Name: Country: Status: Description:	Paul Chain Italy Disbanded Paul Chain started out in the horror-shock band Death SS in 1977, a band that combined (doomish) metal and theatrics. In 1979 he formed Paul Chain Violet Theatre while he was still in Death SS. He later (1983 to be precise) left Death SS to concentrate on Paul Chain Violet Theatre, shortening the name to Paul Chain in 1987. He has released a number of albums ranging from tradional doom to more experimental music and gained massive underground fame in doing so. His style often comes close to very early Black Sabbath. He has worked with both Lee Dorrian from Cathedral, and Wino from St Vitus, The Obsessed etc. All in all, Paul Chain is a musical genious and anybody into traditional doom should check out his work, and the various websites about him.
Discography:	1984: 'Detaching From Satan' (LP) Minotauro 1986: 'In The Darkness' (LP) Minotauro 1986: 'Picture Disk' (LP) Minotauro 1987: 'Opera 4th' (LP) Minotauro 1987: 'Paul Chain/Sabotage Split' (Split 10 inch) Minotauro 1988: 'Ash' (LP) Minotauro 1989: 'Violet Art Of Improvisation' (2LP) Minotauro 1989: 'Mirror' (7 inch.) Flight Nineteen 1989: 'Life And Death' (LP) Minotauro 1990: 'Opera Decima - The World Of The End' (Boxset) Minotauro 1990: 'Opera Decima - The World Of The End' (2CD) Minotauro 1991: '«Les Temps Du Grand Frère»' (7 inch.) Flight Nineteen 1991: 'Whited Sepulchres' (CD) Minotauro 1993: 'Red Light' (Split 7 inch.) La Bande A' Bonnot 1993: 'In Concert' (Live CD) Labirinth 1993: 'Sangue' (Split 7 inch.) Chansons D'Amour 1994: 'Dies Irae' (CD) Minotauro 1995: 'Alkahest' (CD) Godhead 1996: 'Yellow Acid/Needful' (7 inch.) LM 1996: 'Emisphere' (2CD) Minotauro 1997: 'Mirror' (Compilation) Minotauro 1997: 'King Of The Dream/Ash/Picture Disc' (Compilation) Minotauro 1998: 'Paul Chain - Experimental Information/Fucktotum Split' (Split Mcd) Path Of Experiences 1999: 'Official Live Bootleg' (Live CD) Minotauro 2000: 'Solitude Man' (7 inch.) Beyond Productions 2000: 'Paul Chain - The Improvisor/Internal Void Split' (Split 7 inch.) Southern Lord 2001: 'Sign From Space' (CD) Beard of Stars 2001: 'Master Of All Times' (CD) Andromeda Relics 2001: 'Demos' (Demo) Unknown 2001: 'Sanctuary Heve' (7 inch.) Beyond Productions 2001: 'Container 47' (CD) LM 2002: 'Park Of Reason' (CD) Beyond Productions 2003: 'Johar/Paul Chain Split' (Split CD) Quasar 2003: 'Cosmic Wind' (CD) Beard Of Stars 2004: 'Unreleased Vol. 1' (Compilation) NLM 2004: 'Unreleased Vol. 2' (Compilation) Minotauro
Contact:	E-mail: paul.chain@libero.it
Homepage:	Official: web.tiscali.it/paulchain Info site: www.regresso.it/paulchai.htm Info site: web.tiscali.it/paulchain/aes.htm#english Info site: www.angel.ne.jp/~flight19/band/chain/top.htm Info site: www.rockdetector.com/artist,6774.sm Related: www.deathss.com Related: digilander.libero.it/death55/deathss Related: groups.yahoo.com/group/deathss
Misc. info:	If you haven't figured this out yet, Paul Chain is a person and not a band. - in 2004 two compilation albums where released to put closure to Paul Chain's work and showcase his "artistic death". 'Red Light' is a split with the band Der Tod. 'Sangue' is a split with the band Eversor. The split with Sabotage is known as 'King Of The Dream' by some. The split with Internal Void is known as 'Full Moon Improvisation' by some. The 2001 demo titled 'Demos' is a cooperation between Wino and Paul. Paul Chain's way of releasing things are far more advanced than most bands. He uses three different names for different kinds of releases: Paul Chain: This is his main area, playing traditional doom. (All releases not mentioned under any of the other names.) Paul Chain - The Improvisor: Features live improvisations and similar. ('Official Live Bootleg', 'Paul Chain - The Improvisor/Internal Void Split', 'Sign From Space', 'Master Of All Times' and 'Cosmic Wind'.) Paul Chain - Experimental Information: This is his experimental corner where he can quite frankly do whatever he wishes. Even leaving the metal world altogether at times. ('Paul Chain - Experimental Information/Fucktotum Split' and 'Container 47'.) Until the 'Paul Chain/Sabotage Split', all the releases go under the name Paul Chain Violet Theatre ('Detaching From Satan', 'In The Darkness', 'Picture Disk' and 'Opera 4th'.) He also has the container system. The container system is only used when there is a video or audio file which is unclosed on the CD. List of containers: Container 1: 'Paul Chain - Experimental Information/Fucktotum Split' Container 3: 'Paul Chain - The Improvisor/Internal Void Split' Container 4: 'Official Live Bootleg' Container 11: 'Solitude Man' Container 47: 'Container 47' Container 168: 'Master Of All Times' Container 3000: 'Sign From Space' and 'Cosmic Wind'. Since many of the releases have at best very little in common with doom metal, we'll list those which are mainly not doom metal here: Experimental Ambient/Industrial: 'Dies Irae' 'Emisphere' 'Master Of All Times' 'Opera Decima - The World Of The End' 'Violet Art Of Improvisation' 'Whited Sepulchres' Experimental Jazz Rock/Industrial: 'Container 47' NWoBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal): 'Ash' Space Rock: 'Cosmic Wind' 'Sign From Space'
Sound Sample: 'Sand Glass' (taken from 'Alkahest')