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Mausoleum, a tomb of gloom rising from the ashes of Excoriate, a band formed by 4 friends, joined by the love for doom and played it in a Doom/Death style with various influences ranging from My Dying Bride to Hypocrisy. Left with nothing but one rehearsal track, Excoriate was soon led to its demise during early 2002 due to major conflicts within the band and later the biggest blow which was the departure of it's vocalist Ziad Khalil and migration to Birmingham in England. Me, Ahmed Garoon who was back then the bassist of Excoriate along with Sami Al-Ghoury who then was also serving his duties on rhythem guitars with Excoriate, were seeking something more into gloom, Depression and despair, and then decided to form a two-man project under the name of "Dark is The Sun" inspired by the sorrowful song "Dark is The Sunlight" by the Turkish heavy metal band Pentagram. But soon it was all changed when we found Mausoleum, a tomb filled with dull, gloomy despair has begun. Now the project has turned into a full-time band where during mid 2003, on the hot summer season of August, "Tunes from and old funeral" our first demo has been quickly recorded, released and distributed in the local and international underground. And now after almost a year since "Tunes from an old funeral", Mausoleum have decided to build yet another floor of despair in it's tomb of gloom and release a self expensed full-length with which we are currently working on and should see the light of the day during mid 2005.
Until then...
Doom and let Doom,
Mausoleum

	Artist: MAUSOLEUM Country: UAE, but the members are from Syria/Somalia City: Sharjah Genre: Funeral doom Year of formation: 2003 Label: Slow Kill productions
BIOGRAPHY
Mausoleum, a tomb of gloom rising from the ashes of Excoriate, a band formed by 4 friends, joined by the love for doom and played it in a Doom/Death style with various influences ranging from My Dying Bride to Hypocrisy. Left with nothing but one rehearsal track, Excoriate was soon led to its demise during early 2002 due to major conflicts within the band and later the biggest blow which was the departure of it's vocalist Ziad Khalil and migration to Birmingham in England. Me, Ahmed Garoon who was back then the bassist of Excoriate along with Sami Al-Ghoury who then was also serving his duties on rhythem guitars with Excoriate, were seeking something more into gloom, Depression and despair, and then decided to form a two-man project under the name of "Dark is The Sun" inspired by the sorrowful song "Dark is The Sunlight" by the Turkish heavy metal band Pentagram. But soon it was all changed when we found Mausoleum, a tomb filled with dull, gloomy despair has begun. Now the project has turned into a full-time band where during mid 2003, on the hot summer season of August, "Tunes from and old funeral" our first demo has been quickly recorded, released and distributed in the local and international underground. And now after almost a year since "Tunes from an old funeral", Mausoleum have decided to build yet another floor of despair in it's tomb of gloom and release a self expensed full-length with which we are currently working on and should see the light of the day during mid 2005. Until then... Doom and let Doom, Mausoleum
LINE-UP :
Sami Al-Ghouri : Guitars, Vocals on "Funeral dusk" and all keys Ahmed Saeed Al-Garoon : Bass, Vocals on "The serene demise" and drum loops
RELEASES :
	Title: Tunes from an old funeral (Demo) Label: None (self produced), distributed by Slow Kill Productions Official release date : August 2003
DOWNLOADS :
AUDIO : TUNES FROM AN OLD FUNERAL: Intro (mp3) Funeral Dusk (and the cold dawn) (mp3) The serene Demise (mp3)
CONTACT :
P.O Box 14514, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Email :contact@mausoleumdoom.com Website : http://www.mausoleumdoom.com