Claymorean is independent female-fronted epic power metal
band from Lazarevac, Serbia.
The band released two albums under the name Claymore - “The First Dawn of Sorrow” (2003) and “Lament of Victory” (2013). The music of Claymorean can be described as mix of traditional European power metal with epic filmscore influences in the same vein with Manowar, Nightwish, Rhapsody of Fire, Bal-Sagoth, Dragonland and Virgin Steele, just to name a few.
The band was formed in 1994 by its original member Vlad
Invictus (guitars and vocals). After many line up changes
during the entire decade, the band finally recorded
its debut album The First Dawn of Sorrow in 2003, which
was released on CD and cassete for a Serbian record
label One Records . The material itself was raw and
homemade, but songs quickly found their way to listeners
on a radio show called Demo express 202 . The song The
Triumph was among the top three most played songs for
several months, but political and economical situation
in Serbia was far from good for the bands that played
metal and rock music. After dozen of shows the band
went on hiatus.
In 2012 Vlad Invictus gathers a new line up of Claymorean,
which plays on local festival in Lazarevac. The band
enters a local studio ( Midnight studio ) in February
2013 and begins recording their sophmore album called
Lament of Victory . Album was produced, mixed and mastered
by Boris urlan, a very young and talented producer.
Cover art was done by famous artist Du an Marković,
the same artist who worked on band s previous album.
"Lament of Victory" was released on October 25th 2013
via SoundAge Productions.
Currently Claymorean is working on the 3rd studio album. Demo 2014 was published on band's Bandcamp page for free listening and download.