Von (band)
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Von was a cult black metal band from San Francisco, California, USA formed in 1989. The band played highly simplistic black metal with short songs based on repetition and only from one to three riffs, each containing only about three or four power chords. The band disbanded after their second demo released in 1992.
Von can be seen having been ahead of their time, playing minimalistic black metal on a time when the genre was virtually nonexistent, especially in the Thrash-oriented West Coast. Many consider the few recordings of Von classic and pioneer black metal.
The band's name is often falsely thought to be an acronym for Victory Orgasm Nazis. Varg Vikernes of Burzum used those words to spell the band's name during a phone interview because the interviewer apparently didn't hear the name correctly.
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[edit] Members
- Von aka Goat - Guitar, Vocals
- Snake - Drums
- Kill - Bass
Very little is known about the individuals behind Von, even the pseudonym of the guitarist/vocalist contradicts between sources. Kill is known as Joe Allen of Abcess, but the identities of the other two remain unknown.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Blood Angel
- Demo 1989.
- The demo was never released on its own, only as part of the Satanic Blood Angel compilation released in 2003.
[edit] Satanic Blood
[edit] Satanic Blood Angel
- Compilation, 2003.
- Double-CD: contains the two demos on one disc and a recording of a San Francisco gig on the other.
[edit] Devil Pigs
- Split with Dark Funeral, 2004.
- Contains Von's Satanic Blood demo alongside with Dark Funeral's In the Sign EP.
