Nokturnal Mortum (Ukraine)

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Nokturnal Mortum is a black metal band from Ukraine. They started as a death metal band named Suppuration in 1992, then turned to black metal and changed their name to Crystalline Darkness but “had to change the name back in 1993/94 to Nocturnal Mortum because there already existed a band with that name in western underground.” Then the band “changed the letter so that we wouldn’t find a band with the same name again like it was the case with Crystaline Darkness. ” Nokturnal Mortum gained their first Western recognition with the release of their album Goat Horns, their second full length album, notable for having two keyboardists play on the album, often on the same song, and for mixing traditional Ukrainian music with black metal. As traditional instrumentation gained in significance and the lyrical concept moved away from black metal’s patterns, the newer releases are classified as pagan metal.

Current line-up

Knjaz Varggoth (Eugeny Gapon) - Vocals, Guitar, Folk Instruments (1994-) (Lucifugum (Ukr), Suppuration (Ukr), Crystaline Darkness,Aryan Terrorism, Warhead (Pol/Ukr), Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra, Vetche, Piorun, Temnozor) Saturious - Keyboards, Folk Instruments (1996-) (Finist, Vetche,Lucifugum (Ukr), Piorun, Anthropolatri, Conquest (Ukr), Khors, Aryan Terrorism, Temnozor, Astrofaes, Munruthel) Vrolok - Bass (2000-) (formerly Guitars) (Runes of Dianceht) Astargh - Guitar (2007-) (Astargh) Bairoth - Drums (2009-) (Astargh)

Former/past member(s)

Guitars: Wortherax (1994-1996) (Suppuration (Ukr), Finist, Crystaline Darkness) Karpath (1996-1999) (Crystaline Darkness, Vetche, Anthropolatri) Istukan (2000, also Drums) (Dub Buk) Alzeth (2002-2007) (Nagual, Hate Forest, Dark Ages (Ukr), Vaitmara) Bass: Xaarquath (1994-2002) (Suppuration (Ukr), Vetche) Drums: Munruthel (1994-2003) (Suppuration (Ukr), Crystaline Darkness,Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra, Runes of Dianceht, Finist, Lucifugum (Ukr), Piorun, Astrofaes, Silentium (Ukr), Kolo, Vetche) Khaoth (2000) (Astrofaes, Apeiron, Khors, Tessaract, Hate Forest,Ltd Mutanter, Litia, Flying) Odalv (2003-2009) (Munruthel, Svyatogor) Keyboards: Sataroth (1994-2003) (Suppuration (Ukr), Vetche, Dub Buk, Smile of Death) K (2003-2004)

Discography

Twilightfall	Demo, 1995	[edit]	[4 reviews, average 86%]
Black Clouds Over Slavonic Lands	Demo, 1995	[edit]
Вече	Split, 1996	[edit]
Lunar Poetry	Demo, 1996	[edit]	[4 reviews, average 86%]
Path of the Wolf / Return of the Vampire Lord	Split, 1997	[edit]
Return of the Vampire Lord	EP, 1997	[edit]	[1 review, 93%]
Marble Moon	EP, 1997	[edit]	[3 reviews, average 87%]
Goat Horns	Full-length, 1997	[edit]	[10 reviews, average 90%]
To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire	Full-length, 1998	[edit]	[6 reviews, average 81%]
NeChrist	Full-length, 1999	[edit]	[11 reviews, average 66%]
Return of the Vampire Lord · Marble Moon	Best of/Compilation, 2003	[edit]	[1 review, 55%]
The Taste of Victory	EP, 2004	[edit]	[5 reviews, average 72%]
Eleven Years Among the Sheep	Best of/Compilation, 2004	[edit]	[1 review, 95%]
Weltanschauung	Full-length, 2005	[edit]	[5 reviews, average 95%]
Eastern Hammer	Split, 2007	[edit]	[2 reviews, average 70%]
Live in Katowice	Live album, 2009	[edit]	[1 review, 80%]
Голос Сталі (The Voice of Steel)	Full-length, 2009	[edit]	[3 reviews, average 98%]