Demilich was founded in 1990 by guitarist/vocalist Antti Boman and drummer Mikko Virnes, creating a unique
avant-garde sound of technical death metal in A standard tuning, with extremely low-register vocals. Demilich recorded four demo tapes (some containing re-used material from previous demos) before creating their debut,
Nespithe, in 1993. The band split up shortly after the release of the album due to complications with their record label and the album's profits. Demilich remained inactive until 2005 when they reformed and began playing live shows, as well as writing new material. This material would not be released to the public until 2014. Demilich played what was to be their last show in 2006, yet performed one-off shows in the following years. The compilation release
20th Adversary of Emptiness contains everything Demilich have ever recorded, starting from
Regurgitation of Blood demo (1991) and rounding things off with three songs the band recorded during their brief comeback in 2006. The only Demilich full-length album
Nespithe has been reissued several times over the years in various guises, but always using the inferior 16-bit CD masters and sometimes
brickwalled beyond recognition. For this release, the band dug up the original unmastered 24-bit studio tapes for
Nespithe and best possible sources for the demo material, and then had Sami Jämsén of Studio Perkele thoroughly
master these original unmastered mixes. ==Discography==