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Hailing from Laon in Northern France, four musicians, Sylvain, François, Olivier and Nicolas founded a group in September 1997, which they called MALEDICTION (Curse). Starting off with a repertoire made of cover versions of MEGADETH, JUDAS PRIEST and IRON MAIDEN standards, they soon concentrated on writing their own material in a typical heavy metal idiom, yet sung in French. In May of 1999, François left the band to join Yyrkoon. Mathieu was his temporary replacement for a couple of gigs, an experience which persuaded him to join MALEDICTION permanently. In November, the foursome recorded their first demo tape, consisting of five original compositions in a hurry (a two day session) in order to introduce themselves and have access to the specialized labels. Following an enthusiastic welcome by the music press, they decided to commercialize the recording by way of the underground and independant retailers of French Heavy Metal. Knit together as they had never been before yet fully conscious of the harshness of the French market, MALEDICTION embarked on the productionof their first real album, called "Condamnes" (sentenced) in January 2001. The record features the five original tracks in completely reshuffled and newly recorded versions, augmented by three superb new songs. "Condamnes" (in the lineage of the art of BLASPHEME or SORTILEGE) was released in June 2001 on the BRENNUS label, distributed by MUSEA.
