Nokturnal Mortum
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Genres | Symphonic black metal, folk metal, Pagan metal |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | No Colours, Nuclear Blast, Oriana Music |
| Members | Knjaz Varggoth Jurgis Bairoth Rutnar |
| Past members | Saturious Haarquath Munruthel Wortherax Sataroth Karpath Vrolok Alzeth Odalv K Astargh Aywar |
| Website | www |
Nokturnal Mortum is a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv. They were one of the founders of Ukrainian scene black metal.[1]
History
Nokturnal Mortum originally started as a death metal band called Suppuration in 1991,[2] then turned to black metal and changed name to Crystaline Darkness but "had to change the name back in 1993/94 to Nocturnal Mortum because there already existed a band with that name in western underground."[3] Then the band "changed a letter so that we wouldn't find a band with the same name again like it was the case with Crystaline Darkness."[3] Nokturnal Mortum gained their first Western recognition with the release of their album Goat Horns, their second full-length album, notable for having two keyboardists play on the album, often on the same song, and for mixing traditional Ukrainian music with black metal.
The band's first albums were released through The End Records and (as licence pressings) through Nuclear Blast,[4] but the label and the band separated after releasing the album Nechrist and a re-release of the Lunar Poetry demo due to a disagreement. According to Varggoth, "We had a contract with The End Records but it was broken. We have different points of view. They didn't like our policy, we didn't like the way they do business. They owe us some money. That was enough for a conflict."
Igor Naumchuk (Lucifugum) used to have close ties with Nokturnal Mortum which dedicated to him their album "To the gates of Blasphemous fire". Later all relations have been stopped due to the ideological disagreements. Despite this many people still consider these bands similar. [5]
In autumn of 2014 band frontman Knjaz Varggoth (real name Yevhen Gapon, Ukrainian: Євген Гапон) published the statement declaring that he and Nokturnal Mortum was out of politics in order to avoid rumors concerning his personal views and band ideology.[6] However, the band played live at the far-right Asgardsrei festival in December of 2016[7] and has played at several other far-right festivals since.
Controversy
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In the beginning, the band still described their music as a "Lunar Black Metal".[8] In the cover of "Lunar Poetry," he demanded the killing of the Christians, the destruction of their churches, and the return to the gods of their fathers, and described Jesus as "crucified hippie". From the EP Marble Moon on, the band showed an open national socialist sentiment, with the use of swastikas in the logo of the band and on the cover of To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire. On the album Нехристь (NeChrist), this was also shown in texts like "The Call of Aryan Spirit". In interviews, appearances, and on their website, the band revealed their sentiments and their music itself as "Paganism NSBM".[citation needed] Statements and texts show neo-völkischer as well as neopaganism ideas, and on some albums a tendency to the ariosophy or a prominence of the population of cultural Europe as Aryan. In 2008, the band's singer and guitarist, Knjaz Varggoth, claimed that he had no interest in political tendencies and had never viewed Nokturnal Mortum as a political band.[9]
Discography
Albums
- 1997 – Goat Horns
- 1998 – To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire
- 1999 – НеХристь (NeChrist)'
- 2004 – Мировоззрение (Myrovozzrieniye, World view)
- 2005 – Weltanschauung (World view)
- 2009 – Голос сталі (Holos Stali, The Voice of Steel)
- 2017 – Істина (Istyna, Verity)
Live albums
- 2009 – Live in Katowice
- 2011 – Коловорот
EPs
- 1997 – Return of the Vampire Lord
- 1997 – Marble Moon
- 2003 – The Taste of Victory
- 2017 – Orathania / Kolyada
Demos
- 1995 – Twilightfall
- 1995 – Black Clouds over Slavonic Lands
- 1996 – Lunar Poetry
Splits
- 1996 – Veche (split Lucifugum)
- 1997 – Path of the Wolf / Return of the Vampire Lord (split Lucifugum)
- 2007 – Eastern Hammer (split Graveland, North, Темнозорь)
- 2016 – The Spirit Never Dies (split Graveland)
Compilations
- 2001 – Return of the Vampire Lord / Marble Moon''
- 2004 – Eleven Years Among the Sheep
- 2016 – 22 Years Among the Sheep
References
- ^ И.Симоненко Между молотом и наковальней. Гид по Хард-року и Метал-музыке Украины (p. 20)/ Игорь Симоненко. - Винница : Нилан : Rockinbooker Publishing, 2015. - 167, [25] с. : фот. - ISBN 978-966-924-116-0
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Nokturnal Mortum – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ a b Sonia: INTERVIEW WITH NOKTURNAL MORTUM.
- ^ Aaron McKay: The Genesis of the End. CoC interviews Andreas Katsambas of The End Records.
- ^ "Lucifugum - Encyclopaedia Metallum". https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Lucifugum/8442.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website=|url=(help) - ^ https://www.facebook.com/nokturnalmortumofficial/posts/10154629159940487
- ^ http://militant.zone/ar2016/
- ^ Nokturnal Mortum - "NeChrist" CD Review
- ^ "Nokturnal Mortum Interview Frostkamp Magazine". 5 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
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