Ofermod
Ofermod ( ang., exuberance ') is a Black-/Death-Metal-Band from Norrköping, Sweden.
History
The band was founded in 1996 by Michayah Belfagor, which then his old band Nefandus established. In January 1998, the now out of him and singer Nebiros took on existing band in the studio Necromorbus the 7 " EP Mysterion Tés Anomias (Greek μυστήριον τῆς άνομίας, mystery of lawlessness '), which was published on Pounding Metal Productions. Successor as was originally the debut album Mystery of Iniquity planned, but which never appeared. Belfagor 2000, drew back from his musical activities to dedicate themselves fully to his occult studies and practices.
In 2003, Belfagor in prisons his activities as a guitar again and began to compose again. He was released in spring 2004 and reanimated Ofermod with the original singer Leviathan Nebiros and the new drummer Shiva in the summer of 2004. Following a re- imprisonment Belfagor came with Atum of dödfödd in contact and through this with TEHOM, and was able to complete the cast. In December 2004, the band recorded in Necromorbus studio on two songs that appeared on the re-release of the EP 2005. According Belfagor were Atum and TEHOM, contrary to the information on the EP and the former Ofermod page, but not involved in the recording. Atum was involved, among other things, at Emit with, later converted to Catholicism and plays in the band Reverorum ib Malacht.
For December 2005, the band announced record their debut album in Pentagrammaton Necromorbus studio where singer Leviathan Nebiros 'll share the song with Moloch; this is a spiritual brother and known under a different name in Spanish Black-/Death-Metal-Untergrund. The Pentagrammaton album did not materialize, Ofermods debut album was released in 2008 under the title Tiamtü and was resumed only by Belfagor and Nebiros; Belfagor of Ofermod announced, however, that juggernaut continues to work with his band and I will do the vocals at concerts, Nebiros should be prevented. Moloch had written half the text of the text to Eu Angelion; in the booklet of the album he is known as " frater Nasko of Teitanblood ".
Background
The band refers to the forces of the Sitra Achra ( סטרא אחרא ). Belfagor writes the lyrics in conjunction with meditation or astral travel, where he forces approaching, he writes, and composes in semi - trance, where the compositions are mainly based on his guitar work. The sounds he encounters in astral travel into the realm of the forces of Chaos are, according to Belfagor very difficult to duplicate, so he tried to capture the feel and atmosphere of these sounds and the phonetic form of his astral visions in his compositions. Ofermods style is considered to be independent, " not easily accessible " and as an inspiration for other Swedish bands like Watain and Ondskapt. Ofermod initially played raw Black Metal, Mayhem's De Mysteriis reminiscent of Dom Sathanas, but later took even death metal influences in the style of Morbid Angel on. On the second album Thaumiel doom metal elements and parallels to Samael's early work can be heard.
The band themselves described their music initially as " Orthodox Black Metal". The recordings for the re-release of the EP they called, however, as " Orthodox Death Metal ", as they no longer employed the word Satan, but wanted to keep his sacred essence unnamed, which had existed before the cosmos. Due to his occult experiences came Belfagor before the other members to this view, while these 2004 were still religious devil worshipers. The band refers in particular to the Kabbalah and represents the chaos as dark opposite side to the Creation, which it regards as the real evil. The materialisation of existence must, and will be reversed, as this is a curse, the life has taken its manifestation on themselves. The band uses terms like evil but also for his own vision of cosmic perspective.
Probably because of past controversial statements Belfagors whose other band Nefandus was moved to the vicinity of neo-Nazism. , He stresses, however, to have friends of all colors, and therefore to regard these claims as insulting. However, he had also contacts with neo-Nazis and other racists, but not because of their political views; with these he shared an interest in martial arts and Norse mythology.