagar, Covenant, Candlemass, Nevermore, Windir, Dissection, Keep of Kalessin etc

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