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Throughout his numerous and prolific projects,
Sweden's composer Henrik "Nordvargr" Bjorkk (1971) always
specialized in melodrama.
His first major project was Maschinenzimmer.412, better known as
MZ.412 (originally a trio, but later a duo with Drakh).
Their albums
Malfeitor (Cold Meat Industry, 1989),
Macht dur Stimme (Cold Meat Industry, 1990),
In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi Excelsi (Cold Meat Industry, 1995),
perhaps their apex,
Burning the Temple of God (1996),
Nordik Battle Signs (1999) and
Domine Rex Infernum (2001)
helped define metal-industrial music in the 1990s.
His most celebrated project was the band
Folkstorm (dissolved in 2001), well represented by the
brutal sound of
Information Blitzkrieg (1999),
Hurtmusic (2000),
Victory or Death (2000),
Noisient (2001).
Folkstrom's sound was resurrected (just a bit less violent) for the next
project, Toroidh, represented by
Europe is Dead (2001) and Testament (2002).
The violent side of Folkstorm surfaced in the parallel project,
Hydra Head 9, represented by
Power Display (Old Europa Cafe, 2002), a devastating wall of noise, and
Head (2004).
In the meantime, Bjorkk had also crafted a collaboration with Drakh,
Cold Void of Nothing (2002).
Bjorkk then began to release (under his own name) bleak and terrifying electronic music, that, ultimately, aimed at concocting the sound of fear:
Awaken (Eibon, 2002);
the 8-cd box-set Sleep Therapy (Old Europa Cafe, 2003) for altering sleeping patterns;
On Broken Wings Towards Victory (Old Europa Cafe, 2003) under his own name,
Partikel (2004), a collaboration with Merzbow;
L/A/B's Psychoacoustics (Gound Fault, 2004), live electronic improvisations in a trio;
I End Forever (Horch, 2004),
and
Infinitas In Aeternum (Cyclic Law, 2004), which was another collaboration with Drakh.
The Dead Never Sleep (Old Europa Cafe, 2005) and
Vitagen (Essence Music, 2005), on which he mastered the techniques of musique concrete,
applied the same philosophy of terror to post-industrial droning music.
Drakh's own project is Beyond Sensory Experience, that released
three albums in 2003,
Korrelations (Old Europa Cafe, 2004) and
Pursuit Of Pleasure (Cold Meat Industry, 2005).
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