Moribund Oblivion is a Turkish

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band from Istanbul, formed by vocalist Bahadır Uludağlar in 1999. The current line-up consists of Bahadir Uludaglar, Serdal Semen, and Fatih Kanık, who joined the band in August 2015.

Career

The ''Like a Falling Haze'' EP was released in 2002 to promote their first studio album, ''Khanjar'', released on 6 January 2004. That same day, Moribund Oblivion performed in support of the

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. The band also conducted the first black metal tour of Turkey to promote the album, appearing in Istanbul,

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, Izmir,

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and

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. At the end of the tour, the group performed at the Barisarock and Rock The Nations festivals, and played a gig with Greek black metal band

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in Istanbul. The band released a music video for the song, "Ruins of Kara-Shehr", from the ''Khanjar'' album, which aired on Turkish channels

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and Dream TV. Moribund Oblivion signed with Istanbul record label Atlantis Music for their second album ''Machine Brain'', released in 2006. In 2008, the band appeared in two Turkish newspapers: ''

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'' (July 2008) and '' Hurriyet'' (September 2008), as well as headlining the

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Metal Fest in

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and performing at the Interregnum Fest in

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, Germany.

Discography

* '' Like a Falling Haze'' EP (2002) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Machine Brain'' (2006) * '' Time to Face'' (2007) * '' K.I.N.'' (2008) * '' Izdırap'' EP (2010) * '' Manevi'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' False Consolation'' (2017) * ''

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