Formed in 1998 near Lyon, France, Kemet (archaic name for Egypt) began life as a doom band thatd rifted into pop. The band soon issued a demo called Pieces before obtaining a deal with the French Deadsun label. The band then switched to Thundering Records.

KEMET - DYING WITH ELEGANCE - DEADSUN
For various reasons I had assumed Deadsun to be a pure-play death metal label. Kemet proves me wrong. A fledgling French formation, Kemet follow up their demo MCD with their intriguingly entitled debut Dying With Elegance. Very melancholy and of interest to the romantics of the rock scene; a la what the likes of Paradise Lost may have produced, the album takes on a Voltarian air mixing French and English lyrics, a motif of death and a wholly saddened outlook. It's cleanly produced and something a little out of the ordinary. Kemet: named after the lonesome desert. - Ali "The Metallian"