Vondur was a

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band from

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. It was made up of members of the bands

Ophthalamia Ophthalamia was a Swedish black metal band that formed in 1989. History Ophthalamia was formed in 1989 by singer All and guitarist IT, both also active in the musical groups Abruptum and Vondur. The band named themselves Ophthalamia after a fa ...

and

Abruptum Abruptum is a Swedish black metal and dark ambient solo side-project band. It is run by Evil (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) of Marduk, but the band was formed in 1989 by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä). All (a.k.a. Jim Berger), Ext and Evil joined th ...

, "It" (

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) and "All" (Jim Berger). The sound could be described as primitive

, though rumors have claimed that this was conceived as a joke band. They released one full-length album, '' Stridsyfirlysing'', and an EP, '' The Galactic Rock N' Roll Empire'', both on the now defunct

Necropolis Records Necropolis Records (located in Fremont, California) was a record label founded by Paul Thind in 1993, mainly providing an American home for extreme black metal.

. The EP contained two new songs, cover versions of songs by Bathory,

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and

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and a re-recorded version of two songs "Dreptu Allur" and "Hrafnins Auga Er Sem Speglar Á Botni Af Satans Svartasalur", here translated from the Icelandic to the English "Kill Everyone" and "The Raven's Eyes Are as Mirrors of the Bottom of Satan's Black Halls".

Discography

Demos

* 1994 ''Uppruni Vonsku'' (self-released)

Albums

* 1995 '' Stridsyfirlysing'' (

Necropolis Records Necropolis Records (located in Fremont, California) was a record label founded by Paul Thind in 1993, mainly providing an American home for extreme black metal.

)

EPs

* 1996 '' The Galactic Rock N' Roll Empire'' (

Necropolis Records Necropolis Records (located in Fremont, California) was a record label founded by Paul Thind in 1993, mainly providing an American home for extreme black metal.

)

Compilations

* 2011 '' No Compromise'' (

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) {{Authority control Swedish black metal musical groups