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 SANCTIFICA BIOGRAPHY
 
 Sanctifica started up in 1996, playing old school death metal. After about a year the sound evolved towards black metal. A keyboard player was added to the band, and in 1998 the first demo tape was released: "In the bleak midwinter". They soon landed a record deal and in the year 2000 the debut album "Spirit of Purity" was released. After this the musical direction changed, becoming more progressive and incorporating more clean vocals. In 2002, "Negative B" was released. This was a very different album, and probably very misunderstood. After a short tour in Finland in the fall of 2002, the band decided to call it quits, due to the restrictions caused by being labelled a black metal band and also due to the geographical distance between the band members.SANCTIFICA GENRES
 Members:
 Hubertus Liljegren, guitar and vocals, 1996-2002
 Daniel Thelin, drums, 1996-2002
 Jonathan Jansson, bass, 1996-2002
 Henrik Georgsson, guitar, 1998-2002
 Aron Engberg, keys, 1998-2002
 David Seiving, vocals, 2002
 Alexander Orest, bass, 1996, keys, 1997-1998
 
 
 
 Melodic Black/Death Metal (early)/Avant-Garde Death Metal (now)
 
 SANCTIFICA LYRICAL THEMES
 Grief, Christianity
 
 SANCTIFICA ORIGIN
 Sweden, formed in 1996
 
 SANCTIFICA CURRENT RECORD LABEL
 Rivel Records
 
 SANCTIFICA STATUS
 Split-up
 
 SANCTIFICA CURRENT LINE-UP
 David Seiving: Vocals
 Jonatan Jansson: Bass/Vocals (Pantokrator (Swe))
 Hubertus Liljegren: Guitar/Vocals (ex-Crimson Moonlight)
 Henrik Georgsson: Guitar/Vocals
 Daniel Thelin: Drums/Percussion
 Aron Engberg: Keyboards
 
 
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