Aura Noir
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Aura Noir is a black metal band from Oslo, Norway. Aura Noir plays thrash/black metal, heavily influenced by early thrash/black bands like Slayer, Sodom and Kreator, to the latter they have also dedicated some of their songs. The bands main song-themes are blasphemy, death and aggressiveness.
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[edit] History
The band was formed in 1993 by Aggressor (Carl-Michael Eide) and Apollyon (Ole Jørgen Moe), who send 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 Erickson), who contributed to the release of Black Thrash Attack, their first full-length CD.
The band has recently (2004) signed with Tyrant Syndicate Productions, a sub-label of Peaceville Records, run by Fenriz of Darkthrone. On Tyrant Syndicate they released the critically acclaimed album The Merciless, featuring Nattefrost of Carpathian Forest and the aforementioned Fenriz.
The band has now been put on hold due to an accident to drummer Aggressor in late march, 2005. The drummer allegedly either jumped or fell out from a fourth floor window and landed on his legs after a ten metre fall. In May 2006 Aggressor appeared as a guest in the Norwegian radio programme Tinitus, where he confirmed sitting in a wheel-chair with the cause of being paralyzed from waist down.
[edit] Members
- Aggressor (Carl-Michael Eide) - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals (see also Ved Buens Ende, Cadaver Inc., Dødheimsgard, Satyricon, Ulver, Infernö and Virus)
- Apollyon (Ole Jørgen Moe) - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals (see also Dødheimsgard, Lamented Souls and Cadaver Inc.)
- Blasphemer (Rune Erickson) - Guitars (see also Mayhem)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio releases
- Dreams Like Deserts, (EP) – (1995)
- Black Thrash Attack – (1996)
- Deep Tracts of Hell – (1998)
- The Merciless – (2004)
[edit] Compilations
[edit] Demos
- Untitled demo, demo 1993
- Two Voices, one King, demo 1994
[edit] Split albums
- Überthrash, 2004. 4-way split with Audiopain, Infernö and Nocturnal Breed.
- Überthrash II, 2005. 4-way split with Audiopain, Infernö and Nocturnal Breed.
