CENOTAPH began in 1987, hammering away in virtual seclusion for a year before playing their first show. After playing a series of shows with various metal, hardcore, and skinhead bands, and changing bassists, CENOTAPH began serious work in the studio. With the 1989 release of their debut LP, Blood Ritual, CENOTAPH established themselves as the heaviest, most violent, satanic death thrash metal band ever. They also attracted the attention of police, who investigated and harassed the band on suspicion of thought crimes. After continued police harassment at shows, and of record stores which sold Blood Ritual recordings, personnel changes once again plagued the band. However, once reestablished, CENOTAPH, which had grown to four piece, was stronger than ever, and twice as pissed. After numerous live shows, at which about half of the audience was headbanging, and the other half was staring in sheer terror at what was surely an apparition of the antichrist, work was began on CENOTAPH II, Apostasy. Apostasy - the definition of which is " the rejection of a faith once held" - refined and sharpened CENOTAPH's uncompromising, revolutionary, social Darwinism, into a kill or be killed, take no prisoners, ass-kicking metal blitzkrieg. After releasing their second LP in 1993, line-up changes forced CENOTAPH into an indefinite hiatus. In 1994, CENOTAPH vocalist/guitarist, Roger Scott joined forces with bassist David Allen, and Karl Schmitt, former Deutsch Threat drummer. The result was definitely a more stripped down, hardcore, metal sound, and it still delivered the boot-in-the-face of brutal reality that CENOTAPH is loved and hated for. The summer of 1995 saw the replacement of drummer Karl with Darrell, formerly of Los Reactors. With the addition of new drummer Darrell, CENOTAPH rehearsals went into high gear. In 1996, CENOTAPH completed recording for the Resistance Records compilation album entitled, White Death. The album was never released due to system harassment of Resistance. However, the project was taken over by the Swedish label, Nordland Records, who decided to release the CENOTAPH material on the WPWW Vol. 4 compilation, due for release in late 1998. The CENOTAPH songs are relentlessly brutal and controversial death metal, with uncompromising messages of survival and self-determination. The CD is available from Nordland Records.