Nocturnal Breed Explained

Nocturnal Breed
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Oslo, Norway
Genre:	Thrash metal,^[1] black metal^[2]
Years Active:	1996−present
Label:	Agonia, Hammerheart
Current Members:	S.A Destroyer I. Maztor Tex Terror
Past Members:	Ed Damnator V. Fineideath Jamie Stinson Rick Hellraiser Tom Thrawn

Nocturnal Breed is a Norwegian blackened thrash metal band, formed in Oslo in 1996 by singer/bassist Kenneth Svartalv (S.A. Destroyer) and guitarist Sven Atle Kopperud (Ed Damnator).

Musical style

The band plays a mixture of thrash and black metal, with small traces of rock 'n' roll also audible in places.^[3] The thrash metal is based on the 1980s work by bands such as Sodom, Destruction, Vulcano, and Sarcófago.^[1] Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic described Nocturnal Breed as "what comes about when a bunch of (supposedly) humorless black metal musicians get tired of acting so grim and nihilistic all the time, and decide to have some fun for a change".^[1]

Members

• S.A. Destroyer (Kenneth Svartalv): lead vocals, bass (1996–present), guitars (1996–1998)
• I. Maztor (Eivind Berre): guitars (1997–2001, 2011–2019, 2022–present)
• Tex Terror (Thomas Ødegaard): drums, backing vocals (1998–present)

Former members

• C. Demon (Rune Kristiansen): guitars (1996)
• Andy Michaels (Kenneth Hjorth): drums (1997)
• Bitch Molester (Stian Tomt Thoresen)

keyboards (1996)

• Ed Damnator (Sven Atle Kopperud)

guitars, bass (1996–1998)

• Tom Thrawn (Tom Kvålsvoll): guitars (2002–2005)
• Ben Hellion (Stian Andreassen): guitars (1998–2011) (died 2022)
• A.E. Rattlehead (Atle Egil Knoff Glomstad): guitars (2006–2011)
• V. Fineideath (Vidar Fineidet): guitars (2011–2022)
• Tommy Jacobsen: guitars (2019–2022)

Session members

• Astennu (Jamie Stinson)

session guitars (1997)

• Tjodalv (Ian Kenneth Akesson): session drums (1997)
• Rick Hellraiser (Stian Andre Hinderson)

session/live drums (1997)

Timeline

Discography

• Aggressor (1997)
• Triumph of the Blasphemer EP (1998)
• No Retreat...No Surrender (1999)
• Tools of the Trade (2000)
• Warthog – 7-inch EP, Prostata Records (Ltd. 500) (2004)
• Motörmouth – 7-inch EP, Neseblod Records (Ltd. 100 Yellow vinyl / Ltd. 400 black vinyl) (2004)
• Überthrash – 7-inch Split, Duplicate Records (Split w. Audiopain / Aura Noir / Infernö, Ltd. 500) (2004)
• Überthrash II – 7-inch Split, Duplicate Records (Split w. Audiopain / Aura Noir / Infernö) (2005)
• Remasters – 5-piece Boxset, Painkiller Records (Ltd. 1000) (2005)
• Fields of Rot – LP, Agonia Records (2007)
• Napalm Nights – LP, Agonia Records (2014)
• We Only Came for the Violence – LP, Folter Records (2019)
• Carry the Beast – LP, Dark Essence Records (2023)

External links

• • • Nocturnal Breed on Encyclopedia Metallum

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nocturnal Breed Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio . 1 September 2024 . AllMusic.
2. Web site: Nakos . Nikos . 2017 . Nocturnal Breed: Signs with Folter Records . 1 September 2024 . Metal Invader.
3. Web site: Loga . Martin . 10 October 2007 . NOCTURNAL BREED - Fields Of Rot . 1 September 2024 . Powermetal.de . de.