THEMPEST band was formed in December 2005, in the town of Szczytno (province Warmia - Mazury), as a result of cooperation
THEMPEST band was formed in December 2005, in the town of Szczytno (province Warmia - Mazury), as a result of cooperation between the two guitarists - Jakub "Szakal" Bogusz and Arek "Górek" Górski. Later the band was joined by drummer Krzysztof "Kris" Lupa and bassist Krzysztof "Kristov" a.k.a. "Burzun" Napiórkowski. The first gig was played in January 2006.
In February 2009, in a private studio in Morąg (PL), the band recorded their first demo: "Spiritual depravation." Comprised of four tracks - the album was released on their own, at the beginning of 2010 (in a limited number of 200 copies). "Spiritual Depravation" is also fully-available on the internet.
At the turn of 2009/2010 the team moved permanently to Olsztyn (the capital of Warmia - Mazury).
Then there was also the first major lineup change - Kris (drums) was replaced by Piotr "Pit" Grzyb.
Soon after Górek (guitar) was replaced by Igor "Ajgor" Lachowicz.
In August 2011 the band parted ways with bassist - Kristov, replaced by Jakub "Lecter" a.k.a. "Qba" Miąskowski.
In January 2012 Pit left the ranks of Thempest.
In February 2012 the band was officially joined by Przemysław "Bocian" Bednarczyk (drums).
THEMPEST music is difficult to classify. There is influence of death, black and doom metal. The band managed to find and develop its own style, located somewhere between these genres. The members define this music as the dark / death metal.