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Find sources: "Kronos" band – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Kronos Kronos in 2007 Background information Origin France Genres Death metal Years active 1994–2017 Labels Unique Leader, Xtreem Members Chris Grams Tom Richard Mike Past members Nicolas Temmar Marrot Jeremy Kristof Website kronosbrutaldeath.free.fr **Kronos** was a French [death metal](/source/Death_metal) band. Their name is a reference to the [titan](/source/Titans) [Cronus](/source/Cronus), the father of [Zeus](/source/Zeus) in [greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology). ## Lyrical subjects The lyrics of their songs are mainly about myths, legends and historical subjects from the ancient [civilizations](/source/Civilization) of [Rome](/source/Ancient_Rome), [Greece](/source/Ancient_Greece) and [Egypt](/source/Ancient_Egypt) or from [Scandinavia](/source/Scandinavia) or even from old kingdoms belonging to [barbarians](/source/Barbarians). ## History Kronos was formed in 1994 in [Thaon-les-Vosges](/source/Thaon-les-Vosges_(delegated_commune)) ([France](/source/France)) by Grams (14 years old), Marot (17 years old), Jeremy (17 years old) and Mike (13 years old). The band played at this point heavy/thrash metal. Two years later Tems (19 years old) replaced Marot (guitar) and Kristof (18 years old) joined the band for the vocals. Kronos started then to play death metal and recorded its first demo called *Outrance*. In 1999, Tom (20 years old) replaced Jéremy and the band oriented towards [brutal death metal](/source/Brutal_death_metal). The following year the recording of a new demo *Split Promo 2000* containing 4 titles was finalised. Their first album *[Titan's Awakening](/source/Titan's_Awakening)* was released in 2001. This first edition of this album was produced by the band itself. The band was then acclaimed by critics and got its first contract with the label [Warpath Records](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warpath_Records&action=edit&redlink=1) (former *Shockwave*). A new edition of *[Titan's Awakening](/source/Titan's_Awakening)* was released at the end of October the same year with a new cover designed by Deather ([Angel Corpse](/source/Angel_Corpse), [Gurkkhas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gurkkhas&action=edit&redlink=1), [Vital Remains](/source/Vital_Remains)) as well as a new graphical booklet. Richard (26 years old) replaced Tems and plays the lead guitar from 2003. The band signed a contract for two upcoming albums with the Spanish label [Xtreem music](/source/Xtreem_music) managed by [Dave Rotten](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave_Rotten&action=edit&redlink=1) from the band [Avulsed](/source/Avulsed). The second album was released in 2004 and is named *[Colossal Titan Strife](/source/Colossal_Titan_Strife)*. The band toured Europe in 2005 promoting the album. The third album was released in April 2007 and is named *[The Hellenic Terror](/source/The_Hellenic_Terror)*. ## Members ### Current members - Jérôme "Grams" Grammaire – guitar (1994–2017) vocals (1994–1996) - Tom "Tom2" Viel – bass, vocals (1999–2017) - Richard "Ricardo" Chuat – guitar (2003–2017) - Trivette – vocals (2013–2017) - Anthony Reyboz – drums (2014–2017) ### Previous members - Marot – guitar (1994–1996) - Jeremy Siaux – bass (1994–1999) - Michaël "Mike Sako" Saccoman – drums (1994–2012) - Nicolas "Tems" Temmar – guitar (1996–2003) - Christophe "Kristof" Gérardin – vocals (1996–2009) - Quentin Regnault – drums (2012–2013) ## Logo Kronos's logo (appears on multiple albums such as *[Titans Awakening](/source/Titan's_Awakening)*, *[The Hellenic Terror](/source/The_Hellenic_Terror)* and more). Kronos's logo has remained the same throughout their career. It appears on every studio album of theirs. It consists of a jagged text saying "Kronos" while to [scyths](/source/Scythe) stand on the "O" and "N" ## Discography ### Studio releases - *[Titan's Awakening](/source/Titan's_Awakening)* (2001) - *[Colossal Titan Strife](/source/Colossal_Titan_Strife)* (2004) - *[The Hellenic Terror](/source/The_Hellenic_Terror)* (2007) - *[Arisen New Era](/source/Arisen_New_Era)* (2015) ### Compilations - *[Prelude To Awakening](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prelude_To_Awakening&action=edit&redlink=1)* (2009) ### Demos - *[Outrance](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outrance&action=edit&redlink=1)* (tape) (1994) - *[Split Promo 2000](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Split_Promo_2000&action=edit&redlink=1)* with [None Divine](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=None_Divine&action=edit&redlink=1) (2000) ## References ## External links - [Kronos](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4b0af58d-b181-4ee9-b986-85631c382c02) discography at [MusicBrainz](/source/MusicBrainz) - [Kronos](http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=2825) at [Encyclopaedia Metallum](/source/Encyclopaedia_Metallum) Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Kronos (French band)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kronos_(French_band)). 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