current_members website article_title past_members background genre origin name
ro edwards - -lrb- guitars , vocals -rrb- -lsb- http://web.archive.org/web/20091027043133/http://geocities.com/sunsetstrip/club/5200/ official website -rsb- kohllapse
 matt carroll - -lrb- bass -rrb- paul sweeney - -lrb- bass aitchison -rrb- . - -lrb- drums , keyboard -rrb- bevan group_or_band gothic-doom metal canberra , australia kohllapse
kohllapse

kohllapse is a gothic-doom metal band from canberra , australia , formed in the early 1990s .
they were one of the better-known christian gothic metal bands active in the 1990s , and was closely followed by the newsportals of the scene throughout the band 's career .
while kohllapse released its only two albums independently , their catalogue was distributed widely through nuclear blast usa and blast beats distribution .
the band is notable for its innovative music , which was said to be ahead of its time , that combines darkwave and progressive doom metal , and the fact that they became significantly well known in both secular and christian metal scenes .
`` distant mind alternative '' was their most popular and critically acclaimed album , and has been re-issued by soundmass in 2005 .
the band mainly consisted of guitarist-vocalist ro edwards and drummer-keyboardist matt aitchison .
after aitchison left in 1999 the band split up in 2001 .
in 2005 , edwards indicated in an interview that he 's working on a third kohllapse album .
