Originally formed in 1991 by vocalist Thomas A.G. Jensen and bassist Brian
Hansen as Asesino, Saturnus changed their name in 1993 and released their debut
Demo EP the following year. The Copenhagen-originating band went on to perfect
their explosive, uncompromising and gothic metal-tinged take on death-doom
across five albums, beginning with 1997's full-length debut Paradise Belongs to
You in 1997 and taking in second album Martyre (2000), third LP Veronika Decides
to Die (2006)—inspired by Paulo Coelho's 1998 novel of the same name—and fourth
offering Saturn in Ascension (2012),...