Dictionary Definition
diabolic adj
1 showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness
typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and
diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his
face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye" [syn: devilish, diabolical, mephistophelian,
mephistophelean]
2 extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty
or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could
be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers
under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish
torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy
grimaces" [syn: demonic,
diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy]
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English
Etymology
First attested in 1399, from Old French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Greek diabolikos "devilish", from diabolos (see devil).Adjective
diabolic- Showing wickedness typical of a
devil.
- diabolic magic square
- a cunning and diabolic plot
- diabolic magic square
- Extremely evil or cruel.
- fires lit up a diabolic scene
Synonyms
Translations
Showing wickedness typical of a devil
- Finnish: paholaismainen, pirullinen
- German: teuflisch, diabolisch
- Portuguese: diabólico
- Russian: дьявольский (d'jávol'skij)
Extremely evil or cruel
- Finnish: paholaismainen, pirullinen
- German: teuflisch, diabolisch
- Portuguese: diabólico
- Russian: дьявольский (d'jávol'skij)
Extensive Definition
Diabolic is an American
death
metal band from Tampa,
Florida, founded in 1998 by drummer Aantar Lee Coates and
guitarist Brian Malone.
Biography
Diabolic released their first album, Supreme Evil, in 1998 on Conquest Music. Diabolic released a number of high quality records in the subsequent years and did a number of high profile tours including the 1999 "Death Metal Massacre" package alongside Cannibal Corpse, God Dethroned and Hate Eternal. Diabolic would support death metal institution Morbid Angel in the same year.In November 2002 after completing a European tour with
Deicide
the group fell into two camps. Founding member Brian Malone putting
together a line up consisting of Eric Hersemann, French drummer
Gael Barthelemy and Coffin
Texts' Robert Cardenas, were to carry on with the band name
"Diabolic" and that Coates, together with Kelly McLauchlin of
Pessimist
(guitars) and erstwhile members Paul Ouellette (vocals/bass) and
Jerry Mortellaro (guitars) branched off into a completely new band
set up called Unholy
Ghost. The group signed to the Olympic/Century Media label for
a Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez produced debut album Torrential
Reign, recorded at the D.O.W. Studios (Diet Of Worms)in
Seffner, Florida.
Diabolic marked a return to action in June 2006,
assembled by founder member Aantar Lee Coates and his Unholy Ghost
colleague guitarist Kelly McLauchlin alongside Blastmasters
members Jesse Jolly, handling both vocals and bass, with R.J. on
second guitar. A new album, Shellfire
and Tombstones, was produced by Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez, of
Morbid Angel and Unholy Ghost, at D.O.W. Studios.
Lineup
- Paul Ouellette - vocals, bass (1998-2001, 2007-)
- Raymond James - guitars (2004-present)
- Kelly McLauchlin - guitars (2004-present)
- Aantar Lee Coates - drums (1998-2001 and 2004-present)
Former members
- Jesse Jolly - vocals, bass (2004-2007)
- Paul Ouellette - vocals, bass (1998-2001)
- Brian Malone - guitars (1998-2004)
- Ed Webb - vocals, bass (1998-2001 and 2003-2004)
- Bryan Hipp - guitars (2001)
- Jerry Mortellaro - guitars (2001-2003)
- Eric Hersemann - guitars (2003-2004)
- Gael Barthelemy - drums (2003-2004)
Discography
- Supreme Evil (1998)
- City of the Dead - EP (1999)
- Subterraneal Magnitude (2001)
- Vengeance Ascending (2001)
- Infinity Through Purification (2003)
- Shellfire and Tombstones (2006)
- Possessed By Death EP (2007)
- Chaos In Hell EP (2007)
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Draconian, Mephistophelian,
Tartarean, abominable, accursed, animal, anthropophagous,
appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, barbaric, barbarous, base, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, brutalized, brute, brutish, cannibalistic, corrupt, cruel, cruel-hearted, cursed, damnable, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic, demonish, demonlike, depraved, devil-like, devilish, diabolical, dreadful, evil, execrable, fell, feral, ferocious, fiendish, fiendlike, fierce, flagitious, foul, ghoulish, heinous, hellborn, hellish, hideous, horrible, horrid, ill, impious, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, iniquitous, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, monstrous, murderous, odious, ogreish, ruthless, sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, savage, serpentine, sharkish, sinful, sinister, slavering, subhuman, terrible, truculent, unchristian, uncivilized, ungodly, unhallowed, unhuman, vicious, vile, wicked, wolfish