NOMINON - SWEDEN

Diabolical Bloodshed – 1999 – X-Treme
Recremation – 2005 – Konqueror/Deathgasm
Terra Necrosis – 2007 - Konqueror/Deathgasm
Monumentomb – 2010 – Deathgasm
The Cleansing – 2012 – Deathgasm
Chaos In The Flesh...Live! – 2016 – Hexed Cemetery

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Members
Vocals
Damnatory, Dion Fortune>>Niklas Holstensson>>Damnatory, Dion Fortune, Thy Primordial, Bloodshed Nihil - Jonas Mattsson>>Devian, Sargatanas Reign - Absurdo Culto>>Daniel Garptoft>>Absurdo Culto, Chronophobia - Eviscerated, Cryptonit, Inverted Cross, Nightmare City, Imperishable>>HENKE SKOOG>>Eviscerated, Cryptonit, Inverted Cross, Nightmare City, Imperishable

Guitar
Incinerator>>Jonas Mattsson>>Incinerator, Rise And Shine, Devian, Year Of The Goat, Python, Chaos Wielder - Choronzon, Dion Fortune, Chronophobia>>JUHA SULASALMI>>Choronzon, Dion Fortune, Chronophobia - Immersed In Blood, Ram>>AntiChristian [Christian Strömblad]>>Immersed In Blood, Ram - Morbid Grin, Brutal Noise>>Alexander Lyrbo>>Bullet - Immersed In Blood, Ram>>Antichristian [Christian Strömblad]>>Immersed In Blood, Ram


Bass
Incinerator, Hypnosia, Bullet>>Lenny Blade>>Incinerator, Hypnosia, Church Bizarre, Bullet, Devil Lee Rot, Pagan Rites – Exempt, Immersed In Blood, Inverted>>Joel Andersson>>Immersed In Blood, Insision, Exempt – Prophanity, Infestation, Inverted, Absinth, Immemoreal>>Anders Malmström>>Prophanity, Puteraeon – Choronzon, Dion Fortune, Choronophobia>>Juha Sulasalmi>>Dion Fortune, Choronophobia

Drum
The Legion>>Emil Dragutinović>>The Legion, Marduk, Devian - Altar, Suffer, Serpent, In Aeternum, Nex, Die Hard, Deströyer 666, Benediction, Dreadful Fate, Thorium, Devil’s Force, Angelblast, Perracide>>PERRA KARLSSON>>Suffer, Serpent, In Aeternum, Nex, Die Hard, Deströyer 666, Benediction, Dreadful Fate, Thorium, Devil’s Force, Angelblast, Perracide





History & Biography
Juha Sulasalmi and singer Peter Nilsson founded this Sweden-based death metal band in 1993. and split up in 2015. The band inevitably returned in 2018. When active, the band had an open door with as many members as there are musicians and instruments in southern Sweden. The members are Swedish/Finnish, which automatically means they will engage in weekly wife-swapping jumping from project to project.

The band issued multiple albums with names like Daemon 1, Daemon 2, My Flesh and Promo ’97 Sweden’s X-Treme signed the band and issued Diabolical Bloodshed. A 2003 EP, called Blaspheming The Dead, was next. A split with Fafner came next. The band signed with Konqueror in 2004. Benediction was using the No Reunion Needed tour monicker in Europe in autumn 2008 with Holy Moses and Nominon in tow. The band lost its vocalist Daniel Garptoft in the midst of the proceedings for the recording of its next album in late 2009. The band was at Necromorbus Studio and guitarist Juha Sulasalmi was singing. An EP, called Omen, will precede the full-length in December. Nominon, featuring vocalist Henke Skoog (Eviscerated) and bassist Martin Petersson, release its fourth album Monumentomb on March 23rd, 2010 through Deathgasm Records. Following the departure of Martin Petersson guitarist AntiChristian (Christian Strömblad) returned to the band in mid-2011. Juha Sulasalmi switched to bass. A series of Swedish shows are planned in order to introduce the album and the singer. Deathgasm Records announced that The Cleansing, the latest album from old school Swedish death metallers Nominon, would be released on October 31, 2012. Several EPs and splits followed. Chaos In The Flesh...Live! was recorded at Death Kills Festival in Stockholm in 2015. The band dissolved to of course come back in 2018. Yesterdeath was a 2020 compilation.

Perra Karlsson founded Heathendom Music.


Reviews

NOMINON - REMNANTS OF A DIABOLICAL HISTORY - PULVERISED  
King Diamond, Grave, Japanische Kampfhörspiele, Pestilence, Dissection and many other bands have deemed it desirable to go back and dig up old demo material for re-issue later in life. Releases like this are questionable morally, commercially and an affront to the underground. It has been written in these pages before, but it now bears repeating that everyone should let the underground remain in the underground. It has less to do with the quality of the material and demand and more to do with preserving integrity and first-comer advantage.
Nominon is a devoutly underground Swedish band and, as indicated by the title, has entrusted the release of its older demo material to Singapore’s Pulverised Records although Trauma Records was originally billed as the issuing label. The band wins many points for its intensely primitive underground sound and undefiled death metal. This band is the genuine article, neither having ever attempted commercialization and mass acceptance nor attempting a far-fetched return to its heady sound as Entombed is undertaking with Serpent Saints. Having said that, the world does not need another CD of demo material with cover version of Voivod, Whiplash and Repulsion included to boot. Songs like Cemetery Of Life and Sodom’s Fall are great death/thrash historical cuts, yet should have stayed available only to those who shelled out cash to buy the demos or later went to the trouble of tracking down the material. The C. Moyen or C. Moyen-inspired black and white cover adds that little touch of authenticity, but a myspace.com address for the band takes it right away. - Ali “The Metallian”

NOMINON - TERRA NECROSIS - KONQUEROR  
When a copy of Nominon’s compilation disc Remnants Of A Diabolical History arrived at Metallian Towers earlier this year there was nothing to do but criticize the nature of that album. Terra Necrosis is another matter. Being a proper release, with a professional sound, packaging and line-up the disc is the perfect Swedeath release and one that shows there is a lot of life left in death from Sweden. The old and genuine sound of the early bands of the style rears its head once again in unabashed, undiluted, and uncompromised form. Nominon is not afraid of slowing down when needed, and indeed does on the song Bane Appetite or parts of Release In Death, but most of the material is fast to super fast in addition to being dense, distorted and superbly heavy. The vocals are just right, the band knows how to solo the left hand path way and when audible the bass sound is like barbed wire flying in the air. Adding to the heaviness is the band’s use of the old Swedish trick of linking tracks for one non-stop dosage of barbarism. Nominon’s Terra Necrosis is fertile ground for fans of Left Hand Path, Like An Ever Flowing Stream, Into The Grave and Vomitory. This is to Soilwork what a hearty and nutritious meal is to McDonald’s. - Ali “The Metallian”

NOMINON - MONUMENTOMB - DEATHGASM  
Impressive band this Nominon, the band plays old-school death metal and sounds like it means it too. Not every band can pull off brutality like this and come across as convincingly. The album begins with a roar so ferocious it is worth the price of the album on its own. From there to closing track Wrath Of Shiva Monumentomb - with its delightfully vintage death metal cover artwork by Chris Moyen - the Swedes go through a torrent of both mid-paced and rapid-fire deathly tunes full of pounding drums, noise and deep vocals.
One point that needs to be made, however, is the band’s penchant for manipulating its style. While much of the album is ridden with vocals that sound like a hyper-puking zombie and noisy guitar solos, several songs magically change styles to deep growls and surprisingly melodic and controlled lead guitars. Mountain Of Hate is such a track. It is all heavy as hell, which is why it might be missed entirely. Nonetheless, these guys are able to manipulate the heaviness without missing a beat.
In addition to all of the above-mentioned factors, the sound also contributes to the feeling of authenticity that the album exudes. Far from being a hissing, digitised product of a pro tool, Monumentomb lurks in the grime and filth in which this sub-genre revels. Play it loud for the Christians living in your parents’ bedroom. They earnt the suffering. - Ali “The Metallian”


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