Title: Arcturus
Typhon - November 11, 2006 09:39 PM (GMT)
This band are really interesting, Their sound is really unique. Their album Sham mirrors is one of the best that I have ever heard :D
scarygothgirl - November 11, 2006 09:41 PM (GMT)
in the game part of the forum?
Typhon - November 11, 2006 09:45 PM (GMT)
sorry :lol:
can this thread please be moved? :rofl:
beverly - November 12, 2006 02:24 AM (GMT)
hm...any links to share of them?
Typhon - November 12, 2006 02:35 AM (GMT)
I'll see if I can find some :D
here's Ad Abserdum a preview if their dvd :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URJKoWYmxQ8 beverly - November 12, 2006 02:38 AM (GMT)
beverly - November 12, 2006 02:48 AM (GMT)
Typhon - November 12, 2006 06:14 AM (GMT)
here is something quite interesting that I found
Also, here's a biography (from Metal Storm.ee)
| QUOTE |
1987-1990
Before Arcturus, there was Mortem, a death metal band formed in 1987 by Steinar (Sverd), Jan (Hellhammer), and Marius. Mortem released the Slow Death EP as a demo cassette, and later as a 7" EP on the French underground label Putrefaction Records. There are no other known recordings with this band.
1990-1993
Mortem changed their name to Arcturus in 1990, as they wanted to play a different style of music. The line-up still consisted of Jan, Steinar and Marius, and the My Angel 7" was released the following year, also on Putrefaction Records. After this, the band was put on ice for a while because of the departure of Marius, and due to the fact that Steinar was no longer interested in playing the guitar and wanted to concentrate on the keyboards.
1993-1995
Arcturus recruited Samoth as their new guitarist in 1993 while the young Kristoffer Rygg (Garm, of Ulver) joined as the new vocalist. The band recorded the Constellation mini-CD, which was released in 1994 on Samoth's record label Nocturnal Art. Constellation was meant only to be distributed as a promo for the upcoming album, and was thus limited to only 500 copies. Samoth left the band in 1994, partly because he had to serve a short prison sentence, and due his musical priorities being with other bands. This mini-CD is today a highly sought after black metal classic.
Carl August Tidemann joined the band to replace Samoth on guitars, and the band (together with Ulver's bass player Skoll) recorded their debut album Aspera Hiems Symfonia in 1995. The album consisted of the four songs featured on the mini-CD, plus four new compositions. The album was released on the Norwegian label Ancient Lore, and licensed by Century Media the following year for US distribution. Arcturus played a concert in the fall of 1995 at the release party of the album. Carl left the band after the recording, and was replaced by Knut Magne Valle.
1996-1999
In late 1996, Arcturus started the recording of their follow-up to Aspera Hiems Symfonia, which was to be titled La Masquerade Infernale (originally the album was intended to be named The Satanist). Released through the British label Misanthropy, the album was recorded over a period of almost 6 months, together with an authentic string quartet and a session appearance by Simen Hestnæs. This extremely innovative album was a huge success among music critics, and made Arcturus widely known and respected in the music scene.
Six remixed tracks from La Masquerade Infernale, along with one new track and one re-recorded track from Aspera Hiems Symfonia appeared on the 1999 release Disguised Masters. Several Norwegian artists from outside the metal scene collaborated with Arcturus on this album's remixes, creating some of the weirdest and most experimental material that Arcturus has released to date.
2000-2003
Not much was heard from the band for a while, and rumours said that Arcturus had broken up. Sometime in 2000 however, the band started the recording of the 2002 album The Sham Mirrors, which was to be the last release featuring Kristoffer Rygg on vocals. The album also featured a new bass player; Dag F. Gravem filled the gap after while Hugh Mingay took a short break from the band. The Sham Mirrors was finally released in April 2002, through the band's own label Ad Astra Enterprises. After the release, the band disappeared from sight, and again the rumours of a split circulated.
In early 2003, however, the news of the band rehearsing for upcoming live shows appeared. At the same time, it was announced that Kristoffer Rygg had left the band, and was to be replaced by Spiral Architect singer Øyvind Hægeland. Arcturus performed live at two festivals in Norway that year, at the Southern Discomfort Festival in Kristiansand, and the Hole in the Sky festival in Bergen.
2004
In September Arcturus went on a mini tour in Hungary, Germany, Italy and Greece, with excellent feedback. The line up for the live shows grew even stronger after these gigs, so they decided to keep on doing their theatrical avantgardistic performance more in the future. In December they will enter studio to produce their forthcoming album, followed by a headliner show at "Inferno London" in January. A longer European tour is also in the progress.
2005
In December, Øyvind decided to leave Arcturus because of work commitments. Simen Hestnæs, has taken over the part as permanent singer for the band, and will do his first show at the Inferno London Event in January. |
Titania - November 12, 2006 07:12 PM (GMT)
Arcturus rocks! :devil:
Check out their
Myspace Typhon - November 12, 2006 07:22 PM (GMT)
Thanks for the link Titania :D
cowluva - November 13, 2006 05:40 AM (GMT)
OMG i adore Arcturus! my fav songs are "the chaos path", "star crossed" and "Enter the Haggis" i think i heard them on gothmetal.net.
seriously though, they rock!
Typhon - November 13, 2006 08:15 AM (GMT)
I think I may have gotten something mixed up, but I seem to recall reading something that said that Simen Hestnæs was a better vocalist than Vortex.
This made me laugh, because they are the same person :rofl:
Titania - November 13, 2006 04:14 PM (GMT)
Hahaha, lol :lol: :lol:
I also think I've heard "Is Vortex the vocalist of Dimmu Borgir?"
Typhon - November 13, 2006 05:14 PM (GMT)
Yes, vortex plays base, and does backing vocals for Dimmu Borgir. :)
cowluva - November 14, 2006 06:00 AM (GMT)
i was gonna say....shagrath is the lead of Dimmu right?
Typhon - November 14, 2006 06:06 AM (GMT)
cowluva - November 14, 2006 05:33 PM (GMT)
yay! i love shaggy :P
so i watch that arcturus video on youtube-- they're so random and weird, i think that's part of why i love them
Typhon - November 14, 2006 05:50 PM (GMT)
yeah, I like that about then too :)
beverly - November 14, 2006 06:10 PM (GMT)
i liked star crossed. personally i like the older vocals more (i think his name is christopher :unsure: ).
Typhon - November 14, 2006 06:24 PM (GMT)
star crossed is fantastic, glad you like it :D
beverly - November 14, 2006 06:28 PM (GMT)
what album did you say i'm supposed to look at, now? i forgot :lol:
cowluva - November 16, 2006 11:56 PM (GMT)
i don't even know which vocalist i like- which one did the Chaos path?
Typhon - November 17, 2006 12:01 AM (GMT)
@bev I recommend The Sham Mirrors for you :D
@cowluva I could be mistaken, but I'n fearly certain Vortex is the vocalist on that track :)
cowluva - November 17, 2006 05:19 AM (GMT)
he's the one that i like then :D
Titania - November 18, 2006 08:29 PM (GMT)
Yup, that's correct, and he impressed me on the DVD, cause he did so well on all the tracks, both old and new. Alone is my favourite!
Titania - November 18, 2006 08:31 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Typhon @ Nov 13 2006, 05:14 PM) |
| Yes, vortex plays base, and does backing vocals for Dimmu Borgir. :) |
Ah, that explains it! :P
I don't like Dimmu too much.
Typhon - November 18, 2006 08:46 PM (GMT)
bacedon that video I found, Vortex did do quite well. I didn'tactually realise he was on the second album untill I red it in that biography I found. :lol:
Titania - November 18, 2006 09:24 PM (GMT)
Neither did I.
La Masquerade is my fav album.
Typhon - November 18, 2006 09:29 PM (GMT)
I really like the track Master Of Descuise. It's great that's it's on the dvd! :D But my favourite album is The Sham Mirrors. It would have been great if Star crossd was on the dvd as well, I love that song :D
Titania - November 18, 2006 09:48 PM (GMT)
I'll have to go buy that album soon.
I hated Master of Disguise like the five first times I listened to it. In fact I wasn't too impressed by anything on that album before I had given it some serious amont of listening-time. Now I can't get enough of it. :P Acrturus' music is special as nothing else.
Typhon - November 18, 2006 09:52 PM (GMT)
Yeah, I agree. Thru are one of a kind :D
cowluva - November 20, 2006 04:58 AM (GMT)
the sham mirrors is my fav as well i think
Typhon - November 20, 2006 05:10 AM (GMT)
cowluva - November 20, 2006 05:13 AM (GMT)
beverly - November 20, 2006 05:14 AM (GMT)
how many of you have found their albums in stores?
Typhon - November 20, 2006 05:21 AM (GMT)
I found all of them in stores :)
beverly - November 20, 2006 05:24 AM (GMT)
good news :D thanks! :ahug:
Typhon - November 20, 2006 05:36 AM (GMT)
cowluva - November 21, 2006 07:05 AM (GMT)
i don't think i've found them yet, but i'm not near the store that carried all of the foreign stuff anymore :( i'll look when i go back home
Titania - November 22, 2006 06:23 PM (GMT)
Good luck then.
I found mine in a store where they specialise in metal, but my first meeting with the band was a CD I borrowed from the library :P