Biography

The basis of ONHEIL's music is furious black and death metal, to which interesting songwriting, memorable hooks and harmonic melodies are added. The music also include influences from other metal genres, like heavy, thrash and doom metal, often taking it way beyond the borders of traditional extreme metal. ONHEIL was officially started in November 1999 by Amok, releasing 2 demo's and a succesful EP. It was March 2007 when ‘The New ONHEIL’ arose. This new line-up consisted of 3 guitarists and 2 lead singers, giving the band more possibilities to expand their own unique blackened metal sound. The music and energinic live shows sparked the interest of German Record label Cyclone Empire which released ONHEIL’s full-length album ‘Razor’ in 2009. 'Razor' got high ratings by the media. ONHEIL unleashed their second album 'Storm Is Coming' in 2014. The album was received even better than their previous album, reaching the 'top album' status or ‘10/10’ rating quite a few times. ONHEIL signed to BLACK LION RECORDS in 2023 and the new album "In Black Ashes" is set to be released the 23rd of June 2023. ONHEIL was able to share the stages of Europe with many major metal bands from both the black and death metal scene as well as thrash or heavy metal bands. Examples of the festivals played include PARTY.SAN OPEN AIR, EXTREME FEST (in 3 countries), METAL MEAN, STONEHENGE and playing shows with bands like MAYHEM, VADER, ONSLAUGHT, ASPHYX, WIEGEDOOD and ROTTING CHRIST.