The Amenta | |
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| Also known as | Crucible of Agony (1997–2001) |
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Avant-garde metal,[1] blackened death metal, industrial metal |
| Years active | 1997–2013, 2020–present |
| Labels | Dissident, Listenable |
| Members | Cain Cressall Timothy Pope Erik Miehs Dan Quinlan Robin Stone |
| Past members | Cesium 137 Joe Haley Dave Haley Nathan Jenkins Jarrod Krafczyk Dale Harrison |
| Website | theamenta |
The Amenta are an Australian extreme metal band formed in 1997 as Crucible of Agony. By 2002 the line-up was Cesium 137 (aka Mark Bevan) on lead vocals, Diazanon (Dave Haley) on drums, Ethion (Erik Miehs) on guitar, Endrin (Nathan Jenkins) on bass guitar and Chlordane (Timothy Pope) on keyboards. In 2009 the line-up had Miehs and Pope joined by Cain Cressall on vocals, Dan Quinlan on bass guitar and Robin Stone on drums. The group has issued three studio albums, Occasus (2004), n0n (2008), and Flesh Is Heir (2013). The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2013, but reunited in 2020.