Yevhen Hapon ( uk, Євген Гапон), also spelt Eugeny Gapon and Ievgen Gapon, better known by his stage name Knjaz Varggoth, is one of the foremost figures in

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and far-right musicians.

Biography

Yevhen Hapon was born July 30, 1974. He is better known by his stage name Knjaz Varggoth. Knjaz Varggoth is one of the foremost figures in

and far-right musicians. Though he has been involved with numerous music projects and bands (Aryan Terrorism, Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra, Lucifugum as a guest musician in 1997, Вече, and more), he is most well known for being the lead vocalist and guitarist for the controversial

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band

Nokturnal Mortum Nokturnal Mortum are a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv. They were one of the founders of the Ukrainian black metal scene and pioneers in the early National Socialist black metal ("NSBM") scene. The band has claimed to have moved away f ...

. Nokturnal Mortum gained their reputation performing

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with elements of Ukrainian and Slavic folk music and for being a part of the eastern European NSBM scene. A side project done by Varggoth is the ambient/black metal project Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra, 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 72-minute track) and combination of dark ambient and fast black metal. Knjaz Varggoth also formed the Neo-Nazi hatecore group Aryan Terrorism.

Discography

Bands (In order of formation)

Suppuration

*1992: ''Ecclesiastical Blasphemy''

Crystaline Darkness

*1993: ''Mi Agama Khaz Mifisto''

Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra

*1997: ''Midnight Fullmoon'' *1999: ''The Key to the Gates of the Apocalypse''

Nokturnal Mortum

*1995: ''

Twilightfall ''Twilightfall'' is the first demo by Ukrainian black metal band Nokturnal Mortum Nokturnal Mortum are a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv. They were one of the founders of the Ukrainian black metal scene and pioneers in the early Nati ...

'' *1996: '' Lunar Poetry'' *1997: ''

Goat Horns ''Goat Horns'' is the debut studio album by Ukrainian black metal band Nokturnal Mortum Nokturnal Mortum are a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv. They were one of the founders of the Ukrainian black metal scene and pioneers in the ear ...

'' *1998: ''

To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire ''To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire'' is the second album by Ukrainian symphonic black metal band Nokturnal Mortum Nokturnal Mortum are a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv. They were one of the founders of the Ukrainian black metal sce ...

'' *1999: ''

Nechrist Nokturnal Mortum are a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv. They were one of the founders of the Ukrainian black metal scene and pioneers in the early National Socialist black metal ("NSBM") scene. The band has claimed to have moved away f ...

'' *2005: ''Weltanschauung'' *2009: ''

The Voice of Steel Голос Сталі ( en, The Voice of Steel) is an album by the Ukrainian black metal band Nokturnal Mortum, released in December 2009. The album was mixed at M.A.R.T. Studio, Kharkiv, during August and October 2009. Mastering took place in the ...

'' *2017: ''Verity''

Aryan Terrorism

*2002: ''W.A.R''

Vetche

*1998: ''Vetche''

Piorun

*2004: ''Stajemy Jak Ojce''

Temnozor

Live Member

References

Living people 1974 births Ukrainian heavy metal guitarists Ukrainian fascists 21st-century Ukrainian singers 21st-century guitarists Ukrainian neo-Nazis Far-right politics in Ukraine {{guitarist-stub