Starting life in the early 1970s, US band PENTAGRAM are one of the most enduring and influential underground bands in heavy metal history. Influenced by British bands THE GROUNDHOGS and BLACK SABBATH, their own unique take on doom metal has subsequently influenced everyone from PARADISE LOST to CATHEDRAL. Peaceville signed the band in the mid 1990's and released the 3 classic albums, Relentless, Day of Reckoning and Be Forewarned.