NEGATOR - GERMANY

Old Black – 2004 – Magick/Remedy
Die Eisernen Verse – 2005 - Remedy
Panzer Metal – 2010 - Remedy
Gates To The Pantheon – 2013 – Viva Hate
Vnitas Pvritas Existentia - 2019 - Massacre


  
 
Members
S= Aeons Confer, Diaspora, Sanguineus, King Fear, Dämmerfarben, Dark Funeral, Death Daemon>>NACHTGARM [STEVE MARBS]>>Sanguineus, King Fear, Dämmerfarben, Dark Funeral, Death Daemon
G= Ancient Season, Eclipsis, Drautran>>FINNSKALD [FRANK SCHÄFER]>>Drautran – Soulsgate, Vomiting Corpses, Antiqva>>URZORN [FABIAN SCHAPER]>>Soulsgate, Vomiting Corpses, Antiqva
B= Pantheion, Hagal>>Berthelm [Dirk Ferber]>>Pantheion, Hagal - Sanguineus>>Harlegrim [David Gill]>>Sanguineus - Todtgelichter>>NILS HJALMORT
D= Pantheion>>Tramheim [Martyn Maat]>>Pantheion – Soulsgate, Ophis, Vomiting Corpses, In The Name Of Nothing>>Samebrann [Richard Nolte]>>Soulsgate, Ophis, Vomiting Corpses, In The Name Of Nothing – Dreamscore, Àletrun, Craving, Höllensturm, Voldt, Keep Of Kalessin, Dark Armageddon>>NECHTAN [WANJA GRÖGER]>>Dreamscore, Àletrun, Craving, Höllensturm, Voldt, Keep Of Kalessin, Dark Armageddon



History
This Germany-based black metal band was founded in Hamburg Germany in 2003. Hamburg-based Remedy Records signed the band and issued the Old Black album a year later. It was recorded at EiKey Studio. Die Eisernen Verse translates to ‘Iron Verses’ in English. Following a hiatus the band returned to EiKey Studio to record its third album. Nachtgarm was with Dark Funeral from 2011 to 2012 replacing Emperor Magus Caligula. The band switched to a new label for its fourth album, which was issued in 2013. Guitarist Urzorn joined in 2014. Drummer Nechtan joined in 2015. The band issued a new album in 2019, but it was on Massacre and was never noticed. Negator disbanded in 2021 following Nachtgarm's retirement as a musician. A farewell show could not happen due to the pandemic. Nachtgarm was also heard on the Soul Grinder EP Lifeless Obsession.

Reviews

NEGATOR - OLD BLACK - MAGICK
The title for Negator's album and the disc's design pretty much sum up the band's musical direction and should give adequate clues such that a review is not even necessary. These guys paint the world black with a brush of evil. For the most part this band is a mixture of Immortal, Dissection and Satyricon. The music is unequivocal and frill less black metal. Having said that, a couple of external influences make brief appearances. Katharsis features a slight folk influence, Vernunft 1.0 has a computerized synthesized sound and uncharacteristic rhythm change and In The Unholy Halls Of Eternal Frost deigns to feature a jazzy section! Whilst we are nitpicking it is odd that Renegation, the album's last number, lasts a good eleven minutes which excludes its eligibility for an 'old school' designation. - Anna Tergel



Interviews

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