Pentagram is one of the earliest Doom bands around, having been around in one form or another since the early 70s, it's safe to say that Pentagram had a big impact on Sabbath inspired Doom-metal that was to follow over the next decade. The band also strongly intertwines with the band Bedemon and is sometimes seen as one and the same. Pentagram are considered to be one of the all time classics by many older fans for understandable reasons. Their music can perhaps best be described as "proto-Doom" with a strong resemblance to the first Black Sabbath releases. The unique vocals of Bobby Leibling make sure they have a very unique sound. Miraculously the band is still around to this day!
Pentagram/Relentless (1985)
First released as a S/T, re-released as Relentless.
1. Death Row
2. All Your Sins
3. Sign of the Wolf
4. The Ghoul
5. Relentless
6. Run My Course
7. Sinister
8. The Deist
9. You're Lost, I'm Free
10. Dying World
11. 20 Buck Spin
Day of Reckoning (1987)
1. Day of Reckoning
2. Evil Seed
3. Broken Vows
4. When The Screams Come
5. Burning Saviours
6. Madman
7. Wartime
Be Forewarned (1994)
1. Live Free and Burn
2. Too Late
3. Ask No More
4. The World Will Love Again
5. Vampyre Love
6. Life Blood
7. Wolf's Blood
8. Frustration
9. Bride of Evil
10. Nitemare Gown
11. Petrified
12. A Timeless Heart
13. Be Forewarned
Review Your Choices (1999)
1. Burning Rays
2. Change of Heart
3. Living In A Ram's Head
4. Gorgon's Slave
5. Review Your Choices
6. The Diver
7. The Bees
8. I Am Vengeance
9. Forever My Queen
10. Mow You Down
11. Downhill Slope
12. Megalania
13. Gilla
Bedemon
Bedemon is not a band in the normal sense of the word. Bedemon is seen by some as the pre-runner to, or an offshoot of, the legendary doom band Pentagram. Members involved with Bedemon joined Pentagram and some Bedemon songs were re-recorded by Pentagram. The entanglement of both acts is hard to follow, and best explained on their official homepage. Bedemon made various recordings since 1973 but never released a full album. Most tracks got released on self-produced tapes. Musically Bedemon is influenced by bands like Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath, and their music is best described as proto-doom or pre-doom. Various original members decided to reunite in 2001 to re-record old work.
Child of Darkness: From the Original Master Tapes (2005)
1. Child of Darkness
2. Enslaver of Humanity
3. Frozen Fear
4. One Way Road
5. Serpent Venom
6. Last Call
7. Drive Me to the Grave
8. Into the Grave
9. Skinned
10. Through the Gates of Hell
11. Touch the Sky
12. Child of Darkness II
13. Time Bomb
14. Nightmare Killers
15. Axe to Grind
