Adramelech: unquestionably one of the originators of the old-school Finnish death metal sound was formed in 1991 by Jarkko Rantanen in Loimaa, Finland. Influenced by such bands as Morbid Angel, Deicide, Bolt Thrower, Grave, Sinister, Vader and Carcass, Adramelech were constantly troubled by ongoing line-up changes, but managed to pull out a decent catalog of death metal releases throughout the years. Lyrically dealing with ancient mythology, Adramelech were shadowed by more successful Finnish bands such as Amorphis, Demigod, Impaled Nazarene and Mordicus; instead the band lurked in the shadows making their name in underground circles.

At first, wearing the status of "little brother of Demigod", which members appeared on the line up, Adramelech released a rehearsal tape "Human Extermination" and a demo "Grip Of Darkness" (1992). Soon they got signed to Adipocere Records (FRA) who released the band's first official release "Spring Of Recovery" (1992). The first long creative break followed, forcing members to learn totally new instruments to be able to continue with the path they chose. In 1994 Repulse Records' Dave Rotten, a huge fan of the Finnish death metal sound, woke up the band and released "The Fall" EP. When "the older brother" chose to explore a more thrash-influenced style, Adramelech stuck to their guns and kept on delivering uncompromising pure death metal and in 1996 they were rewarded with their first full-length album, "Psychostasia" released by Repulse Records.

In 1997, the band was in their ultimate form and the result was the hard-hitting "Seven" MCD blessed with the classic Tico Tico Studio production. Again, shortly after the release, the band was blistered with another line-up problem and was briefly brought back to life for a Repulsive tour in 1998 with Incantation, Deeds Of Flesh and Avulsed. In 1998, new members were brought in and for the first time, Jarkko left the vocal duties to concentrate on drums. The new line-up was strong, but faced another problem with the release of the second album, having to form a label of their own, Severe Music, in order for it to be released. "Pure Blood Doom" was finally out in 1999; however, the band were once again plagued by line-up difficulties in late 2000. The final Adramelech line-up gathered to record their last release "Terror Of Thousand Faces" in 2002, which was released by Xtreem Music (ex-Repulse) three years later.

As of now Adramelech have been laid to rest. Jarkko, founder of Adramelech, has yet to make any official announcements regarding the band's future.