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Vlad Tepes
OriginBrest, France
GenresBlack metal
Years active1993–1996
LabelsDrakkar Productions
Embassy Productions
Full Moon Productions
Black Gangrene Productions
MembersWlad Drakksteim: Vocals, guitars, drums
Vorlok Drakksteim: bass, vocals
Past membersNifleim/D.K.: Drums on Reh. Winter '93

Vlad Tepes was a French black metal band which was formed in Brest in 1993. The name originated from the 15th-century Wallachian ruler, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's fictional vampire, Dracula. The group belongs to the Black Legions. Vorlok Drakksteim also has a side project named Black Murder, for which he is the composer, while Wlad Drakksteim is the composer for Vlad Tepes. Vlad Tepes were one of the Black Legions bands featured in the magazine The Black Plague - First Chapter (And Maybe Last One) in 1995.

History

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After a self-released rehearsal tape, the demo-tape War Funeral March (1994) was released on the American market by Full Moon Productions. It was followed the next year by March to the Black Holocaust, a split release with fellow Black Legions act Bèlkètre, issued on the French Embassy Productions. In 1996, another split album with the Black Legions project Torgeist, Black Legions Metal, was released by the French Drakkar Productions.

The track Drink the Poetry of the Celtic Disciple was covered by alternative rock musician Chris Brokaw on the album Canaris on acoustic guitars.

Discography

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Demos

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Splits

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