Zyklon-B was a Norwegian

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band founded in 1995.

History

The band's members were Tomas "Samoth" Thormodsæter Haugen (guitar and bass) and Vegard "Ihsahn" Sverre Tveitan (keyboard) from

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, Kjetil "Frost" Haraldstad (drums) from

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and Björn "Aldrahn" Dencker Gjerde (vocals) from

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. Their lyrics deal mainly with death, apocalypse and warfare. The band recorded only one EP; other versions of the featured songs were featured on split releases with Mayhem and Swordmaster. The band

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featuring members of Zyklon-B is often incorrectly thought to be the same band. The name refers to

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, a gas used in

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s during the

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. Despite the name the band states that "Zyklon-B is not related to any political or racial preference".

Discography

*''Blood Must Be Shed'' EP (1995) *#"Mental Orgasm" – 2:54 *#"Bloodsoil" – 2:25 *#"Warfare" – 5:35 *''Blood Must Be Shed / Wraths of Time'' split EP with Swordmaster (1996) *#"Mental Orgasm" – 2:54 *#"Bloodsoil" – 2:25 *#"Warfare" – 5:35 *#"Wraths of Time" – 5:37 *#"Upon Blood and Ashes" – 5:17 *#"Conspiracy - Preview" – 2:56 *''Necrolust / Total Warfare'' split single with Mayhem (1999) *#"Necrolust (Unreleased Studio Version)" – 3:43 *#"Total Warfare (Sea Serpent Remix)" – 5:46

References

Norwegian black metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1995 1995 establishments in Norway Musical groups disestablished in 1999 1999 disestablishments in Norway Musical groups from Norway with local place of origin missing {{Metal-music-stub