Cerberuss

Pictured (left to right): Steve "Roach" Ennis, Sean Toolis Cerberuss was the original formation of the band that would go onto become Coven , Blasphemy and finally Bloodshed . Formed in 1985 by the Toolis brothers and Steve "Roach" Ennis, they started playing some cover songs and quickly began working on original material. They had no bassist for most of the time they were Cerberuss, and played all-instrumental live shows with no bass, before recruiting Brent Black on lead vocals and playing out more (still without bass). One such show of Cerberuss with Brent was the January 1986 co-headliner with Maddoxx they played in Lodi, Ohio (there was an opening band as well but the flyer that was found only says "with opening act to be announced"). Two (originally instrumental) Cerberuss songs, "Cerberuss", and "Bloody Death" later had lyrics written by Brent Black shortly before the band's name change to Coven . Both songs were continued and remained live staples through the rest of their career and various name changes, and "Bloody Death" was also recorded on Blasphemy 's "Welcome to your Funeral" demo in 1989. The 1986 rehearsal has remained unreleased since it's recording, until 2017 when a Cerberuss/Coven Split CD compiling it and a longer Coven rehearsal from 87 was announced by Manglehead Records in the "upcoming releases" section of their bi-yearly catalog. Since then a very limited promotional tape of the Cerberuss rehearsal has been released, and the split is planned to follow soon after. Not to be confused with: • Cerberus (Heavy/Power Metal from Cleveland, Ohio) • Cerberus (Thrash/Melodic Death Metal from Los Angeles, California) • Cerberus (Death Metal from Lakeland, Florida) • Cerberus (Death/Doom Metal from Riverside, New Jersey) • Cerberus (Atmospheric Black Metal from Quincy, Massachusetts) • Cerebus (Heavy/Power Metal from Greensboro, North Carolina) • Cerebus (Deathcore from Chesapeake, Virginia) • Cerabus (Heavy Metal/Hard Rock from Florida) • Serberus (Melodic Death Metal from Denver, Colorado)