Régis Lant (born 10 June 1977), better known as Nornagest, is a vocalist and writer, best known for his vocal works with the

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and Absu's self-titled release. His career started in the Belgian metal band Heresia. In 1995, Nornagest was invited to join Enthroned on their first album ''Prophecies of Pagan Fire'' but declined the offer. The album became one of the cult albums of the genre, even though some fans consider previous vocalist Sabathan's vocals hard to handle. Shortly after the recording of the album, Nornagest joined the band as the lead guitarist anyway. In 2007, Nornagest took over vocals duties in Enthroned after previous vocalist Sabathan decided to quit the band. Nornagest has an English background and is the cousin of Conrad "Cronos" Lant, lead singer of the cult black metal band

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, Belgium. He describes himself as a follower of the

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and practitioner of scorpionic magick.

Discography

* Heresia: ''Fall into Dementia'' (1992) * Infected: ''Progress Legacy'' (1994) * The Beast: ''Pacta Conventa Doemoniorum'' (1996) *

: '' Towards the Skullthrone of Satan'' (1997) * Enthroned: ''Regie Sathanas'' (1998) * The Beast: ''Him'' (1998) * Enthroned: '' The Apocalypse Manifesto'' (1999) * Enthroned: ''P-2000'' (2000) * Enthroned: ''

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'' (2000) * The Beast: ''Fixed by the Devil'' (2002) * Enthroned: '' Carnage in Worlds Beyond'' (2002) * Enthroned: ''Goatlust'' (2003) * Plague: ''Vision of the Twilight'' (2003) * Enthroned: '' XES Haereticum'' (2004) * Enthroned: ''Black Goat Ritual'' (2005) *

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'' (2006) Lyrics * Enthroned: '' Tetra Karcist'' (2007) * Grabak: ''Agash Daeva'' (2007) as guest vocalist * Demonizer: ''Tryumphator'' (2008) as guest vocalist * Absu: '' Absu'' (2009) as guest vocalist * Enthroned: '' Pentagrammaton'' (2010) * Enthroned: ''Obsidium'' (2012) * Enthroned: ''Sovereigns'' (2014) * Enthroned: ''Cold Black Suns'' (2019)

Bibliography

* ''The Spiritual Significance of Music'' (2010), Justin St Vincent Publishings * ''Qliphoth; Flesh Totems and Mask Bones'' (2012), Aeon Sophia Press * ''Sethnakht and the XXth Dynasty'' (2014), self-released

References

{{authority control 1977 births Living people Belgian occultists Belgian rock guitarists Belgian rock singers Black metal singers 21st-century Belgian male singers 21st-century guitarists Belgian people of English descent