---
title: "The Meads of Asphodel"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/the-meads-of-asphodel"
genre: "Black Metal"
country: "United Kingdom"
formed: 1998
---

# The Meads of Asphodel

**The Meads of Asphodel** is a black metal band, from United Kingdom, active 1998 to present.

The Meads of Asphodel are an English black metal band with pronounced medieval, Arab, punk, and progressive metal influences from Hertfordshire, England.

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

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The Meads of Asphodel |
| Genre | Black Metal |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Origin | Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Formed | 1998 |
| Releases in catalog | 9 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Avant-Garde Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/avant-garde-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Metatron](https://themetalnet.com/musician/metatron) |  | 1998 to present | Current |
| [Jaldaboath](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jaldaboath) |  | 1998 to 2002 | Former |
| [Richard Alan Weeks](https://themetalnet.com/musician/richard-alan-weeks) |  | 2015 to 2017 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2001 | [The Excommunication of Christ](https://themetalnet.com/album/be55c380-240e-392a-aa47-618d0a24c2d8) | Album |
| 2003 | [Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua](https://themetalnet.com/album/8d5f6878-a308-351b-aed7-469cacc38488) | Album |
| 2005 | [Damascus Steel](https://themetalnet.com/album/7e922fda-4019-3c87-872c-5d6e04179e45) | Album |
| 2006 | [In the Name of God, Welcome to Planet Genocide](https://themetalnet.com/album/8ffd2e5e-7f0f-3acb-9895-520799b7a5fd) | EP |
| 2007 | [Life Is Shit](https://themetalnet.com/album/de155eca-802c-30eb-a2dc-3849163a8303) | EP |
| 2010 | [The Murder of Jesus the Jew](https://themetalnet.com/album/55246e74-bd98-4741-968d-6f97f8ef9fb2) | Album |
| 2013 | [Sonderkommando](https://themetalnet.com/album/cde46edb-ef82-4923-990f-51636d6cee4b) | Album |
| 2019 | [Running Out of Time Doing Nothing](https://themetalnet.com/album/a2d67922-fa3b-4119-8421-3146e3958e5e) | Album |
| 2024 | [Tomb Songs From a Dying Bedlamite](https://themetalnet.com/album/b6835311-8c23-4159-b9a2-2f2d7a3262ff) | EP |

## Related bands

- [Mayhem](https://themetalnet.com/band/mayhem) (listened together)
- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)
- [Bathory](https://themetalnet.com/band/bathory) (listened together)
- [Venom](https://themetalnet.com/band/venom) (listened together)
- [Immortal](https://themetalnet.com/band/immortal) (listened together)
- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Marduk](https://themetalnet.com/band/marduk) (listened together)
- [Emperor](https://themetalnet.com/band/emperor) (listened together)
- [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (listened together)
- [Blut aus Nord](https://themetalnet.com/band/blut-aus-nord) (listened together)
- [Napalm Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/napalm-death) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/The_Meads_of_Asphodel/3235
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/themeadsofasphodel
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themeadsofasphodel
- bandcamp: https://themeadsofasphodel.bandcamp.com/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0YDFxDvKUTA62XfOAyq2Gj

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