Release:
Deathgasm Records
October 2012
Info:
The Death metal entity known as NOMINON was formed back in 1993 by Juha Sulasalmi and Peter Nilsson. In the following years, several demo cassettes were released and the band became further known within the Swedish Underground. The first NOMINON show ever was when the guys played support to DISSECTION and DISMEMBER in late February 1996.
After the classic "Promo 1997" demo release, the band was contacted by the small independent label X-TREME RDS. The band and the label worked out a deal and the following year, NOMINON recorded their debut album "Diabolical Bloodshed" at the well-known Sunlight Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. The same year, the band also performed their first gigs abroad, in Ludwigsburg and Rostock in Germany. The debut album was released late 1999 and more or less instantly negotiations proceeded with a major death/grind label in The States, yet everything went down the drain directly after the agreements were signed in 2001. During the following years, lots of turbulence and sickness tormented NOMINON and it took quite some time to stabilize things. The band continued to record demos by themselves. Even a mini-CD/mini-LP entitled "The True Face Of Death" was taped in 2003, and later on released by the Greek label NUCLEAR WINTER RDS and TPL RDS from Sweden took care of the Gatefold 12" edition.
2004 was the year when everything should change, even within the band. A new line-up, new record agreements with KONQUEROR RDS (CD version) and BLOOD HARVEST RDS (LP version) were signed, and the first full European tour took place during the autumn as support to the legendary UK Death Metal pioneers BENEDICTION. The German label NORTHERN SILENCE RDS also released the three first NOMINON demo recordings on CD format. The band recorded their second album "Recremation" at NECROMORBUS STUDIO with co-producer Tore Stjerna in early 2005. The album was a huge success throughout the international underground upon its release in April the same year. In May NOMINON performed at the festival Fuck The Commerce in Luckau, Germany in May and later in the year, they went out on their second European tour, this time together with American icons VITAL REMAINS.
In Early 2006, the guys did their first promotional video, for the track "Hordes Of Flies" from the album "Recremation". During the summer, the US labels DEATHGASM RDS/NECROHARMONIC PROD released the same album for the North and South America market. Another CD release worth mentioning is the "Remnants Of A Diabolical History", a collection of old demo songs and other rare recordings, that the Singapore label PULVERISED RDS released during the same year as well.
After years of decay, NOMINON were finally able to keep the continuation of recording albums…so, in early 2007, the guys returned to Tore Stjerna's lair NECROMORBUS STUDIO to record their third opus "TERRA NECROSIS", a title that was suggested by original vocalist Peter Nilsson. For the release of "TERRA NECROSIS", three different labels were involved: KONQUEROR RDS (CD version for EU and Asia), DEATHGASM RDS/IBEXMOON RDS (CD version for North & South America, Australia) and BLOOD HARVEST RDS took care of the LP version. Throughout the summer, NOMINON joined forces with fellow Swedes DEMONICAL in a Northern European tour together with headliners NUNSLAUGHTER. The year that followed, 2008, NOMINON made a successful headlining mini-tour of Denmark, Germany and Holland, with support coming from REMAINS. The Dutch label BADGER RDS released a Live 7" EP entitled "Legioes Em Portugal" during these dates, containing live material recorded in Portugal back in 2005.
Another chapter of success was written in the summer of 2008, when NOMINON did a co-headlining tour together with Alabama snapperheads QUINTA ESSENTIA in North America. Assorted dates were played in support of the masters INCANTATION. The guys also managed to perform at the highly acclaimed festival CENTRAL ILLINOIS METALFEST in Urbana, IL. Gig #100 was nailed during the last show on the US tour, which was in Nashville, TN. The following autumn, DEATHGASM RDS re-released the long-deleted and sold-out debut album "Diabolical Bloodshed". NOMINON also made a long European tour during October '08 with the Germans HOLY MOSES and the longtime UK friends of hostility BENEDICTION. 26 shows in four weeks, and the package managed to play in 14 countries, all in all.
In 2009, the guys dedicated more or less the whole year composing and making pre-production demos by themselves for the fourth NOMINON album. A mutual agreement was made between the band and the labels DEATHGASM RDS and BLOOD HARVEST RDS to take care of the release of the coming monster. The recording of this album finally took place in September '09 at the now re-located NECROMORBUS STUDIO in Stockholm, Sweden, with producer Tore Stjerna, DEATHGASM RDS released a four track mini-CD teaser entitled "Omen" during late November the same year.
The fourth NOMINON album; "Monumentomb", was released through DEATHGASM RECORDS in March 2010. Following its release the guys went to The States for a two week tour with support coming from QUINTA ESSENTIA and INFINTUM OBSCURE. BLOOD HARVEST RECORDS released the LP version of "Monumentomb" in late June as well, with the first 100 copies coming with a strictly limited 7" EP entitled "Omen". This EP include the two songs "Invocations" and "Through Dead Dreams Door", which were previously released only on the MCD "Omen". Later in the year NOMINON co-headlined the extreme Metal festival KILL-TOWN in Copenhagen, Denmark together with DEAD CONGREGATION and BLOODY SIGN. Early 2011 the delayed split 7" EP "Morbid Tunes Of Death" featuring NOMINON and EXORCISM finally saw the light of day. The band played several shows in Poland, Denmark and Sweden as well as recording a brand new 7" EP entitled "Manifestation Of Black" in May/June 2011, it was released in December the same year through DEATHGASM RDS.
The first part of 2012 NOMINON finalized the material for their new album. During the summer the band participated on two macabre split 7" EP's, one entitled "Imapling The Nazarene" featuring NOMINON/KOMMANDANT (CRYPTORIUM RECORDS) and one entitled "Imperial Anthems - Vol. X" featuring NOMINON/GRAVEYARD (CYCLONE EMPIRE). In October 2012 it's time to release the fifth album, "The Cleansing" on DEATHGASM RECORDS. The album was recorded at STUDIO HELL in Jönköping, Sweden with engineer Robbie Ericsson during April-May 2012, then mixed and mastered by Javi Feléz and Perra Karlsson at MOONTOWER STUDIOS, Barcelona, Spain in late May the same year.
The funeral march goes on....
Tracklist:
1. Satanical Incubation (Intro)
2. In The Name Of Gomorrah
3. Mausoleum
4. Unholy Sacrifice
5. The Cleansing
6. Abhorrent Parasites
7. Hellwitch
8. Obliteration
9. Son Of Doom
10. Infernal Rites
LP-Version includes a bonustrack: "Slaughter The Imposter"
Line-up:
Henke Skoog - Vokills
Juha Sulasalmi - Bass
AntiChristian - Guitar
Perra Karlsson - Drums Of Death
Alex Lyrbo - Lead Guitar |
