Orcustus
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Orcustus is a black metalBlack metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band formed in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Norway
Norway
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, in early 2002
2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...
by Taipan, Dirge Rep, Infernus and Tormentor
Tormentor (musician)
Tormentor is a black metal musician who is best known for his work as guitarist with the Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth.-Biography:Tormentor joined Infernus in Gorgoroth in 1996, and participated as guitarist and songwriter on the two Gorgoroth albums Destroyer and Incipit Satan , both...
. Their moniker, meaning "the inner circle of Hell where Lucifer resides on his throne", was suggested by Dirge Rep and the band got approval to use it from the name's rightful owner, Bård "Faust" Eithun
Bård Faust
Bård Guldvik "Faust" Eithun is a Norwegian drummer. He is best known for his work with early black metal band Emperor, especially on the releases As the Shadows Rise and In the Nightside Eclipse...
, who published an underground fanzine
Fanzine
A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...
with the same name in the early 1990s.
Summer 2002 saw the band beginning to rehearse three tracks which eventually became the Demo 2002
Demo 2002 (Orcustus album)
Demo 2002 was the first release by the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus, founded by Taipan and featuring Infernus and Tormentor of Gorgoroth and Dirge Rep of Enslaved and Gehenna It was limited to 1000 copies on CD...
. These tracks were already written by Taipan for his former band Abattoir during the years 1998-2000. The demo was recorded in the autumn of 2002 and released early in 2003. The demo was quickly sold out, and garnered praise from well-known figures in the black metal scene, such as Fenriz
Fenriz
Leif Gylve Nagell , better known as Fenriz, is the drummer and lyricist of the Norwegian black metal duo Darkthrone...
of Darkthrone
Darkthrone
Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band. They formed in 1987 as a death metal band, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Norwegian black metal scene. For most of this period Darkthrone has consisted of just two musicians, Nocturno Culto and...
. This release led to a deal with the American label Southern Lord Recordings and later that year two tracks from the demo were released as the World Dirtnap
World Dirtnap
World Dirtnap is an EP by the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus. It was released the same year as their debut, the self-released Demo 2002, and contains the first two tracks of that demo. The EP was released on 7" vinyl only in late 2003, limited to 1100 copies - 800 copies on black vinyl and 300...
7” EP. Work for their debut album then began.
Teloch entered the band in 2004 and contributed with the track "Grin of Deceit" to the 2005 Wrathrash
Wrathrash
Wrathrash is the second EP released by the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus. It was released in 2005 on 7" vinyl only, by the US record label Southern Lord...
7” EP. The title track hailed from the Abattoir days. A track called "I Satans virke" was also recorded in that session for a split 7” EP with the Norwegian band Daudur due for release on Worship Him Records in 2009. Teloch’s involvement with Orcustus came to an end in 2006.
After five years in the making, recording the Orcustus full-length album commenced in spring 2007. Recording and mixing were completed in June 2008. By this time inner and outer adversity had taken its toll and the decision was made to end the band. However, in the last week of 2008, Dirge Rep and Taipan decided to pick up the pieces in order to resurrect Orcustus.
Discography
- Demo 2002Demo 2002 (Orcustus album)Demo 2002 was the first release by the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus, founded by Taipan and featuring Infernus and Tormentor of Gorgoroth and Dirge Rep of Enslaved and Gehenna It was limited to 1000 copies on CD...
(demo) (2003, Free Download at Misantrof Archives) - World DirtnapWorld DirtnapWorld Dirtnap is an EP by the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus. It was released the same year as their debut, the self-released Demo 2002, and contains the first two tracks of that demo. The EP was released on 7" vinyl only in late 2003, limited to 1100 copies - 800 copies on black vinyl and 300...
(7" vinyl EP) (2003) - WrathrashWrathrashWrathrash is the second EP released by the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus. It was released in 2005 on 7" vinyl only, by the US record label Southern Lord...
(7" vinyl EP) (2005) (Southern Lord Recordings) - OrcustusOrcustus (album)Orcustus is the debut full-length album of the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus. It was released by Southern Lord in March 2009.-Track listing:#"Coil" - 5:13#"Of Sophistry, Obsession and Paranoia" - 8:49#"Conversion" - 5:21...
(2009) (Southern Lord Recordings)