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Increased Damnation
''Increased Damnation'' is a compilation album by the Norwegian black metal band Aura Noir. It includes their first mini-album '' Dreams Like Deserts'' (tracks 9 to 14). Released Damnation and Broth of Oblivion also appear on '' Deep Tracts of Hell'' but are different recordings than on the album. The tracks 5 to 8 are songs from '' Black Thrash Attack'' played live. ''Tower of Limbs and Fever'' is the first song by Aura Noir ever recorded. Track listing #"Mirage" – 2:40 #"Towers of Limbs and Fevers" – 3:17 #"Released Damnation" – 4:04 #"Broth of Oblivion" – 4:39 #"Swarm of Vultures" – 2:26 #"The One Who Smite" – 4:16 #"Wretched Face of Evil" – 4:10 #"Fighting for Hell" – 3:50 #"The Rape" – 3:24 #"Forlorn Blessing to the Dream King" – 3:26 #"Dreams Like Deserts" – 4:57 #"Angel Ripper" – 3:47 #"Snake" – 1:45 #"Mirage" – 2:57 #"Tower of Limbs and Fevers" – 2:01 (Original Version) Credits * Aggressor - Bass, Guitar, Drums, Vocals, Instrumentation *Apol ...
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Aura Noir
Aura Noir is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band from Oslo. Aura Noir is heavily influenced by early thrash bands such as Voivod, Slayer, Sodom and Kreator, to the latter they have also dedicated some of their songs. The band's main lyrical themes focus on blasphemy, death and aggression. History The band was formed in 1993 by Aggressor (Carl-Michael Eide) and Apollyon (Ole Jørgen Moe), who sent out a couple of demos before releasing the underground EP ''Dreams Like Deserts'' in 1995. In 1996, they were joined by Mayhem guitarist Blasphemer (Rune Eriksen), who contributed to the release of ''Black Thrash Attack'', their first CD. In 2004, they were the first band to be signed to Tyrant Syndicate Productions, a sub-label of Peaceville Records, run by Nocturno Culto and Fenriz (both of Darkthrone). They released their next album ''The Merciless'', which featured Nattefrost of Carpathian Forest and Fenriz on guest vocals. The band was put on hold after Aggressor was in an acc ...
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Black Metal
Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (Lo-fi music, lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms. During the 1980s, several thrash metal and death metal bands formed a prototype for black metal. This "first wave" included bands such as Venom (band), Venom, Bathory (band), Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. A second wave arose in the early 1990s, spearheaded by Norwegian bands such as Mayhem (band), Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal (band), Immortal, Emperor (band), Emperor, Satyricon (band), Satyricon and Gorgoroth. The early Norwegian black metal scene developed the style of their forebears into a distinct genre. Norwegian-inspired black metal ...
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Deep Tracts Of Hell
''Deep Tracts of Hell'' is the second studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Aura Noir. Track listing #"Deep Tracts of Hell" – 1:57 #"Released Damnation" – 4:22 #"Swarm of Vultures" – 2:45 #"Blood Unity" – 4:47 #"Slasher" – 3:29 #"Purification of Hell" – 2:45 #"The Spiral Scar" – 4:26 #"The Beautiful, Darkest Path" – 4:31 #"Broth of Oblivion" – 4:40 #"To Wear the Mark" – 3:26 Personnel Aura Noir * Aggressor − guitars, bass, drums, vocals *Apollyon − guitars, bass, drums, vocals * Blasphemer − guitar Production and Engineering *Recorded and mixed at Jester Studio in Oslo, Norway in July 1998 *Mastered at Strype Audio in Oslo, Norway *Distributed by Rough Trade Distribution *Artwork ogo By– Lise Myhre *Engineer – Garm Backbone, Knut Magne Valle Knut Magne Valle (born 5 August 1974 in Gjerstad) is a Norwegian heavy metal guitarist, songwriter, composer, recording studio owner, record producer and music arranger. Valle is best known a ...
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The Merciless (album)
Aura Noir is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band from Oslo. Aura Noir is heavily influenced by early thrash bands such as Voivod, Slayer, Sodom and Kreator, to the latter they have also dedicated some of their songs. The band's main lyrical themes focus on blasphemy, death and aggression. History The band was formed in 1993 by Aggressor (Carl-Michael Eide) and Apollyon (Ole Jørgen Moe), who sent out a couple of demos before releasing the underground EP ''Dreams Like Deserts'' in 1995. In 1996, they were joined by Mayhem guitarist Blasphemer ( Rune Eriksen), who contributed to the release of ''Black Thrash Attack'', their first CD. In 2004, they were the first band to be signed to Tyrant Syndicate Productions, a sub-label of Peaceville Records, run by Nocturno Culto and Fenriz (both of Darkthrone). They released their next album ''The Merciless'', which featured Nattefrost of Carpathian Forest and Fenriz on guest vocals. The band was put on hold after Aggressor was in an ...
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Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at  revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ...
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ...
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Black Metal
Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (Lo-fi music, lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms. During the 1980s, several thrash metal and death metal bands formed a prototype for black metal. This "first wave" included bands such as Venom (band), Venom, Bathory (band), Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. A second wave arose in the early 1990s, spearheaded by Norwegian bands such as Mayhem (band), Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal (band), Immortal, Emperor (band), Emperor, Satyricon (band), Satyricon and Gorgoroth. The early Norwegian black metal scene developed the style of their forebears into a distinct genre. Norwegian-inspired black metal ...
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Dreams Like Deserts
''Dreams Like Deserts'' is the debut EP by the Norwegian black metal band Aura Noir. Track listing #"The Rape" – 3:26 #"Forlorn Blessings To The Dreamking" – 3:29 #"Dreams, Like Deserts" – 5:00 #"Angel Ripper" – 3:50 #"Snake" – 1:51 #"Mirage" – 2:58 Personnel * Aggressor − guitars, bass, drums, vocals *Apollyon The Hebrew term Abaddon ( he, אֲבַדּוֹן ''’Ăḇaddōn'', meaning "destruction", "doom"), and its Greek equivalent Apollyon ( grc-koi, Ἀπολλύων, ''Apollúōn'' meaning "Destroyer") appear in the Bible as both a place of de ... − guitars, bass, drums, vocals 1995 albums Aura Noir albums {{1990s-black-metal-album-stub ...
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Black Thrash Attack
''Black Thrash Attack'' is the first studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Aura Noir. This is the first album to feature Blasphemer ( Rune Eriksen) from Mayhem on guitars. As indicated in the title, this album is a mix of black metal and thrash metal and as such contains quite a few hints at early German thrash bands such as Kreator and Destruction. All songs by Aura Noir. Track 7 co-written by Aldrahn of Dødheimsgard. Track listing #"Sons of Hades" – 3:31 #"Conqueror" – 4:03 #"Caged Wrath" – 5:28 #"Wretched Face of Evil" – 4:11 #"Black Thrash Attack" – 5:11 #"The Pest" – 3:11 #"The One Who Smite" – 4:07 #"Eternally Your Shadow" – 3:36 #"Destructor" – 4:41 #"Fighting for Hell" – 4:10 Credits * Aggressor - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals *Apollyon The Hebrew term Abaddon ( he, אֲבַדּוֹן ''’Ăḇaddōn'', meaning "destruction", "doom"), and its Greek equivalent Apollyon ( grc-koi, Ἀπολλύων, ''Apollúōn'' meaning "Destroyer") ...
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Carl-Michael Eide
Carl-Michael Eide (born 24 July 1974) is a Norway, Norwegian black metal musician, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. He is also known under stage names Aggressor, Czral and Exhurtum. Biography Carl-Michael Eide has played in various black metal and avant-garde metal bands. These include Ved Buens Ende, Aura Noir, Cadaver (band), Cadaver, Dødheimsgard, Satyricon (band), Satyricon, Ulver, Infernö and recently the jazz/rock band Virus (Norwegian band), Virus. His drumming is unusual in style, with very little repetition and a tendency to shy away from traditional drumming. His singing abilities are diverse. Other than usual harsh vocals in black metal, he uses a form of croon in the avant-garde metal bands Ved Buens Ende and Virus. He has gone back to playing guitar and was writing music for the re-grouped Ved Buens Ende, before the band once again split up in early 2007. Beyond that, he continues to write material for Aura Noir and Virus. He was also a session drummer for D ...
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Apollyon (musician)
Apollyon (born as Ole Jørgen Moe) is a black metal/thrash metal multi-instrumentalist, formerly associated with Dødheimsgard and Cadaver, now playing in Aura Noir and also Immortal after its reforming in 2006. He has done guest vocals on the Darkthrone albums '' Plaguewielder'' and ''Sardonic Wrath'', and also on Audiopain's EP ''1986'' (2000). He was a live guitarist for Gorgoroth from 2003 to 2004, and performed at Gorgoroth's now infamous Kraków gig in February 2004. In 2004 Apollyon participated in a live tribute to Quorthon of Bathory at the Hole in the Sky festival in Bergen, Norway. Apollyon played bass on all songs, and also did the vocals on the song ''Equimanthorn''. In addition to Apollyon, the line-up of this tribute band consisted of Bård Faust (ex-Emperor) on drums and Ivar Bjørnson ( Enslaved) and Samoth (Emperor) on guitars, as well as guest vocalists Gaahl (Gorgoroth), Abbath (Immortal), Grutle Kjellson ( Enslaved), Nocturno Culto (Darkthrone) and Satyr ( ...
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Rune Erickson
Rune Eriksen (born 13 January 1975) is a Norwegian Spellemann award-winning musician and composer. He is best known as the former guitarist in the black metal band Mayhem under the stage name Blasphemer, which he took from a Sodom song. He joined the band in October 1994, but departed in late 2008. He currently plays in Aura Noir, Earth Electric, and the multinational bands Twilight Of The Gods and Vltimas, the latter a supergroup of sorts with vocalist David Vincent (formerly of Morbid Angel), and drummer Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy. Ironically, Rune and Flo also played together with Steve Tucker (predecessor and successor of David Vincent in Morbid Angel) for the artist Nader Sadek and de Rune has also made guest appearances with Absu, Negură Bunget, and Root. His former bands and projects are, besides Nader Sadek, Mezzerschmitt, and the Portuguese gothic doom band Ava Inferi. He resides in Portugal. Discography With Mayhem * ''Wolf's Lair Abyss'' (1997) * ''Mediolanum Capta ...
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