Blut Aus Nord
One of France's true innovators in the black metal scene,
Blut Aus Nord came into being in the mid-nineties and released
a few albums to some fanfare, but it's
The Work That Transforms God, released in 2003, where things
really get interesting.
The basics of this album is an odd, very dissonant, tone-warped
guitar sound, complex programmed drums, frequent ambient interludes
surrounding the harsher numbers, topped with mostly typical
(and often processed) black metal rasps, with songs ranging in tempo
from rapid-fire speed to almost doom droning.
Yet this description doesn't quite convey how unique this album
is.
It's harrowing, evil stuff, and while it's undeniably heavy, it
doesn't resort to mindless bludgeoning like many modern black metal
bands do.
With
The Work That Transforms God,
Blut Aus Nord have acheived something nearly impossible -- their
style is clearly within the confines of true black metal, and yet
this album sounds like no other band.
Current Members
Vindsval
vocals/guitars
GhÖst
bass
W.d.Feld
drums/programming
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Former Members/Guests
Ögat
bass
Ira Aeterna
bass
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Discography
Ultima Thulée
1995
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- The Son Of Hoarfrost
- The Plain Of Ida
- From Hlidskjalf
- My Prayer Beyond Ginnungagap
- Till I Perceive Bifrost
- On The Way To Vigrid
- Rigsthula
- The Last Journey Of Ringhorn
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Memoria Vetusta 1: Fathers Of The Icy Age
1996
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- Slaughterday (the Heathen Blood Of Ours)
- On The Path Of Wolf... Towards Dwarfhill
- Sons Of Wisdom, Master Of Elements
- The Forsaken Voices Of The Gosthwood"s Shadowy Realm
- The Territory Of Witches / Guardians Of The Dark Lake
- Day Of Revenge (the Impure Blood Of Theirs)
- Father Of The Icy Age
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The Mystical Beast Of Rebellion
2002
Adipocere
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- The Fall Chapter I
- The Fall Chapter II
- The Fall Chapter III
- The Fall Chapter IV
- The Fall Chapter V
- The Fall Chapter VI
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Reviews: Chronicles Of Chaos
Lords Of Metal
The Work Which Transforms God
2003
Adipocere
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- End
- The Choir Of The Dead
- Axis
- The Fall
- Metamorphosis
- The Supreme Abstract
- Our Blessed Frozen Cells
- Devilish Essence
- The Howling Of God
- Inner Mental Cage
- Density
- Procession Of The Dead Clowns
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Reviews: Chronicles Of Chaos
Sea Of Tranquility
Lords Of Metal
Metal Observer
(EP)Thematic Emanation Of Archetypal Multiplicity
2005
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- Enter (the Transformed God Basement)
- Level-1 (nothing Is)
- Level-2 (nothing Is Not)
- Level-3 (nothing Becomes)
- Exit (towards The Asylum)
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MoRT
2006
Candlelight
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
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Reviews: Chronicles Of Chaos
Sea Of Tranquility
Lords Of Metal
Odinist
2007
Candlelight
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- Intro
- An Element Of Flesh
- The Sounds Of The Universe
- Odinist
- A Few Shreds Of Thoughts
- Ellipsis
- Mystic Absolu
- The Cycle Of The Cycles
- Outro
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Reviews: Lords Of Metal
Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With The Stars
2009
Candlelight
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- Acceptance (Aske)
- Disciple’s Libration (Lost in the Nine Worlds)
- The Cosmic Echoes of Non-Matter (Immaterial Voices of the Fathers)
- Translucent Body of Air (Sutta Anapanasati)
- Antithesis of the Flesh (...and Then Arises a New Essence)
- ...the Meditant (Dialogue With the Stars)
- The Alcove of Angels (Vipassana)
- The Formless Sphere (Beyond the Reason)
- Elevation
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Reviews: Metal Underground
Metal Observer
What Once Was ... Liber 1
2010
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- Liber 1
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777 - Sect(s)
2011
Debemur Morti
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- Epitome 1
- Epitome 2
- Epitome 3
- Epitome 4
- Epitome 5
- Epitome 6
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Reviews: Sea Of Tranquility
777 - The Desanctification
2011
Debemur Morti
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- Epitome VII
- Epitome VIII
- Epitome IX
- Epitome X
- Epitome XI
- Epitome XII
- Epitome XIII
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(EP) What Once Was ... Liber II
2012
Debemur Morti
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- I
- II
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777 - Cosmosophy
2012
Debemur Morti
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- Epitome XIV
- Epitome XV
- Epitome XVI
- Epitome XVII
- Epitome XVIII
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