ONHEIL was officially started in November 1999 , immediately releasing an already recorded demo-CD "Sterf". With Holland's and Belgium's largest metal & rock magazine Aardschoks review, naming one of ONHEILs songs "one of the best Black Metal songs i've heard in a while", ONHEIL was instantly put prominently on Holland's Metal Map. January 2002 saw the release of the demo CD "We Hebben De Hel Gezien", although it's was more an album with it's 53+ minutes playing time. It was again received very well and spreaded ONHEILs music more into Europe. Eternal Frost e-zine (USA) called the sound "Black Metal Iron Maiden", a term still sometimes used to describe ONHEILs music and a good indication of the gradually change to a more diverse and melodic sound.
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