Nokturnal Mortum

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Nokturnal Mortum's Goat Horns CD

Nokturnal Mortum is a folk black metal band from Ukraine. Their lyrical ideology is very much inspired by neo-Nazi beliefs, and they have been associated with the National Socialist black metal movement.

1 History
2 Band members
- 2.1 Former members
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] History

Previously known as Suppuration, then Crystalline Darkness, 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. After refusing a license to the Nuclear Blast label, the band recorded a cover version of Burzum's My Journey To The Stars in the tribute album Visions - A Tribute to Burzum. Their desire was to remain underground, accusing Nuclear Blast of commercialism.

They are associated with the National Socialist black metal movement; such artists are often explicit in their covers (see NeChrist one for example), their lyrics, interviews, shows and through articles on their webpage - Nokturnal Mortum are no different.

In 2002, Varggoth started another project by the name of Aryan Terrorism, to add to his increasingly wide range of projects outside Nokturnal Mortum, and to spread his political beliefs in a more explicit way. Another Nokturnal Mortum side project done by Varggoth is Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra, an ambient/black metal project formed in 1994. The most famous album of this project, The Key To The Gates Of The Apocalypse, is most likely known particularly due to its long runtime (one track in 72 minutes) and combination of dark ambient and fast black metal.

Varggoth has also taken part in the live shows and recordings of the Russian National Socialist black metal band Temnozor, and has participated in the Polish/Ukrainian white nationalist metal band Warhead, which includes members of Poland's skinhead band Honor. He has also taken part in the recordings of Lucifugum and Munruthel.

[edit] Band members

Knjaz Varggoth - vocals, guitars
Saturious - keyboard
Vrolok - bass
Wortherax - guitars
Odalv - drums

[edit] Former members

Sataroth - keyboard
Karpath - guitars
Munruthel - drums
Alzeth - Guitar
Xaarquath - bass

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Lunar Poetry - 1996
Goat Horns - 1997
To The Gates Of Blasphemous Fire - 1998
NeChrist - 1999
Lunar Poetry - 2001 (CD release of 1996 album with a bonus track)
Eleven Years Among The Sheep - 2004 (compilation of old, unreleased, demo, and Suppuration songs)
Weltanschauung - 2005
Mirovozzrenie - 2005 (a version of Weltanschauung featuring Russian and Ukrainian lyrics)
The Voice Of Steel - Upcoming opus