1. Career

2. Discography

3. References

4. External links

Career

Deva was raised in East Ham, London and has two half sisters and three half brothers. She had a troubled and turbulent childhood, leaving home when she was nine years old. Her godmother influenced her life greatly, getting her on the path to music.

Deva's career started at the age of eleven at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, Essex. A cover of Ella Fitzgerald's "Summertime" was her first performance in a live band and totally unrehearsed, she performed one more time there at the age of thirteen. Deva went on to write her own lyrics and later recorded a demo on her friend's 8-track console. Her first band was called Mad Dog, a punk group in which she was co-vocalist. She only did one show with the band, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, supporting legendary punk band 999. Paul Allender and Dani Filth, founders of extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, would later meet Deva through mutual friends.

After leaving Cradle of Filth in 2009, Deva started her self-titled solo project with Ken Newman and signed a deal with a small British record company. A Sign of Sublime was released on 15 February 2010. A European and UK tour followed inclusive of a performance at Femme Metal Festival.^[2]

After various issues with the label, Deva left the record company and joined forces with Dan Abela, a musician and producer. Together, they co-wrote The Corruption of Mercy after signing a three-album record deal with Listenable Records in March 2011.

Discography

Solo career

• A Sign of Sublime (2010)
• The Corruption of Mercy (2011)
• Malediction (EP) (2012)

Mad Dog

• Howling at the Moon (1993)

With

//Cradle of Filth">Cradle of Filth

• V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996)
• Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996)
• Cruelty and the Beast (1998)
• From the Cradle to Enslave (1999)
• Midian (2000)
• Bitter Suites to Succubi (2001)
• Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid (2001)
• Lovecraft & Witch Hearts (2002)
• Live Bait for the Dead (2002)
• Damnation and a Day (2003)
• Nymphetamine (2004)
• Peace Through Superior Firepower (2005)
• Thornography (2006)
• Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder (2008)
• Midnight in the Labyrinth (2012)

With

//Creation's Tears">Creation's Tears

• Methods to End It All (2010)

With

//The Kovenant">The Kovenant

• Nexus Polaris (1998)

With

//Tulus (band)">Tulus

• Mysterion (1997)

With

//Therion (band)">Therion

• Vovin (1998)
• Crowning of Atlantis (1999)
• Live in Midgård (2002)
• Celebrators of Becoming (2006)

With

//Graveworm">Graveworm

• Underneath the Crescent Moon (1998)

With

//Mortiis">Mortiis

• The Stargate (1998)
• The Smell of Rain (2001)

With

//Mystic Circle">Mystic Circle

• Infernal Satanic Verses (1999)

With

//The Gathering (band)">The Gathering

• Black Light District (2002)

With

//Mendeed">Mendeed

• From Shadows Came Darkness (2004)

//Angtoria">Angtoria

• God Has a Plan for Us All (2006)

//Trigger the Bloodshed">Trigger the Bloodshed

• Purgation (2008)

//Hecate Enthroned">Hecate Enthroned

• Virulent Rapture (2013)

Various artists

• Emerald / A Tribute to the Wild One (Thin Lizzy tribute) (2003) ("Southbound" with Therion)
• The Lotus Eaters (Dead Can Dance tribute) (2004) ("The Wind That Shakes the Barley")

References

External links

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110514144332/http://www.sarahjezebeldeva.co.uk/joom/ Sarah Jezebel Deva site], at Internet Archive

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