Czech pagan band founded in 2004 in Pilsen by Sinneral (guit.) and GHM (voc.). Soon completed by Honza (guit., a member of OBLOMOV) and Talic (bass). PANYCHIDA means ancient commemorial ceremony of our ancestors. The music of the band could be described as "pagan black metal", resp. "paganized metal" due to the terminology of the band itself. First songs were recorded in 2004/5 as a home demo recordings. In 2006 the band recorded short disk called "Promo 2006", which contained two songs and got good ratings in zines and in the crowd. Later that year PANCHIDA recorded first full length album in Hellesound studio. Drums on this album were made by Honza Kapák (AVENGER, Open Hell fest organizer). The album was released on FOLTER records in the middle of 2007 under the title "Paganized". www.panychida.com