History Nocte Obducta

Nocte Obducta is a Melodic Black Metal band from Mainz, Germany. Founded by guitarist/vocalist Marcel V.A. Traumschänder out of the remains of his first band "Desîhra" in 1995.

Trademarks are a quite technical approach combined with very melancholic melodies and highly poetic German lyrics as well as many overlength-songs.

Long the band suffered from constant changes in their line-up. Another "problem" that kept them well concealed in the underground scene was their often quite poor sound quality, which scared off the more mainstream listeners.

The sound has improved in quality (especially on the "Nektar 1 + 2" albums, delivering a sudden jolt of popularity to the band.

By now, Nocte Obducta are among the elite of German Black Metal, without using clichés or massive ideology in their lyrics, but sophisticated, elegant poetry of melancholy, death, depression, nature...

Unfortunately, Marcel V.A. Traumschänder announced the band's split in early June of 2006. An album entitled Sequenzen einer Wanderung, recorded before the band's split, was released in 2008.

The band reconstituted themselves under the name Dinner auf Uranos and released an album in 2010. According to Marcel himself this is considered an official continuation of Nocte Obducta. The band resumed using the name Nocte Obducta in 2011 and released the album "Verderbnis (Der Schnitter Kratzt An Jeder Tür)" during the same year.

Line-up:

Marcel V.A. Traumschänder - guitars, vocals

Torsten der Unhold - vocals

Matthias - drums

Flange - keyboard, vocals

Patrick - bass

Stefan - guitars

Releases:

1998 - ...doch lächeln die blutleeren Lippen / Begräbnisvermählung (demo)

1999 - Lethe - Gottverreckte Finsternis

2000 - Taverne - In Schatten schäbiger Spelunken

2001 - Schwarzmetall (Ein Primitives Zwischenspiel)

2002 - Galgendämmerung - Von Nebel, Blut und Totgeburten

2003 - Stille - Das nagende Schweigen (EP)

2004 - Nektar - Teil 1: Zwölf Monde, eine Hand voll Träume

2005 - Nektar - Teil 2: Seen, Flüsse, Tagebücher

2005 - Aschefrühling (non-album single)

2008 - Sequenzen einer Wanderung

2010 - 50 Sommer - 50 Winter (as Dinner auf Uranos)

2011 - Verderbnis - Der Schnitter kratzt an jeder Tür

2013 - Umbriel (Das Schweigen zwischen den Sternen)

2016 - Mogontiacum (Nachdem die Nacht herabgesunken)

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