Aura Noir
- MEMBERS:
- Apollyon-Vocals, Guitars, Bass
- Blasphemer-Guitars
- Aggressor-Guitars, Vocals, Bass
BIOGRAPHY
Aura Noir is a Norwegian black thrash metal band from Oslo, Norway. Aura Noir is heavily influenced by early thrash bands such as Voivod, Slayer, Sodom and Kreator, to the latter they have also dedicated some of their songs. The band’s main lyrical themes focus on blasphemy, death, and aggression.
The band was formed in 1993 by Aggressor (Carl-Michael Eide) and Apollyon (Ole Jørgen Moe), who sent out a couple of demos before releasing the underground EP Dreams Like Deserts in 1995. In 1996, they were joined by Mayhem guitarist Blasphemer (Rune Eriksen), who contributed to the release of Black Thrash Attack, their first full-length CD.
In 2004, they were the first band to be signed to Tyrant Syndicate Productions, a sub-label of Peaceville Records, run by Nocturno Culto and Fenriz (both of Darkthrone). They released their next album The Merciless, which featured Nattefrost of Carpathian Forest and Fenriz on guest vocals.
The band was put on hold after Aggressor was in an accident in late March, 2005. It is alleged that he either jumped or fell out from a fourth floor window, and landed on his legs after falling ten metres. In May 2006, Aggressor appeared as a guest in the Norwegian radio programme Tinitus, where he confirmed he uses a wheelchair due to being paralyzed from the ankles down.
Despite this setback, the band continued to record new material, which resulted in a new full-length album, Hades Rise, being released on August 25, 2008, and, as of 2010, has played several live gigs with a replacement drummer.
At their 2011 gigs at Inferno and at the Party.San festival in Germany, Aggressor, still on crutches, joined them as the vocalist for several songs. He has since rejoined the band as a full-time recording and touring member on guitar and vocals, sitting on a stool on stage as he is still unable to walk or play drums.
The band signed with Norway’s Indie Recordings in 2012 and released their fifth studio album, Out to Die, on March 23rd, 2012.
VIDEOS
DISCOGRAPHY
Aura Noire / 2018
1. Dark Lung of the Storm
2. Grave Dweller
3. Hell’s Lost Chambers
4. The Obscuration
5. Demoniac Flow
6. Shades Ablaze
7. Mordant Wind
8. Cold Bone Grasp
9. Outro
Aura Noire is the sixth, and latest album by Norwegian blackened/thrash metal band Aura Noir, released in 2018 on Indie Recordings.
Out to Die / 2012
1. Trenches
2. Fed to the Flames
3. Abbadon
4. The Grin from the Gallows
5. Withheld
6. Priest’s Hellish Fiend
7. Deathwish
8. Out to Die
Out To Die is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian black/thrash metal band Aura Noir released in 2012 on Indie Recordings
Hades Rise / 2008
1. Hades Rise
2. Gaping Grave Awaits
3. Unleash the Demon
4. Pestilent Streams
5. Schitzoid Paranoid
6. Death Mask
7. Shadows of Death
8. Iron Night / Torment Storm
9. South American Death
10. The Stalker
Hades Rise is an album by the Norwegian black/thrash metal band Aura Noir. It features guest appearances by Danny Coralles(Autopsy, Abscess) and Blasphemer (ex-Mayhem). Art direction was by Carl-Michael Eide, layout by Justin Bartlett.
The Merciless / 2004
1. Upon the Dark Throne
2. Condor
3. Black Metal Jaw
4. Hell’s Fire
5. Black Deluge Night
6. Funeral Thrash
7. Sordid
8. Merciless
The Merciless is an album by the Norwegian black/thrash metal band Aura Noir. It features guest appearances by members of Darkthrone and Carpathian Forest. Design by Justin Bartlett.
Deep Tracts of Hell / 1998
1. Deep Tracts of Hell
2. Released Damnation
3. Swarm of Vultures
4. Blood Unity
5. Slasher
6. Purification of Hell
7. The Spiral Scar
8. The Beautiful, Darkest Path
9. Broth of Oblivion
10. To Wear the Mark
Deep Tracts Of Hell is the second full-length album by Norwegian black thrash metal band Aura Noir released in 1998 on Hammerheart Records.
Black Thrash Attack / 1996
1. Sons of Hades
2. Conqueror
3. Caged Wrath
4. Wretched Face of Evil
5. Black Thrash Attack
6. The Pest
7. The One Who Smite
8. Eternally Your Shadow
9. Destructor
10. Fighting for Hell
Black Thrash Attack is the first studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Aura Noir. This is the first album to feature Blasphemer (Rune Eriksen) from Mayhem on guitars. As indicated in the title, this album is a mix of black metal and thrash metal and as such contains quite a few hints at early German thrash bands such as Kreator and Destruction.
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