Keep of Kalessin
Keep of Kalessin is a Blackened Death Metal band that spawned back in 1994,… Read Full Bio ↴Keep of Kalessin is a Blackened Death Metal band that spawned back in 1994, under the name Ildskjaer, by the hand of Ghâsh and Obsidian C., later joined by Vyl and Warach. The band's violent yet dark and epic black metal - as well as the somewhat mysterious monicker and lyrics - are inspired by the work of American fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Farthest Shore". With this concept in mind, the guys recorded the first demo "Skygger Av Sorg" in the Fall of 1996, though several problems in finding a proper rehearsal room made this task rather difficult. As a matter of fact, the lack of practice resulted in an untight performance on tape and a consequent limited distribution for it. Only ten labels and magazines received it but the response was surprisingly positive, gracing the band with a contract from Italy's Avantgarde Music.
The debut album "Through Times Of War" was recorded in Summer 1997 in Brygga Studios, Trondheim, Norway, and presented the band with a crystal-clear yet heavy production on some ear-blasting music which has been often compared to Mayhem's opus "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas". A couple of years later, after some pretty successful gigs played around Norway together with Bloodthorn, the quartet returned with "Agnen: A Journey Through The Dark", again recorded in the much-appreciated Brygga Studio. With this second album the band actually distanced themselves from the now-trendy Norwegian black metal style, picking up influences from the thrash metal and death metal genres, thus establishing a rather more Swedish-oriented sound. But the guys did not forget their roots and therefore they took part in the much anticipated Mayhem tribute album released by Avantgarde Music itself. Their superb interpretation of "Buried By Time And Dust" put them right up there with the likes of Emperor, Gorgoroth and Dark Funeral - just to name a few of the top-class bands that also appeared on this ambitious project.
In the year 2000 the line-up split due to personal reasons, but guitarist and songwriter Obsidian C. wouldn't let that stop him. He continued to make Kalessin-style music and developed his own style even more. This ultra-fast, brutal and yet melodic style needed a drummer, but in the small town of Trondheim he was unable to find one that could keep up with his riffing. Almost three years would pass before he was offered the job in Satyricon after he had auditioned and but some 30 other guitarists from all over the world who had applied for the job. As soon as he was a part of Satyricon he was also in contact with one of black metal's fastest and most brutal drummers, Frost.
Frost heard the new Keep Of Kalessin material and immediately said yes when Obsidian C. asked him to do the drumming on his new EP. Touring with Satyricon also made it possible for Obsidian C. to recruit the legendary Attila Csihar who did the vocals on Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. The three piece line-up recorded the "Reclaim" EP, released in 2004, and put the band into the elite black metal scene of Norway. However, due to the distance between Frost, Attila and Obsidian C., this line-up couldn't last. Obsidian C. was determined to bring Keep Of Kalessin to the masses and has seen that live performance is a must for doing that. He teamed up with early Kalessin drummer Vyl and found a perfect replacement for Attila as well as a new bass player. Together with the same lyric writer from the Reclaim EP, Torstein Parelius, Obsidian C. spent the next two years working on the new album entitled "Armada".
"Armada" was released in 2006 to much critical acclaim, garnering Kalessin a slot on Norway's prestigious Trondheim Jazz Festival.
In 2013, it was announced that Thebon will no longer be in Keep of Kalessin.
Current Line-up:
Obsidian C. - Guitars, Synth, Vocals
Wizziac - Bass
Vyl - Drums
Discography:
1995 - Skygger Av Sorg (Demo)
1997 - Through Times Of War
1999 - Agnen: A Journey Through the Dark
2003 - Reclaim (EP)
2006 - Armada
2008 - Kolossus
2010 - Reptilian
2015 - Epistemology
2023 - Katharsis
http://www.keepofkalessin.no/
The debut album "Through Times Of War" was recorded in Summer 1997 in Brygga Studios, Trondheim, Norway, and presented the band with a crystal-clear yet heavy production on some ear-blasting music which has been often compared to Mayhem's opus "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas". A couple of years later, after some pretty successful gigs played around Norway together with Bloodthorn, the quartet returned with "Agnen: A Journey Through The Dark", again recorded in the much-appreciated Brygga Studio. With this second album the band actually distanced themselves from the now-trendy Norwegian black metal style, picking up influences from the thrash metal and death metal genres, thus establishing a rather more Swedish-oriented sound. But the guys did not forget their roots and therefore they took part in the much anticipated Mayhem tribute album released by Avantgarde Music itself. Their superb interpretation of "Buried By Time And Dust" put them right up there with the likes of Emperor, Gorgoroth and Dark Funeral - just to name a few of the top-class bands that also appeared on this ambitious project.
In the year 2000 the line-up split due to personal reasons, but guitarist and songwriter Obsidian C. wouldn't let that stop him. He continued to make Kalessin-style music and developed his own style even more. This ultra-fast, brutal and yet melodic style needed a drummer, but in the small town of Trondheim he was unable to find one that could keep up with his riffing. Almost three years would pass before he was offered the job in Satyricon after he had auditioned and but some 30 other guitarists from all over the world who had applied for the job. As soon as he was a part of Satyricon he was also in contact with one of black metal's fastest and most brutal drummers, Frost.
Frost heard the new Keep Of Kalessin material and immediately said yes when Obsidian C. asked him to do the drumming on his new EP. Touring with Satyricon also made it possible for Obsidian C. to recruit the legendary Attila Csihar who did the vocals on Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. The three piece line-up recorded the "Reclaim" EP, released in 2004, and put the band into the elite black metal scene of Norway. However, due to the distance between Frost, Attila and Obsidian C., this line-up couldn't last. Obsidian C. was determined to bring Keep Of Kalessin to the masses and has seen that live performance is a must for doing that. He teamed up with early Kalessin drummer Vyl and found a perfect replacement for Attila as well as a new bass player. Together with the same lyric writer from the Reclaim EP, Torstein Parelius, Obsidian C. spent the next two years working on the new album entitled "Armada".
"Armada" was released in 2006 to much critical acclaim, garnering Kalessin a slot on Norway's prestigious Trondheim Jazz Festival.
In 2013, it was announced that Thebon will no longer be in Keep of Kalessin.
Current Line-up:
Obsidian C. - Guitars, Synth, Vocals
Wizziac - Bass
Vyl - Drums
Discography:
1995 - Skygger Av Sorg (Demo)
1997 - Through Times Of War
1999 - Agnen: A Journey Through the Dark
2003 - Reclaim (EP)
2006 - Armada
2008 - Kolossus
2010 - Reptilian
2015 - Epistemology
2023 - Katharsis
http://www.keepofkalessin.no/
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Keep of Kalessin Lyrics
- 09. The Wealth Of Darkness Welcome These ruins your palace These barren plains The k…
02 Crown of the Kings Dragon Goetia Red gold on cold stone With the dead arise …
02. As Mist Lay Silent Beneath A lifegiving sun lies low beyond A mighty citadel A gene…
03. Come Damnation Almighty Will to power Prosper in darkness Blooming With…
04 Vengence Rising Each hack and each slash To force your tongue to silence T…
05. Many Are We This is our path to order Pure bloodline to perfection Fat…
A New Empire's Birth From the tallest mountain he watches The serpent, the savio…
Against the Gods I bear the curse that hunt the minds of men The…
Agnen The light has died away, for me I fell silent to…
Armada This is all Closure draws near It's become your worst and da…
As Mist Lay Silent Beneath A lifegiving sun lies low beyond A mighty citadel A general…
As Mist Lays Silent Beneath A lifegiving sun lies low beyond A mighty citadel A gene…
Ascendant My name is equal to that of destruction My kingdom…
Come Damnation Almighty Will to power Prosper in darkness Blooming With sin…
Crown of the Kings Dragon Goetia Red gold on cold stone With the dead arise Ri…
Dark As Moonless Night Rise And speak the truth You will bleed dry before…
Dragon Iconography Here you are Recorded in stained glass The devil from the mo…
Dragonlord Now the moon roams low beneath the stars, of Agnen Now…
Dryland I have opened the door that had been shut since the…
Escape the Union War consumes us, makes us who we are We march…
I Deny Facing down into The blood-soaked soil The prong pierces m…
Into the Fire For those of our kin The pride that you call sin Those…
IX Kinetic pull Black undertow Stars above And stars below In …
Judgement Judgement has come The guilty will fall Unforgiving terror…
Kolossus Feel the fire, the fury of my hate To rule…
Leaving the Mortal Flesh Dark times lies ahead Victims of future genocide Serpents …
Many Are We This is our path to order Pure bloodline to perfection Fat…
Obliterator Greet the Obliterator He's here to end your life Coldblooded…
Orb of Man Walking the dying orb of man An empty path , blinded:…
Pain Humanised Chaotic escapes Distance: unrelevant On a nightly basis jour…
Reclaim Faber est quisque fortunae suae Reclaim What are you trying…
Reptilian Majesty Ruins towering around Shadows of the past Built again in…
The Awakening At the rise of dawn Beyond the lands of man The beast…
The Black Uncharted Fortified and concealed In layers of leaf-thin safety Where …
The Divine Land Under the clear night-sky Universal power unite In the daz…
The Dragontower Born king of the underworld The heir to the land of…
The Mark of Power The Mark of Power Adorn the face of your son Through…
The Rising Sign My fury is the earth the shivers Carved through stone by…
The Wealth of Darkness Welcome These ruins your palace These barren plains The k…
Towards I Roam On my journey towards. I gather the darkness And the cold si…
Traveller [Instrumental]…
Vengeance Rising Each hack and each slash To force your tongue to silence The…
Warmonger Gather your leaders, this will be the last The end…
Winged Watcher Recreation from desolation Magnitude through levitation Th…