Formed in that fateful 'n' fiery year of 1993, Colombia's TYPHON may have had a short lifespan, but their legendary status was cemented early on. TYPHON are widely known as the first black metal band to hail from Colombia, at least one with demos circulating within the underground scene, and founding drummer Bull Metal was a pivotal figure in that scene: not only did he run Warmaster Records - who released early records by the likes of Ancient Rites, Funeral Winds, Japan's Abigail, Chile's Bewitched, and most infamously, Mayhem'sThe Dawn of the Black Hearts, with its cover art showing the bloody aftermath of Dead's shotgun suicide - he was an early pen-pal with that band's Euronymous as well as Dead himself. Beyond that, the members of TYPHON founded one of the first Satanic organizations in their native Medellin, and like many devout black metallers in the early '90s, they often found themselves at the wrong end of the law for criminal activities.
