Biography
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Years Active
2001 – present (23 years)
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Founded In
Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
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Members
- Bill Kaulitz (2001 – present)
- Georg Listing (2001 – present)
- Gustav Schäfer (2001 – present)
- Tom Kaulitz (2001 – present)
There is more than one artist with this name:
1) Devilish is a death/black metal band from Finland, formed in 1998.
2) Devilish is a black/thrash metal band from Italy.
3) Devilish (now Tokio Hotel) is a German band founded in Magdeburg, Germany in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing.The four met in 2001 after a live show in a Magdeburg club, where Listing and Schäfer, who knew each other from music school, watched from the audience while Bill and Tom Kaulitz played on the stage.
After Bill Kaulitz's participation in a children's Star Search in 2003 at age thirteen (which he lost in the quarter-final), he was discovered by music producer Peter Hoffmann.
Devilish changed their name to Tokio Hotel: “Tokio”, the German spelling of the Japanese city Tokyo, due to a love of the city, and “Hotel” due to their constant touring and living in hotels.
Soon after Sony BMG took them under contract, Hoffmann hired David Jost and Pat Benzner into the team of creators and authors, and had them give the teens instruction on songwriting and instrument playing; most of the songs of the first album were written by Hoffmann, Jost and Benzer (including the singles “Scream” and “Rescue me” which were completely written by them), only the single “Unendlichkeit” was written completely by Tokio Hotel themselves. However, shortly before release of their first album, Sony terminated their contract. In 2005, Universal Music Group took Tokio Hotel under contract and developed a marketing plan. The band has now become one of the biggest acts from Germany.
4) Devilish is a black metal band from Brazil, formed in 2000.
5) Devilish is a black metal band from Germany, formed in 1993.
Lyrical theme's:
Satanism, antihuman spirit, death
Current line-up:
Nekromant : vocals, guitar (Infaust)
Discography:
Possession Full-length, 2007, Eisenwald Tonschmiede
Composed in 1996, not published for the band split in 1998.
Limited special digipak to 350 with silver ink, hand numbered with a fold out
poster
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
Total playing time 29:20
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