Hailing from the town of Vaasa, in Finland, Enochian Crescent was formed in 1995 by vocalist Wrath (real name Janne Kuru) and guitarist Victor (Karri Suoraniemi) -- both of them quite unusual artists, as mysterious in their motives as they are musically inspired. However, neither 1996's Anno Bastardi mini-album, nor its next-year full-length follow-up, Telocvovim, received the necessary exposure from the band's tiny label, Woodcut, to spread their burgeoning reputation beyond local citizens. Instead, Enochian Crescent's seemingly predestined date with far-flung notoriety only ...