Night mystery

Night mystery
General information
Genre (s)	Extreme Metal (until 2002) Psychedelic Rock / Extreme Metal (later)
founding	2000, 2014
resolution	2013
Website	http://www.battlekommand.com/nachtmystium/nachtmystium.html ( Memento from July 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Current occupation
Vocals , guitar	Blake Judd
Vocals, bass , guitar, keyboard	Martin van Valkenstijn (since 2017)
Drums	Nolan Jenkins (since 2018)
Bass (live)	Peter Truax (since 2017)
Guitar (live)	Jacob Dye (since 2017)
former members
guitar	Jeff Wilson (2006-2010)
Keyboard	Sanford Parker (2008-2013)
bass	John Necromancer
Drums	Zack Simmons (2008-2009)
Drums	Bob Fouts (2009)
guitar	Aamonael
Bass, keyboard	Christopher Weston "Chris Black" Maycock (2004)
Drums	Matt "Xaphar" Block (2002-2003)
Drums	Jean Graffio (2017-2018)
bass	Neill "Imperial" Jameson (2005)
bass	Marcus Matthew Kolar (2001-2002)
Guitar, bass	Markus Launsburry
Drums	Tony Laureano
Vocals, guitar, keyboard	Kriglord (2001-2002)
bass	Zion Meagher (2000-2001)
Drums	Pat "Noctis" McCormick (2000–2002)
Drums	David "Grave" / "G. Reymond "Swanson (2002)
singing	Peter "Zmij" Kenar (2000-2001)
bass	Andrew Markuszewski (2002-2003, 2011-2013)
Drums	Charlie Fell
guitar	Mike Legros (2003-2004)
guitar	Sinic (2006)
guitar	Pat Clancy (2010)

Nachtmystium is an American psychedelic rock / extreme metal band with musical roots in black metal . It was founded by Blake "Azentrius" Judd and Pat "Noctis" McCormick.

history

Nachtmystium was founded as a side project by Blake Judd and Pat McCormick. The band has been heavily influenced by the music of black metal bands like Darkthrone and Burzum , which is evident in their first album, Reign of the Malicious, from 2002. The second album, Demise from 2004, was described by Judd as the band's final "straight-forward-'raw-black-metal '" album. The following two albums, Eulogy IV (2004) and Instinct: Decay (2006), contained psychedelic rock and experimental musical elements previously used by bands such as Black Sabbath , The Doors and Pink Floyd . Instinct: Decay received mostly positive reviews. DEAF SPARROW Zine , praised the album for its innovations, while Decibel magazine went further and named it the fourth best album of 2006. The fourth studio album Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1 was released on June 10, 2008 in the United States. The album was largely well received, with Pitchfork Media and MTV's Headbanger's Ball praising it as one of the best albums of the year.

Live at Hole In The Sky, 2008

The band made their first appearance in Scandinavia when they took part in the Hole in the Sky Festival in Bergen , Norway in 2008 . Nachtmystium toured with Opeth , Baroness and High on Fire on the first half of their American tour , among others . In September 2008 the band confirmed that they were working on a revised version of Demise , which should contain two additional songs. In spring 2009, Nachtmystium also announced the EP Doomsday Derelicts . The band suffered major setbacks in February and March 2009. Nachtmystium had to cancel participation in the Scion Rock Fest in Atlanta , Georgia due to claims that the band was part of the NSBM scene (see Relationship to the NSBM Scene ). Later the band had to cancel their tour with The Haunted because Judd had injured his leg.

In September 2009, Nachtmystium announced another album after Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 , which should be called Addicts: Black Meddle, Part II . According to Judd, the album will contain new songs with “more of a rock and roll edge over all” and reflect the band's interest in the industrial and post-rock genres . The album was released on June 8, 2010. The band also performed at the Inferno Festival in Oslo on April 3, 2010 , where they shared the stage with Mayhem , Finntroll and Taake .

After imprisonment and drug problems, Blake Judd announced the official end of Nachtmystium on November 13, 2013. On August 1, 2014, however, the last album The World We Left Behind was released .

In various interviews, including in Rock Hard , Blake Judd said, however, that the band has not broken up. Shortly after these statements, however, it was announced that the record company Century Media had separated from the band because Blake Judd had withheld funds from fans for records, which he had also confirmed in an interview with Rock Hard .

style

Although Nachtmystium was heavily influenced by Norwegian Black Metal at the beginning and performed with groups like Angelcorpse , Goatwhore and Watain , Judd has stated several times that Nachtmystium should not be viewed as a Black Metal band per se. In an interview with the DEAF SPARROW Zine , Judd said: “What separates us from your average black metal band is that we're NOT a black metal band, we're a 'do-whatever-the-fuck-we-want' metal band and black metal happens to be what we build our foundation off of, if you must categorize the rhythm sections of our music ”. J. Bennet of Decibel Magazine described the band's musical style as "Blackadelia". Jason Bracelin of the Las Vegas Review Journal compared the band's latest work with Pink Floyd's and claimed, “ Assassins is what happens when Pink goes black” . Since the release of Assassins , the band received from the media such. B. Terrorizers and Metal Maniacs , more attention. While the band representing himself, to have removed in their development of black metal, called Carlos Ramirez of IGN .com Assassins as one of the top ten black metal albums.

Relationship to the NSBM scene

Nachtmystium's second demo recording, called Unholy Terrorist Cult , was unofficially re-released in 2001 by the American NSBM label Vinland Winds after the band had released it themselves with the imprint of Majestic Twilight Creations. Without the band's knowledge, Vinland Winds continued to produce CDs, the design of which differed significantly from the original. The band later became aware of this version, but told their own label that they didn't care, as Vinland Winds also had titles from labels that did not belong to the neo-Nazi scene. Nachtmystium's debut album, Reign of the Malicious , was recorded on Regimental Records and distributed by Unholy Records, a sub-label of Resistance Records . In 2006 Judd said:

“In the past, we've had some indirect ties to labels and bands that are part of the NS scene […] At one point not too many years ago, it wasn't uncommon for NS labels or bands to trade and work with non-politically motivated bands and labels because at the end of the day, we're all trying to promote, release, and be involved with music — all politics aside. Today it seems like there's less of a connection, at least for me and my label. We don't oppose people's right to be 'NS' or whatever — that's a personal choice, and if you live in the USA, you have the right to that opinion. Even though I personally, my band (s) and my label have absolutely no interest in being a part of that scene, I will ALWAYS take their side when it comes to their freedom of speech being imposed upon. "

On February 28, 2009, shortly before the Scion Rock Fest in Atlanta , the band was forced to cancel their participation after festival promoter and sponsor Toyota on February 23, 2009 an anonymous person said that Nachtmystium was a “Nazi -Band, ”raised concerns about the band's participation. Judd immediately published a statement from the band:

“We will be taking legal action against the people who slandered us in this situation, and in the future will file defamation / slander charges against any person or organization who attempts to prevent us from performing anywhere, especially in the United States. We are as offended by this as someone might be at the notion of a Nazi band playing a big corporate-sponsored festival. So - let it be known loud and clear for the LAST TIME, we ARE NOT a Nazi band, ARE NOT political, are certainly NOT racists and DO NOT support that world or any band, person or business affiliated with it. "

He also apologized to the Nachtmystium fans who had traveled to the festival to support the band.

Discography

Demos

• 2000: Holocaust of Eternity ( MC ; self-distribution)
• 2001: Unholy Terrorist Cult (CDR; Majestic Twilight Creations)

Studio albums

• 2002: Reign of the Malicious (CD / LP / MC; Regimental Records)
• 2004: Demise (CD / LP / MC; Autopsy Kitchen Records)
• 2006: Instinct: Decay (CD / LP; Battle Kommand Records, Southern Lord)
• 2008: Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1 (CD / LP / 2xLP; Century Media )
• 2010: Addicts: Black Meddle, Part II (CD / 2xLP; Century Media)
• 2012: Silencing Machine (CD / 2xLP / 2x 12 " ; Century Media)
• 2014: The World We Left Behind (CD / CDR / 2xLP; Century Media)
• 2018: Ancient Howls of Dawning Fury (CD; Ascension Monuments Media)

Concert albums

• 2002: Live Onslaught (MC; Majestic Twilight Creations)
• 2003: Live Blitzkrieg (LP; Autopsy Kitchen Records)
• 2005: Live Onslaught 2 (CDR; self-distribution)
• 2005: Visual Propaganda: Live from the Pits of Damnation (DVD, Pagan Flames Productions)
• 2011: Live at Roadburn 2010 (CD / LP; Roadburn Records )
• 2017: Live Decay: Roadburn Rites 2012 (CD; Ascension Monuments Media)

EPs

• 2003: Nachtmystium (CD / 12 "; Autopsy Kitchen Records;)
• 2004: Eulogy IV (CD / 12 "/ MC; Total Holocaust Records , Perverted Taste )
• 2008: Worldfall (CD / 12 "/ MP3; Century Media)
• 2009: Doomsday Derelicts (CD / 12 "/ MP3; Battle Kommand Records)
• 2018: Resilient (CD / 2xCD / 12 "; Prophecy Productions )
• 2018: Premonitions Of Imminent Disaster: The World We Left Behinds Demos (CD / MC; Ascension Monuments Media)

Split releases

• 2001: Nachtmystium / Zalnik with Zalnik (MC; Majestic Twilight Creations)
• 2004: Nachtmystium / Xasthur with Xasthur (7 "; Autopsy Kitchen Records)
• 2005: Daze West with War (7 "; Eerie Art Records)
• 2011: I Wait In Hell / Shuttle I with Murmur (7 "; Inferna Profundus Records)
• 2018: In the Valley of Death, Where Black Metal Is King with Leviathan (CD / 12 "/ MC; Ascension Monuments Media)

Singles

• 2012: As Made ( 7 " ; Century Media)

Compilations

• 2004: The First Attacks, 2000-2001 (CD / LP; Regimental Records)
• 2004: Reign Of The Malicious + Nachtmystium (CD; Desire Of Goat Productions)
• 2017: Retox: Remixes and Rarities (CD; Earache Records)

Contributions to compilations (selection)

• 2003: My Vengeance on Death To Mental Slaves (DVD + CD; Pagan Flames Productions)
• 2004: Kronet and Bak to lysende oyne on Gathered Under the Banner of Strength and Anger: A Homage to Ildjarn (CD; Pestilence Records)
• 2006: Gaze Upon Heaven In Flames on To The Triumph Of Evil - A Tribute To Judas Iscariot (CD / 2xLP; ISO666 Releases)
• 2008: Ghosts Of Grace on 7th Deadly Metal For The Masses (CD; Century Media)
• 2011_ Addicts on Blood Ceremonies (CD + DVD; AFM Records )

Web links

• Nachtmystium website ( Memento from July 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• Nachtmystium on MySpace
• Nachtmystium at Century Media ( Memento from April 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Night mystery at exclaim
• Nachtmystium at Discogs (English)
• Nachtmystium at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} " Nachtmystium, Official MySpace Homepage ". Retrieved June 2, 2008
2. ↑ Genghis Tron & Nachtmystium Part II . In: Youtube , Contraband Candy, June 16, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008. 
3. ^ Mitchell Chris: Interview with Azentrius . In: metalcrypt.com , The Metal Crypt, March 11, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2008. 
4. ↑ atmf.net "Delirium": Nachtmystium 07/2005 , Aeternitas Tenebrarum Music Foundation. July 2005. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2008. 
5. ^ ^{A b} J. Bennet: Nachtmystium take underground black metal into hyperspace , Decibel Magazine . June 2, 2008. Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. 
6. ↑ Blake Judd Interview , Left Hand Path. August 13, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2008. 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Bob Gendron: Nachtmystium's new album , Chicago Tribune . June 1, 2008. Archived from the original on June 5, 2008 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 3, 2008.  
8. ↑ NACHTMYSTIUM - Instinct: Decay review , DEAF SPARROW Zine. 2006 . Archived from the original on June 15, 2008 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 19, 2008.  
9. ↑ Kory Grow: # 4 Album of the Year , Decibel Magazine . 2007 . Archived from the original on April 6, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2008. 
10. ↑ Exclusive Podcast: Nachtmystium's Blake Judd Discusses Black Metal, Psychedelic Art and Heavy Metal Hamburgers , Headbangers Ball's Blog . July 25, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2008. 
11. ↑ Brandon Stosuy: Nachtmystium: Assassins: Black Meddle, Pt. 1 [Century Media / Candlelight; 2008 ] . In: Pitchfork , July 9, 2008. Archived from the original on July 12, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2008. 
12. ↑ NACHTMYSTIUM Announce US Tour With Wolves In The Throne Room . In: The Gaunlet , August 27, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2008. 
13. ↑ Chris Harris: Opiate For The Masses' Manifesto Features New Bassist, Snoring Bulldogs; Plus Opeth, Slipknot & More News That Rules, In Metal File , MTV . July 11, 2008. 
14. ↑ NACHTMYSTIUM: 'Demise' To Be Reissued With Bonus Tracks - Sep. 30, 2008 . In: roadrunnerrecords.com , Blabbermouth.net , September 28, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2008. 
15. ↑ News du December 21, 2008 (French) , Lifeless Zine. December 21, 2008. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 11, 2009.  
16. ↑ ^{a b c d} Tom Jones: Nachtmystium deny racism charge. Regardless, Toyota kicked them off this weekend's Scion Rock Fest , Brooklyn Vegan . February 27, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2009. 
17. ↑ Ollie Hynes: Nachtmystium Drops Off Tour With The Haunted , metalunderground.com . March 16, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009. 
18. ↑ NACHTMYSTIUM To Enter Studio In January - September 2, 2009 . In: Blabbermouth.net , BlabberMouth.net, September 26, 2009. 
19. ↑ NACHTMYSTIUM Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO Festival - Nov. 2, 2009 . In: Roadrunner Records , BLABBERMOUTH.NET , November 8th, 2009. Archived from the original on September 11th, 2012 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 10, 2009.  
20. ↑ Nachtmystium: Blake Judd behind bars on charges of theft . Rock hard . Retrieved November 23, 2013.
21. ↑ Nachtmystium: Blake Judd puts tape on hold due to withdrawal . Rock Hard magazine. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
22. ↑ Nachtmystium: Blake Judd announces the official end . Rock Hard magazine. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
23. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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25. ^ Wolfgang Liu Kuhn: The world . A nightmare. In: Rock Hard . No. 328 , 2014, p. 53 .
26. ↑ deafsparrow.com Staff: Nachtmystium Interview , Deaf Sparrow Zine. 2005. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 2, 2008.  
27. ↑ Jason Bracelin: This Year Proving Good for Your Ears . In: Las Vegas Review-Journal , .redorbit.com, July 16, 2008. 
28. ↑ Nachtmystium join Opeth, High on Fire tour , The Gauntlet. July 30, 2008. 
29. ↑ Carlos Ramirez: 10 Great Black Metal Albums , IGN . January 6, 2009, p. 5. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 15, 2009.  
30. ^ ^{A b} J. Bennett, Decibel, May 2006. NSBM Special Report ( Memento of February 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved September 18, 2008.
31. ↑ Nachtmystium, February 2009. Myspace. Retrieved February 27, 2008.