---
title: "Antestor"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/antestor"
genre: "Black Metal"
country: "Norway"
formed: 1990
---

# Antestor

**Antestor** is a black metal band, from Norway, active 1990 to present.

Antestor is a Norwegian Christian extreme metal band formed in 1990 in Jessheim. Credited for starting the northern European Christian black metal scene, Antestor is the only Christian band to have an album released by Cacophonous Records, which has also released records by bands such as Dimmu Borgir, Sigh, and Cradle of Filth. The band's only release on Cacophonous, The Return of the Black Death, proved influential for the Christian black metal movement; it has sold over 10,000 copies.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antestor

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Antestor |
| Genre | Black Metal |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Origin | Jessheim, Norway |
| Formed | 1990 |
| Releases in catalog | 5 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Christian Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/christian-metal) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Death-Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-doom)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1994 | [Martyrium](https://themetalnet.com/album/64a142cd-2087-3724-84a0-2bdae59344c8) | Album |
| 1998 | [The Return of the Black Death](https://themetalnet.com/album/13276d75-9335-333a-a693-e6d941cf7c00) | Album |
| 2004 | [Det Tapte Liv](https://themetalnet.com/album/bb565e6f-0d00-382c-8075-392fc9d6d2e6) | EP |
| 2005 | [The Forsaken](https://themetalnet.com/album/6a7eacc2-ef31-3021-afca-3ad8b2731dfb) | Album |
| 2012 | [Omen](https://themetalnet.com/album/82bcb8cb-371e-4a5d-9d19-2f6a4ee296a6) | Album |

## Related bands

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- [Mortification](https://themetalnet.com/band/mortification) (listened together)
- [Slechtvalk](https://themetalnet.com/band/slechtvalk) (listened together)
- [Immortal Souls](https://themetalnet.com/band/immortal-souls) (listened together)
- [Crimson Moonlight](https://themetalnet.com/band/crimson-moonlight) (listened together)
- [Sceptic](https://themetalnet.com/band/sceptic) (listened together)
- [Septicflesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/septicflesh) (listened together)
- [Asphyx](https://themetalnet.com/band/asphyx) (listened together)
- [Horde](https://themetalnet.com/band/horde) (listened together)
- [Obscura](https://themetalnet.com/band/obscura) (listened together)
- [Origin](https://themetalnet.com/band/origin) (listened together)
- [Kekal](https://themetalnet.com/band/kekal) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Antestor/3048

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/antestor](https://themetalnet.com/band/antestor). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt