ARCTURUS aimed dangerously high with "La Masquerade Infernale" – but remarkably pulled off the extremely difficult feat of forging such widely differing elements into a wildly fascinating, over the top listening experience that has stood the test of time and surely deserves to be labelled a "masterpiece". Brilliant guitarist Knut Magne Valle replaced Carl August Tideman, which brought stability to this position of the band's line-up. Un album bastante bueno y el ultimo que sacarian bajo este nombre esta banda de death/thrash metal de Noruega (mas tarde cambiaria su nombre por Cadaver Inc. Vortex (BORKNAGAR) via the spaced-out electronic samples, classical instrumentation, and an even increased use of psychedelic guitar riffage alongside more "traditional" black and death metal elements. From quoting Edgar Allan Poe in operatic paraphrases by frontman Garm (ULVER) or the additional high notes from the unmistakable I.C.S. The Norwegians succeeded in wedding a devilish concept loosely based on the characters of Faust and Mephistopheles with an eclectic range of surreal sound elements into an album that is rightfully considered a prime example of what later came to be known as avant-garde metal. Ryland and Asgeir Mickelson) announced the official return of the band.On their sophomore full-length "La Masquerade Infernale" (1997), ARCTURUS took their musical experimenting three ambitious steps further. In September of 2011, Artisan (a blog and project run by Jens F. Arcturus is therefore not the same band as Mortem with simply a new name, but rather a different project featuring the same members.īroke up in April 2007, but reunited in 2011 and started touring again. After Forever Live (Pirata) Axel Rudi Pell Knights treasures Live And More. Their name, which means “Bear Guardian”, references the Behenian fixed star Arcturus.įormed in autumn 1990 (according to the band’s original bio, other sources say early 1991) as an off-shoot from Mortem, who continued in parallel with Arcturus for a few years. Arcturus is a Norwegian avant-garde black metal band formed in 1991.
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