Arckanum
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Few bands are as committed to their subject matter as Sweden's Arckanum, whose interest in the pagan ‘old ways' of their Viking ancestors and open worship of the God Pan transcend mere curiosity towards sheer obsession. Going so far as to compose his dark musical invocations in ancient Swedish, Arckanum's founder (and usually lone charter member), Shamaatae first broke bread with elves and trolls in 1992, but only obtained a record deal with Necropolis Records two years later on the strength of the 15-song "Trulen" demo. A proper debut, 1995's Fran Marder (meaning "From the Forest") followed, and its primitive black metal orchestrations provided a fitting background to Arckanum's eccentric lyrical musings -- as did conceptually continual follow-up efforts, 1997's Kostogher and 2000's epic double disc Kampen. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, RoviRelated Videos:
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| Arckanum | |
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| Origin | Dalarna, Sweden |
| Genres | Black metal |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Members | |
| Johan "Shamaatae" Lahger | |
| Past members | |
| Sataros Loke Svarteld |
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Arckanum is a Swedish black metal project formed in 1993 by Johan "Shamaatae" Lahger, who is the only constant member. Shamaatae is also an author of occult literature. His first published work, titled PANPARADOX, was released the 13th of July 2009 by Ixaxaar. His second book, GULLVEIGARBÓK, was released on December 2010 by Fall of Man. He has another additional book in progress called URAM.[1]
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History
Shamaatae joined his first band, Conquest, aged eleven, the band later evolving into Grotesque.[2] On leaving Grotesque, Shamaatae formed a technical death metal band called Disinterment, who recorded one demo and played a few gigs before splitting up.[2] At the end of 1992, Shamaatae decided to return to black metal and Arckanum was started. Initially a full band, it became a solo project after six months.[2] After several releases, by 1998 Shamaatae had discontinued working with Necropolis Records because they went under, and turned his attention to writing books on the subjects of Pan, Old Norse traditions, runic witchcraft and anti-cosmic Satanism/chaos-gnosticism.[2] He was still involved in music during this time still working with Arckanum and playing drums with The Hearsemen.[2] Arckanum’s album ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ was released on 1 June 2009.[2] Antikosmos and ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ featured the guest appearance of Set Teitan of the bands Dissection and Watain. Arckanum’s most recent album is Helvítismyrkr, which was released on 16 September 2011.
Lyrics
Arckanum’s lyrics deal mainly with the worship of Chaos, as well as anti-cosmic Satanism in the vein of Dissection.[3] He is noted for writing lyrics resembling Old Swedish, and he has stated that he tries to write his lyrics as grammatically correct as he can.[4] In his latest three albums however, the language is clearly meant to resemble Old Icelandic.
Discography
Albums
- Fran marder (May 15, 1995) Necropolis
- Kostogher (Feb. 20, 1997) Necropolis
- Kampen (1998) Necropolis
- The 11 Year Anniversary Album (Nov. 1, 2004) Carnal (compilation album)
- Antikosmos (June 21, 2008) Debemur Morti/Moribund
- ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ (May 29, 2009) Debemur Morti
- Sviga læ (Oct. 18, 2010) Regain Records
- Helvítismyrkr (Sept. 16, 2011) Season of Mist[5]
Demos
- Demo ‘93 (1993)
- Trulen (1994)
EPs
- Boka vm Kaos (Feb. 2002)
- Kosmos wardhin dræpas om sin / Emptiness Enthralls (Feb. 2003) (split release with Contamino)
- Kaos svarta mar / Skinning the Lambs (June 14, 2004) Carnal (split release with Svartsyn)
- Grimalkinz skaldi (June 13, 2008)
- Antikosmos (April 11, 2008)
- Hadelik (Sept. 7, 2008) (split release with Sataros Grief)
- Þyrmir (Oct. 30, 2009)
References
- ^ "Vexior". http://www.vexior.se/.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f Badin, Olivier (November 2008), "Prog-Gnosis", Terrorizer (176)
- ^ Mincemoyer, John (November 2008), "Arckanum - Antikosmos" (review)", Terrorizer (176)
- ^ Simon (2008-01-26). "Interview With Shamaatae Of Arckanum". emofag.net. http://emofag.net/2008/01/26/interview-with-shamaatae-of-arckanum/. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ Arckanum To Release New Album Through Season Of Mist
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