Khors (band)
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Khors is a Ukrain
ian black metal
band formed in 2004 in Kharkiv
by Khorus, the former bass guitar
ist of Astrofaes
. During the creative activity, the band recorded four full-length albums and two DVDs. The group keeps an active touring and performed with groups like Enslaved
, Moonspell
, Behemoth
, Gorgoroth
, Nokturnal Mortum
and Temnozor
. Reviews and interviews of the group Khors may be found in many magazines and web publishing.
, Khorus, who left the group to create his own project. In August 2004 the drummer
Khaoth, a former member of Hate Forest
, Astrofaes and Tessaract, and, subsequently, guitar
ist and vocalist Helg, who was a member of Runes of Dianceht, joined the band. In the fall of 2004 the band recorded their debut album The Flame Of Eternity’s Decline released by Audio Alchemia Studio. The keyboard
ist of black-metal group Nokturnal Mortum Saturious and the guitarist of group Finist Wortherax collaborated on the record. The mastering took place in the studio Buddha Cat in Moscow. It was released in April 2005 on Oriana Music label. In the same year on autumn the former member of Nagual Nort joined Khors. With his arrival the first membership of Khors starts their concert activity.
After a small tour in Ukraine group went to the studio again to record their next album. The work on the second album was started in February 2006 on M-Art and Audio Alchemia studios. Again in recording took part Saturious and Wortherax. Reduction and mastering was again made by Moscow studio Buddha Cat. Album was named Cold and was released with Oriana Music in December 2006. In a short time group went to the tour in Ukraine and Russia.
In autumn 2007 members of Khors went to the Kiev studio Blacklight to record another one album. Record was ended in summer 2008. In the same time English label Heidenwut Production with Ukrainian label Ancient Nation Production release album Cold on vinyl and Eclectic Productions release DVD named Cold Ways inclusive bootleg shot in the concert activity of the group. By the end of 2008 the third album named Mysticism released in digipack format CD on Americal label Paragon Records, and in 2009 Russian label Irond Records releases special edition of album Mysticism for CIS. Group went to the tour in Ukraine. At the middle of the year started first changed in the group: instead of guitarist Nort came Warth who earlier worked with group Faces of Death.
Group started to record their forth album in February 2010 in Kiev studio Blacklight. Record was finished in the same year in June. Album which was named Return to Abandoned released in December on Paragon Records and on Irond Records special for CIS. In the same year Paragon Records released reissue of first two albums The Flame of Eternity’s Decline and Cold, and English Heidenwut Productions released reissue of the album The Flame of Eternity’s Decline. In Summer 2010 Helg had to leave Khors and his place took Jurgis, former member of groups Gurgabs, Вайтмара and Faces of Death. In 2011 label Eclectic Productions released second DVD of group named Winter Stronghold.
During the time of existence Khors performed more than 50 concerts in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Moldova with groups Enslaved
, Samael
, Cynic
, Moonspell
, Behemoth
, Gods Tower, Dub Buk, Gorgoroth
, Obtest
, Nokturnal Mortum
, Temnozor
, Tessaract and many others. The group released four full-length albums and one concert DVD. Reviews and interviews of the group Khors may be found in many magazines and web publishing.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
ian black metal
Black 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 2004 in Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
by Khorus, the former bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
ist of Astrofaes
Astrofaes
Astrofaes, a Ukrainian black metal band from the town of Kharkiv, first came in to being in 1996 as a project between Thurios and Khorus...
. During the creative activity, the band recorded four full-length albums and two DVDs. The group keeps an active touring and performed with groups like Enslaved
Enslaved
Enslaved may refer to:* Slavery, the socio-economic condition of being owned and worked by and for someone else* Bottom , people playing the 'slave' part in BDSM* Enslaved , a progressive black metal band from Haugesund, Norway...
, Moonspell
Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
, Behemoth
Behemoth (band)
Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
, Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...
, Nokturnal Mortum
Nokturnal Mortum
Nokturnal Mortum is a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv.-History:Nokturnal Mortum started as death metal band Suppuration in 1991, then turned to black metal and changed name to Crystalline Darkness but "had to change the name back in 1993/94 to Nocturnal Mortum because there already existed...
and Temnozor
Temnozor
Temnozor is a pagan metal NSBM band formed in 1996 in Obninsk, Russia. According to the band in statements on its website, it was formed to express the pride its members had of being Slavic. Temnozor started out as a raw black metal band with folk influences, but folk music has increasingly...
. Reviews and interviews of the group Khors may be found in many magazines and web publishing.
History
The group was formed in 2004 with the former bass guitarist of AstrofaesAstrofaes
Astrofaes, a Ukrainian black metal band from the town of Kharkiv, first came in to being in 1996 as a project between Thurios and Khorus...
, Khorus, who left the group to create his own project. In August 2004 the drummer
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Khaoth, a former member of Hate Forest
Hate Forest
Hate Forest was a Ukrainian black metal band formed by Roman Saenko, the leading member of Drudkh, Dark Ages, and Blood of Kingu. Thurios joined the band in 1998 after the recording of "Scythia". The music is mostly very fast, but occasionally slow, with low, distorted vocals and dark ambient...
, Astrofaes and Tessaract, and, subsequently, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist and vocalist Helg, who was a member of Runes of Dianceht, joined the band. In the fall of 2004 the band recorded their debut album The Flame Of Eternity’s Decline released by Audio Alchemia Studio. The keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
ist of black-metal group Nokturnal Mortum Saturious and the guitarist of group Finist Wortherax collaborated on the record. The mastering took place in the studio Buddha Cat in Moscow. It was released in April 2005 on Oriana Music label. In the same year on autumn the former member of Nagual Nort joined Khors. With his arrival the first membership of Khors starts their concert activity.
After a small tour in Ukraine group went to the studio again to record their next album. The work on the second album was started in February 2006 on M-Art and Audio Alchemia studios. Again in recording took part Saturious and Wortherax. Reduction and mastering was again made by Moscow studio Buddha Cat. Album was named Cold and was released with Oriana Music in December 2006. In a short time group went to the tour in Ukraine and Russia.
In autumn 2007 members of Khors went to the Kiev studio Blacklight to record another one album. Record was ended in summer 2008. In the same time English label Heidenwut Production with Ukrainian label Ancient Nation Production release album Cold on vinyl and Eclectic Productions release DVD named Cold Ways inclusive bootleg shot in the concert activity of the group. By the end of 2008 the third album named Mysticism released in digipack format CD on Americal label Paragon Records, and in 2009 Russian label Irond Records releases special edition of album Mysticism for CIS. Group went to the tour in Ukraine. At the middle of the year started first changed in the group: instead of guitarist Nort came Warth who earlier worked with group Faces of Death.
Group started to record their forth album in February 2010 in Kiev studio Blacklight. Record was finished in the same year in June. Album which was named Return to Abandoned released in December on Paragon Records and on Irond Records special for CIS. In the same year Paragon Records released reissue of first two albums The Flame of Eternity’s Decline and Cold, and English Heidenwut Productions released reissue of the album The Flame of Eternity’s Decline. In Summer 2010 Helg had to leave Khors and his place took Jurgis, former member of groups Gurgabs, Вайтмара and Faces of Death. In 2011 label Eclectic Productions released second DVD of group named Winter Stronghold.
During the time of existence Khors performed more than 50 concerts in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Moldova with groups Enslaved
Enslaved
Enslaved may refer to:* Slavery, the socio-economic condition of being owned and worked by and for someone else* Bottom , people playing the 'slave' part in BDSM* Enslaved , a progressive black metal band from Haugesund, Norway...
, Samael
Samael
Samael is an important archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore, a figure who is accuser, seducer and destroyer, and has been regarded as both good and evil...
, Cynic
Cynic (band)
Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...
, Moonspell
Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
, Behemoth
Behemoth (band)
Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
, Gods Tower, Dub Buk, Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...
, Obtest
Obtest
Obtest is a pagan black metal band from Vilnius, Lithuania. They started playing in 1992 as brutal death metal act, but soon changed the style to black metal. Their lyrics are concerned with Lithuanian mythology and are sung in Lithuanian, though a few of the songs on their demos were in English...
, Nokturnal Mortum
Nokturnal Mortum
Nokturnal Mortum is a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv.-History:Nokturnal Mortum started as death metal band Suppuration in 1991, then turned to black metal and changed name to Crystalline Darkness but "had to change the name back in 1993/94 to Nocturnal Mortum because there already existed...
, Temnozor
Temnozor
Temnozor is a pagan metal NSBM band formed in 1996 in Obninsk, Russia. According to the band in statements on its website, it was formed to express the pride its members had of being Slavic. Temnozor started out as a raw black metal band with folk influences, but folk music has increasingly...
, Tessaract and many others. The group released four full-length albums and one concert DVD. Reviews and interviews of the group Khors may be found in many magazines and web publishing.
Studio albums
- 2005 - The Flame of Eternity’s Decline (Oriana Music)
- 2006 - Cold (Oriana Music)
- 2008 - Mysticism (Paragon Records)
- 2010 - Return To Abandoned (Paragon Records)
DWD
- 2008 - Cold Ways (Eclectic Productions)
- 2011 - Winter Stronghold (Eclectic Productions)