Blut Aus Nord - Full-Length Discography (1995-2019)

Country : France
Formed in : 1994
Status : Active
Genre : Avant-Garde Black Metal
Lyrical Themes : Mythology, Paganism (early), Mysticism, Occultism, Philosophy, Individualism

Informations :

Blut Aus Nord is a French black metal band from Mondeville, Calvados, France, which has incorporated avant-garde elements in its music.
Vindsval began a solo project, under the name "Vlad", in 1993. He released two demos before changing the project's name to Blut aus Nord, before the release of Ultima Thulée in 1995. The next three albums were recorded with the aid of session musicians. It is only recently that the group has had any permanent members apart from Vindsval.
The project's most critically acclaimed release is The Work Which Transforms God, a concept album which, in spite of being mostly instrumental with none of the lyrics made public, is meant to challenge the listener's prejudices and preconceptions about reality and various metaphysical subjects.
On their follow-up release, 2006's MoRT, Blut aus Nord moved even further away from traditional black metal. The sound on MoRT is closer to experimental metal, comprising a mixture of dark and surreal noises and sounds that create a disturbing and bleak atmosphere.
Blut aus Nord's 2007 album Odinist: The Destruction of Reason by Illumination (the subtitle being a quote from Aleister Crowley, was leaked to the Internet on September 10, 2007. While the album's superficial sound is similar to that of MoRT, the album demonstrates a return to more traditional black metal songwriting and structure.
The name "Blut aus Nord" translates from German as "Blood from the North", though the non-standard grammar suggests nautical jargon (a more standard phrasing would be "Blut aus (dem) Norden" or "Blut von Nord(en)," though cardinal directions are seldom used in spoken German to begin with).
Two new albums, Deus Salutis Meæ and Hallucinogen, were released in 2017 and 2019 respectively.

Discography :

- Ultima Thulée (1995)
- Memoria Vetusta I: Fathers of the Icy Age (1996)
- The Mystical Beast of Rebellion (2001)
- The Work Which Transforms God (2003)
- MoRT (2006)
- Odinist - The Destruction of Reason by Illumination (2007)
- Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars (2009)
- 777 - Sect(s) (2011)
- 777 - The Desanctification (2011)
- 777 - Cosmosophy (2012)
- Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry (2014)
- Deus Salutis Meæ (2017)
- Hallucinogen (2019)