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TITLE: SPHERE OF NEBADDON ~ THE DAWN OF DYING TYFFERETH FORMAT: CD CATALOG NUMBER: SRP 01 TOTAL TRACKS: 10 SONGS (50 MINUTES) MUSIC STYLE: EPIC DOOM METAL RELEASE DATE: 08, MARCH 1996 TRACK LIST: IN THE FORGOTTEN MELANCHOLIC WAVES OF THE ETERNAL SEA, CELESTIAL DIMENSIONS INTO SILENCE, THE VASTNESS OF A DESOLATED GLORY, SLAVES IN THE IMAGINARY ABYSSAL LINE, GOLDEN BELLS FROM THE ETERNAL FROST, EXOTIC VOLUPTUOUSNESS OF A LOST FEELING OF LIFE, MYTHOLOGICAL COLD TOWERS, ...OF INEXISTENCY, A PORTAL TO MY DARKEST SOUL, SPHERE OF NEBADDON. OVERVIEW: THE BAND WAS FOUNDED IN OCTOBER OF ‘94 FEATURING HAMON, NECHRON AND FLAGELLUM WHOSE FORMER BANDS HAD SPLIT UP. THEIR PURPOSE WAS TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERIC AND MELODIC BAND YET HEAVINESS ON THEIR DARKEST EXPRESSIONS WITH LYRICS BASED ON OBSCURE TALES, FANTASY, MAGIC AND ANCIENT TIMES. TO COMPLETE THE LINE-UP SAMEJ, AKENATON AND LEONARD JOINED THE BAND. AT THE END OF ’94 THEY SIGNED WITH SOUND RIOT. THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN JANUARY OF ‘95 AND MASTERED BY R.M.S. STUDIOS IN THE FRANCE, THE SAME STUDIO USED FOR IMMORTAL AND NIGHTFALL. THE COVER GOT A SUBLIME AND IMPRESSIVE LAYOUT DONE BY MR. KARMANIK OF COLD MEAT INDUSTRY. A PRODUCTION TOTALLY OUT THE BRAZILIAN STANTARD, IT IS A TOP QUALITY PRODUCT WITH WONDERFUL PACKAGE CD MANUFACTURED BY SONY DADC FROM AUSTRIA, A REAL EUROPEAN PRODUCT. “SPHERE OF NEBADDON” WAS RELEASED IN MARCH OF ‘96 ONLY BECAUSE OF HIGH BUDGET ON IT BUT THE FINAL RESULT WAS BRILLIANT! A POWERFUL AND MAGNIFICENT ALBUM WITH MAJESTIC TUNES ON DEEP ATMOSPHERES AND BOMBASTIC PASSAGES! VERY STRONG AND POSITIVE REACTIONS/OPINIONS TO THE BAND AS WELL AS CD FOR MANY PEOPLE, PUBLICATIONS, DISTRIBUTORS, PRESS-AGENTS, RADIOS, LABELS AND BANDS WHOLE OVER THE WORLD. LINE-UP (in recording): SAMEJ (VOCALS), FLAGELLUM (GUITARS), NECHRON (GUITARS), AKENATON (KEYBOARDS), HAMON (DRUMS), LEONARD (BASS) TITLE: TORDENKRIG FORMAT: CD CATALOG NUMBER: SRP 03 TOTAL TRACKS: 10 SONGS (35 MINUTES) MUSIC STYLE: FROST METAL (MELODIC BLACK METAL) RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 1999 TRACK LIST: SKOGROST, VIKINGMAKT, ISKALDT RASERI, NIRGESRIKET HYLLES, HERSKER AV MORKET, FOR ALL TID, A FUNERAL MEMORIAL, BEHIND THE SNOWCOVERED MOUNTAINS, ATTACK OF THE NORTHERN FROSTWINDS, BLACK BESTIAL FUNERAL. OVERVIEW: STARTED DURING THE WINTER OF 1997 BY MASSACRA AND TUNDRA, BOTH HAD A DELICATE BACKGROUND IN VARIOUS BLACK METAL BANDS. THEIR FIRST DEMO WAS CALLED “NORDGESRIKET HYLLES” AND DURING THE SUMMER TUNDRA SPLIT WITH FROSTMOON AND SO, MASSACRA WAS THE ONLY MEMBER LEFT. HE RECORDED FOUR MORE DEMOS ALONE, THE LAST DEMO WAS “MASSACRAS FUNERAL”. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THAT NEITHER OF THE SO FAR RECORDED DEMO WAS PROMOTED AND RELEASED IN THE UNDERGROUND. AFTER THAT, FROSTMOON WAS CONTACTED BY OSKOREI PRODUCTIONS (OF NORWAY) TO ENTER IN THEIR CD COMPILATION, THE CHOSEN SONG WAS “VIKING MAKT” BUT AS ITS RESULT WAS BRILLIANT, OSKOREI DECIDED TO OFFER THEM A CONTRACT FOR A 7”EP AND FROSTMOON WERE THEN SIGNED FOR “TORDENKRIG” 7”EP. AT THIS POINT, MASSACRA RECRUITED VINTERFROST TO DO THE SAME JOB AS TUNDRA ONCE DID. THIS 7”EP WAS RELEASED IN APRIL OF 1998, CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF SOUND RIOT PRODUCTIONS (OF BRAZIL) TO PUT FROSTMOON ON CD FORMAT. HOPEFULLY THIS COOPERATION WAS ARRANGED THROUGH OSKOREI AND SO, SOUND RIOT WILL RELEASED A CD ENTITLED “TORDENKRIG” OF FROSTMOON. THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS THEIR PREVIOUS 7”EP, 2 UNRELEASED NEW TRACKS AND MORE 3 NEW TRACKS TAKEN OF THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM ENTITLED “BLACK BESTIAL FUNERAL” ON OSKOREI PRODUCTIONS. “TORDENKRIG” IS A POWERFUL RELEASE TO SHOW THE POTENCIAL OF THIS PROMISING AND TALENTED NEWCOMER FROM NORWAY IN ADVANCE. LINE-UP: MASSACRA (ALL INSTRUMENTS & VOCAL), VINTERFROST (VOCALS ARRAGEMENTS & CHOIR) | |