Zyklon B
| Zyklon B | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Black metal |
| founding | 1995 |
| resolution | 1999 |
| former members | |
| Tomas Thormodsæter "Samoth" Haugen | |
| Kjetil "Frost" Haraldstad | |
| Bjørn Dencker "Draug Aldrahn" Gjerde | |
| Vegard Sverre "Ihsahn" Tveitan | |
Zyklon-B was a Norwegian black metal band that existed from 1995 to 1999. The name of the band refers to Zyklon B , originally developed as a pesticide , which was used in gas chambers during the Nazi era ; the band pointed out in the booklet for the EP and in interviews that they were apolitical.
The band consisted of Tomas "Samoth" Thormodsæter Haugen ( guitar and bass ) and Vegard Sverre "Ihsahn" Tveitan ( keyboard ) from the band Emperor , Kjetil "Frost" Haraldstad ( drums ) from Satyricon and Björn "Aldrahn" Dencker Gjerde (vocals) from Dødheimsgard . The band only recorded a single eleven-minute EP , to which the then imprisoned ex-Emperor and Ex- Thorns drummer Bård G. Eithun contributed the lyrics to Bloodsoil . The three tracks on it were also released on a split with Swordmaster. The piece Warfare was released in 1999 in a different version under the name Total Warfare (Sea Serpent Remix) on a split with Mayhem . This remix is also included on re-releases of the EP.
Zyklon-B played a consistently fast form of Black Metal with subtle keyboard use and without the screeching vocals that are common in Norwegian Black Metal bands .
From 1998 to 2010 guitarist Haugen played in the now defunct band Zyklon .
Discography
- 1995: Blood Must be Shed (EP; Malicious Records)
- 1996: Blood Must be Shed / Wraths of Time (Split-7 "with Swordmaster ; Mystic Production )
- 1999: Necrolust / Total Warfare (Split-7 "with Mayhem ; Vinyl Collectors)
Individual evidence
- ↑ SAMOTH of EMPEROR . In: Petrified , No. 4, Winter 1996.