Soul Inside - An inkubus Sukkubus Fansite

The founder member of Inkubus Sukkubus is Tony McKormack who was also the founder of the pre-gothic punk rock band, The Screaming Dead. When The Screaming Dead split up in 1986, Tony McKormack formed several other bands including The Resurrection, Star Child and The Night Creatures. in 1988 Tony became a graphic design student.

It was at design school that he met Candia. Tony and Candia both shared an interest in the occult, paganism and vampires. Shortly after they formed the Inkubus Sukkubus prototype, Belas Knapp. After about six months the name Belas Knapp was dropped in favour of Incubus Succubus. The original aim of the band (as it still is today) was to be the vehicle in which the celebration of the pagan experience could be conveyed.

After being in existence for about a year the band released their first single Beltaine (now deleted). The single received Radio 1 and regional radio airplay, but shortly after this the band split up. Candia and Tony formed Children of the Moon, a drum machine, sequencer and guitar based band. They went into the studio and recorded an album's worth of material. The material was very well received by the growing pagan underground.

In December 1991 Children of the Moon changed back to Incubus Succcubus The band played around Gloucestershire, Bristol and Oxford, and released all of the Children of the Moon material on one tape called Beltaine. In September 1992 the band recorded the album Belladonna and Aconite, which was released in October. By this time Incubus Succubus were being hailed as Britain's premier pagan rock band.

1993 brought offers from independent record companies, which resulted in the release of Belladonna & Aconite CD on Nightbreed Records in October and the Wytches CD in April 1994 on Pagan Records.

In 1995 they signed to Resurrection Records and released the much-awaited album Heartbeat of the Earth at the end of October. The album was promoted with a successful tour where the new material was welcomed with enthusiasm.

In the spring of `95 it was decided that the spelling of the band's name would change to Inkubus Sukkubus for numerological reasons, and with this came other notable changes. The live band went through a stunning metamorphosis and they now play with a drum machine and full backing from sequencers giving the richness and diversity of sound and emotion previously found only in the recorded band.

Bob returned to his first instrument and began to play bass guitar for Inkubus Sukkubus, and the distinctive
celtic bodhran was maintained as an integral part of the live as well as recorded I.S.

In March 1996 Inkubus Sukkubus appeared on the popular British nationwide television programme, The Big Breakfast and were filmed playing live by The Girlie Show, another nationwide quirky youth show!

In May/June 1996 I.S. did a very successfultour of Germany - including a return trip to Paris - so winning over a new army of followers. They returned to Germany as well as playing for the first time in Belgium in the Autumn of 1996. Also in 1996, by popular demand, the band's first album, Beltaine, was released on CD for the first time through Resurrection Records.

On 23rd November 1996 Inkubus Sukkubus were invited to perform at the Pagan Federation's 25th Anniversary Annual Conference. The day was a great success, and the band rounded it off by playing to an enthusiastic spiral dancing crowd.

1997 brought more appearances on compilation CDs including the 3rd and final Vampire Guild release, What Sweet Music... R.I.P. with their
track Vampyre Erotica; the CD to accompany Mick Mercer's new book, The Hex Files with the track Heart of Lilith; a 4 CD compilation (Cleopatra Records) called The Goth Box; and a cover version of Spellbound on a Siouxsie & the Banshees tribute CD also on Cleopatra.

On 24th August 1997, sixweeks after the birth of Tony and Candia's baby boy Leon, the band headlined a major convention at the Hippodrome in London - Vampyria - featuring many well-known horror authors as well as stars from the world of Hammer to over 1000 enthusiastic fans.

The band released their fifth album, Vampyre Erotica, exploring wilder as well as more sombre and haunting moods. It was released 22nd September 1997 and was promoted by a series of UK dates including headlining the now-famous Whitby Gothic Weekend on Hallowe'en.
1998 proved to be a very exciting year for Inkubus Sukkubus.

In February they headlined The Bank in Manhattan, New York promoted by Sabretooth Inc. to a capacity audience. They returned to Belgium in the spring, and during the summer they headlined a major festival held in a medieval castle in the Polish mountains. They also headlined the annual Sacrosanct festival in London.

September 1998 found the band performing at Vampyria II which
was held at the Camden Palace in London to a capacity crowd of around 1600 people, shortly followed by Symphony of Shadows Festival at Whitby, N. Yorkshire (home of Bram Stoker's Dracula).

Inkubus were also invited back to play the Annual Pagan Federation Conference on 21st November where around 1700 pagans attended from all over the world. They also returned to the U.S. at the end of October to tour, culminating in a show in New Orleans on Hallowe'en.

The CD entitled Away with the Faeries, was previewed at Vampyria II, and was available on general release in November. The recording was a limited edition album featuring 6 new studio tracks along with 9 live tracks recorded recently in the band's home town of Cheltenham.

In 1999 Inkubus Sukkubus toured Germany, France Belgium, America, as well as the UK. They also released the album enttiled ' Wild'. They continued to consolidate their position as the world's biggest and most popular Pagan Rock band and launched their domain site, www.inkubussukkubus.com.

During 2000 Tony McKormack released another album entitled 'Death Rides Out' with his former band 'Screaming Dead'. Both Screaming Dead and Inkubus Sukkubus toured the UK and Germany and Inkubus Sukkubus headlined the Whitby Gothic Festival (now the biggest Gothic Festival in the World), Screaming Dead were main support. The band wrote and recorded their 8th album, 'Supernature' and also played Greece and France. The year was seen out headlining a celebratory Yule festival in Chicago, USA.

2001 saw Inkubus Sukkubus go from strength to strength. They appeared three times on Channel 4 television this year, and also released their eighth album ‘Supernature’ on vinyl and CD (with CD-Rom section). The band toured the UK and headlined the Gotham Festival in London. They also headlined the Reading Goth Festival, and supported Marilyn Manson on the mainstage
at the M'era Luna Festival to an audience of over 20,000.

The year also saw Inkubus Sukkubus make major intrusions into cyberspace; in the first six months or so, their MP3 site had over 400,000 downloads, with Supernature in the top ten in the Gothic Chart for most of the year.

Their current most-played track is the MP3.com exclusive, Vampirella. The band are currently writing a new album, whilst all their older albums are still selling continuously and steadily, with Belladonna & Aconite now on its 12th pressing. Inkubus finished off the year playing the 10th Anniversary of the Return of the Dead festival in Hamburg, and a couple of gigs in an unexpectedly snowy, yet still welcoming,Italy.

2002 saw the band release "The Web album" via mp3.com and toured europe.

2003 opened with a one off gig in the band's hometown of Gloucester,raising funds for Greenpeace,as well as touring europe,and announcing a new album "The Beast With Two Backs"