Pentagram

Pentagram are one of the most enduring and influential underground bands in metal history with a trademark doom-laden style. After their founding in 1971, it took 14 years of singles and demos before their eponymous debut arrived in 1985. Laudatory reviews were plentiful for 1987's Day of Reckoning, 1993's Relentless, and 1994's Be Forewarned. Despite near constant lineup changes, singer Bobby Liebling kept the band alive. 2001's Sub-Basement was followed by several compilations. Liebling fronted the lineup of Internal Void as Pentagram on 2004's Show Em How. 2011's Last Rites, on Metal Blade, sidelined doom metal in favor of a meld of heavy metal and dirty blues-rock, while 2015's Curious Volume generally adhered to the same format. In 2017, Pentagram toured for 18 months without Liebling after the latter was arrested and convicted of assault. In 2023, they issued the four-track EP, The Singles, with Leibling returning.