Sabazius (band)

Sabazius is an English doom metal duo from Brighton, United Kingdom and London, England that formed in 2006.

Musical style
The band is known for releasing their music for free, although they also made limited edition CDs as well. In an interview with Destructive Music magazine, Steve Patton stated: ""The decision to release everything as a free download, whilst also having some physical releases, was a combination of various events early on when we started the band. Initially we wrote the four tracks that are on the first album and then looked for a label that might be interested. After a year we’d also written three EPs but still not released the album, so we just did that as a download, with the intention of putting EPs out physically and if we did a subsequent album maybe releasing that free too.""

Sabazius is also known for their extremely long songs, with some clocking at over an hour in length. For example, the song "Her Crimson Lotus Feet", from their second album Devotional Songs, is almost 72 minutes long. Their longest song however, is the 11-hour long "The Descent of Man", which is included in a skull-shaped USB drive. It was released as a digital live album in February 2013.

Members

 * Neville "Nev" Taylor - guitars, bass, drums, synthesizer (2006–present)
 * Steve Patton - vocals (2006–present)

Terror Is Thy Name (Demo, 2006)
Terror Is Thy Name is the only demo By the English band Sabazius, released in 2006.

Sabazius (Full-length, 2006)
Sabazius is the debut studio album by the English band of the same name, released on 23 March 2008.

Devotional Songs (Full-length, 2009)
Devotional Songs is the second studio album by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released on 12 April 2009.

The Goat (EP, 2008)
The Goat is the first EP by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released on 2 October 2008.

Sympathy for the Devil (EP, 2008)
Sympathy for the Devil is a cover EP (and the second EP overall) by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released on 25 December 2008. It contained a cover of the song of the same name by the Rolling Stones.

The Song of Los (EP, 2009)
The Song of Los is the third EP by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released in January 2009.

DCLXVI (EP, 2009)
DCLXVI is the fourth EP by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released in March 2009.

Eighty Days and Four (EP, 2010)
Eighty Days and Four is the fifth EP by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released in 2010.

Shadows on the Wall (EP, 2010)
Shadows on the Wall is the sixth EP by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released in 2010. Unlike many of the band's EPs, it was released without artwork.

The Watchers (EP, 2012)
The Watchers is the seventh EP by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released on 6 April 2012.

Parousia (EP, 2012)
Parousia is the eighth EP by Sabazius, released on 8 April 2012.

Dithyramb I: Zagreus (EP, 2014)
Dithyramb I: Zagreus is the ninth EP by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released on 21 December 2014. It is the first installment of the Dithyramb EP series.

Dithyramb II: Dionysus (EP, 2014)
Dithyramb II: Dionysus - The Bachhae is the tenth EP by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released on 22 December 2014. It is the second installment Old the Dithyramb EP series.

Dithyramb III: Sabazius Rising (EP, 2014)
Dithyramb III: Sabazius Rising is the eleventh EP by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released on 23 December 2014. It is the third installment of the Dithyramb EP series.

Dithyramb IV: Omophagia (EP, 2014)
Dithyramb IV: Omophagia is the twelfth EP by the English doom metal band Sabazius, released on 24 December 2014. It is the fourth and final installment of the Dithyramb EP series.

Splits

 * Split with Dröne (2008)
 * Ruins Revisited / The Sermon to the Hypocrites (with Dronehouse) (2009)
 * Under the Alum Shales (with Hesper Payne) (2012)

Live albums

 * The Descent of Man (2013)