Norway...The Land of Black Metal

DIMMU BORGIR · 2nd October 2006, 20:19

Norway is the country which has the best black metal bands.Norway is the second holly lands of the metalers&rockers...

Here I got some bands to show you how Norway's success !

(I know most of the forumers won't give a **** to this thread so I'm making it shorter to just read and learn

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Abomino Aetas

Abomino Aetas is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2005. Formed by Consitor Mortuus and former members of Pyx wanting to get back to the roots of when Black Metal was about attitude and feeling. The band is quite unique as none of the members have spesific roles in the band. All contribute equally in every of the bands musical aspects.

Ancient
Ancient is a Norwegian metal band that started as a solo project of guitarist Aphazel in 1992, subsequently adding drummer Grimm. Time went; they released their debut album, shortly after which Grimm left the band. Aphazel then moved to the United States, formed a new line-up and became obsessed with vampirism.

Home page http://www.ancientband.com/

Antestor

Antestor is one of Norway's earliest Christian Dark Metal groups. Antestor is the only Christian band to have an album released by Cacophonous Records, which usually releases albums by bands affiliated with Satanism, such as Dimmu Borgir, Sigh and Bloodstorm...

Aura Noir

Aura Noir is a black metal band from Oslo, Norway. Aura Noir plays thrash/black metal, heavily influenced by early thrash/black bands like Slayer, Sodom and Kreator, to the latter they have also dedicated some of their songs. The bands main song-themes are blasphemy, death and aggressiveness.

Bloodthorn

Bloodthorn is a Norwegian death metal band.

Since the early days of Bloodthorn back in 1992, the band's musical expression has developed and changed through their various releases. From the doomy, cold tunes of the ”Natteskyggen” demo, to the atmospheric debut ”In the Shadow of your black wings” and the sophomore album ”Onwards into Battle”, up to the aggressive wickedness of ”Under the Reign of Terror”. The later saw the band abandoning the female vocals and keyboards that had been so prominent on the first two albums and going back to their roots of raw, extreme metal.

Home Page www.bloodthorn.net

Borknagar

Borknagar is a progressive metal band from Bergen, Norway founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines folk metal and black metal with progressive and melodic elements. Borknagar's lyrics often deal with philosophy, paganism, nature, and the cosmos. The name Borknagar is an anagram of "Ragnarok", with a B thrown in to make it pronounceable (however, Øystein Brun stated once that the name was inspired by a Scottish myth about a man who climbed Loch Nagar, a mountain in Scotland).

DIMMU BORGIR
(The band I can die for)

Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band whose music has been very popular in several Scandinavian countries and Germany. "Dimmu Borgir" means "Dark City/Citadel/Castle/Fortress" in Icelandic, and is actually the name of an area of lava formations close to Mývatn, a lake in Iceland.

Dimmu Borgir was originally founded in 1993 by Shagrath, Silenoz, and Tjodalv. The band released an EP entitled Inn I Evighetens Mørke (1994) translated to English the title means "Into The Darkness of Eternity". This short EP sold out within weeks, and the band followed up with the full length album For All Tid (1994). This album featured musical contributions by members of Dødheimsgard and Ved Buens Ende. Interestingly enough, Shagrath played drums with Tjodalv on guitar and Erkekjetter (translating "arch heretic") Silenoz covering vocals. This lineup changed before the release of Stormblåst (translates to "Storm Blown") on Cacophonous Records in 1996. Stormblåst received high praise from many melodic black metal fans, and is often regarded a highlight of the band's career. It is also the last album which features all lyrics written and sung in Norwegian.

After Stormblåst, Dimmu Borgir's career took a sharp turn. Keyboardist Stian Aarstad left the band due to his obligation to serve in the Norwegian army, thus he was not able to participate in the recording of Devil's Path (1996). That period was also marked by the leave of their bassist Brynjard Tristan and the arrival of Nagash. Stian Aarstad returned for the recording of Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997). On the tour to support the album he had trouble attending rehearsals and tour dates, and he was fired from the band. Enthrone Darkness Triumphant was a huge success for the band, and it was their first release signed to the famous German record label Nuclear Blast. It was recorded in the Abyss Studios, owned by Hypocrisy's mainman Peter Tägtgren.

After the tour for Enthrone Darkness Triumphant the band recruited new members Mustis on keyboards and Astennu on second guitar so that Shagrath could concentrate on vocals.

Dimmu Borgir's following full-length albums Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999) and Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) both met critical acclaim. Some fans accused the band of "selling out" due to the mass audiences which the albums reached.

Despite regular video play on MTV2 and Fuse TV that their follow-up album would receive, the band has stated that they are not "commercially-oriented," and instead, they simply wish to spread their message to more people. In 2003, Dimmu Borgir used their major record label financial leverage to create a monumental album titled Death Cult Armageddon. Sections of the album were recorded with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra to enhance the classical arrangements which have always augmented the band's style.

In 2005, the band did a complete re-recording of the Stormblåst album, featuring Hellhammer of Mayhem fame as the session drummer

Home Page ( I've been a member for a long time to forum)

www.dimmu-borgir.com

Name of the other Norwegian Black Metal Bands

Burzum
Carpathian Forest
Darkthrone
Dødheimsgard
Emperor
Enslaved
Fleurety
Gorelord
Gorgoroth
Lldjarn
Immortal
Keep Of Kalessin
Khold
Koldbrann
Lengsel
Limbonic Art
Mayhem
Mezzerschmitt
Nattefrost
Old Man's Child
Ragnarok
Satyricon
Solefald
Taake
Thorns
Troll
Ulver
Ved Buens Ende
Vreid

Note: That list is just BLACK METAL! There are looots of Norwegian heavy,doom,death,folk,thrash metal bands!