Semlah hails from Stockholm, Sweden and was formed in 2001 by ex Count Raven bass-player Wilbur together with six-string guitar wizard Thomas Johnson. After adds on the internet and the following auditions they found Johannes Bergh a powerhouse drummer and Joleni with clean, classic soaring vocals, an epic power doom juggernaut was born.

Semlah, named after a seasonal pastry or an ancient siege-ladder, depending on which story you want to believe, have been mostly doing gigs around Sweden but even a few festivals in Europe, for instance Doom Shall Rise, in Germany, and Belgian Doom Night.

The first demo Ruin self-released in 2001, received a lot of attention from fans and press and it was a great start for the band.
Then followed an EP Suffering In Silence 2004, available on Cyclone Empire Records.A song from S.I.S, Vortex of regression, also appeared, re-mastered ,on the A Dark World compilation CD 2004 released by Final Chapter Records.

After that there was a slow period for the band with car accidents, old band-reunions and various side-projects but the band have managed to stay together and write new material and rehearsing regularly.

The first full-length album is now about to be released on Cyclone Empire in March / April 2009. Mixing and mastering is once again handled by engineer Patrik "Purgatory" Edstrom who previously worked on "Suffering in Silence" and the artwork is done by Lars Rehnberg, responsible for all previous artwork.

So a release of the, self-titled, album is the plan and of course getting back out on the road to perform these new songs starting with a few warm-up gigs in Sweden and then an appearance at the Doom Shall Rise festival again, this time taking place in Göppingen, Germany in April 2009.

Band split up in 2011

(Source: http://cyclone.boingmedia.de/(S(gn3uho45s24hpu55huw4xi45))/de/label/semlah_biography.aspx)