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Algol was created in the winter of 1998, by 16 year old Dalkiel (vocals, guitar, keys, songwriter) and 19 year old Sarnath (bass), in hopes of bringing a newer style of "black metal" into an already existing American scene. Algol's first demo "Forgotten Paths" put their name out there, enabling them to share the stage with such bands as Garden of Shadows, Black Mass, Pessimist, In Flames, and Moonspell. Their demo also gave
them the opportunity to release their first album "Gorgonus Aura" on the small Italian label 12th Planet Records. Although the band is disappointed with certain aspects of that release, they received an abundant amount of good press. Algol received many rave reviews from such magazines as Ill Literature (USA), INFERNO mag (fin), Grind Zone (Italy), Heavymetalonline (Norway), and many others. With the release of "Gorgonus Aura", this allowed Algol to concentrate solely on playing live and getting their name out to a wi...