Genre(s) Death/Doom Metal Sweden (Helsingborg) 1991 Gardens Of Obscurity was formed in 1991 with the intention to play grindcore under the moniker Slavestate. After a couple of rehearsals they changed their mind and started playing death metal with semi-occult lyrics with a new band name Asmodeus. When they released their first demo tape they changed their name again into Gardens Of Obscurity and started playing slow death / doom metal. At the time of a second demo they played more technical death metal. Read more on Last.fm