Sortilege
French heavy metal band Sortilège, from Paris, formed in 1980 as a trio called
Blood Wave with Stéphane Dumont and Didier Demajean on guitars and Jean-Philippe
Dumont on drums, before opting for its definitive name the following year and
finding its singer in the person of Christian Augustin and its bassist with
Daniel Lapp. They offer a French alternative to new wave British heavy metal
bands such as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. Signed by Dutch label
Rave-on Records, the band failed to convince a French company, recording an EP
of the same name. They are then signe...
