Crush Evil

**Former Members:** | Vegard UndalSvien SandersLars StokstadErling JørgensenKjetil MolnesTom PaulsenØyvind Haugland

**Crush Evil** was a death metal band that began in 1989, out of Jessheim, Norway in Europe. The band was formed by Lars "Vemod" Stokstad on Guitars, Kjetil "Martyr" Molnes on Vocals, Øyvind "Hope" Haugland on Bass and Erling "Pligrim" Jørgensen on Guitars. Tom W. Holm Paulsen, known as Paul W., would join the band later on as their Drummer.

In 1993, the band changed their name to **Antestor**. The band was infamous in the secular metal scene, for being a Christian band that played black metal, with the members receiving death threats from black metal musicians.

## History

In 1989, Crush Evil formed with the lineup of Lars "Vemod" Stokstad (Guitars), Kjetil "Martyr" Molnes (Vocals), Øyvind "Hope" Haugland (Bass) and Erling "Pligrim" Jørgensen (Guitars). Tom W. Holm Paulsen, known as Paul W., would join the band later on. Originally, the band's musical style was a mixture of death, doom and thrash metal. In 1991, the band recorded their demo, titled *The Defeat of Satan*. The band considered themselves Christians, which resulted in several death threats from the secular metal community.

The existence of the band itself received much debate in the metal community. For example, two notable black metal musicians, Bård Faust of Emperor and Euronymous of Mayhem discussed the band's existence.

> "*Don't you think that something is terribly wrong when it has gone so far that we have a Christian "death metal" band here (Crush Evil)? Any advice on how we should kill them?"
> "It's bad enough to have a couple of society bands, but a Christian band is too much. But don't worry, we have plans. They will not continue for a very long time.*"
> ― Faust and Euronymous[[source]]
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However, despite these threats, the band persevered. The band were never forced apart and, ironically, Jan Axel Bloomberg, formerly of Mayhem would join the band for two albums years later.

In 1993, Vegard "Gard" Undal joined the band as the bassist and Svien Sander joining as their drummer. The band then changed their name to **Antestor**, which means "Call to Witness" or "Testify".

## Members

**Last Known Lineup**

* Kjetil "Martyr" Molnes - Vocals (1989-1993)
* Lars "Vemod" Stokstad - Guitars (1989-1993)
* Erling "Pilgrim" Jørgensen  - Guitars (1989-1993)
* Vegard "Gard" Undal - Bass (1993)
* Svien "Armoth" Sanders - Drums (1993)

**Former**

* Øyvind "Hope" Haugland - Bass (1989-1993)
* Tom W. "Paul W." Holm Paulsen - Drums (1989-1993)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Antestor". T*he Christian Underground Zine Issue 4*. Open Publishing. 2000. Retrieved on August 29, 2018. "Antestor: The name means witness in Latin. Our old name began to sound not-so-good, and since we had gone through line-up changes we decided to change the name".
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eithun, Bård G. "Faust". "Mayhem interview". Orcustus zine. Blackmetal.nu. Retrieved on August 29, 2018.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lucas (August 8, 2004). "Antestor". Godcore.com. Retrieved on August 29, 2018.
4. ↑ Ryhänen, Pekka (March 9, 2003). "Antestor - The Defeat of Satan". (in Finnish). Imperiumi.net. Retrieved on August 29, 2018.