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Oslo, Norway (1993 – present)
Old Man’s Child is a Melodic Black Metal band formed in Oslo, Norway in the summer of 1993 when guitarist/vocalist Galder (originally known as Grusom), guitarist Jardar and drummer Tjodalv decided to form a band dedicated to classic death metal. They soon discovered their mutual love for extreme black metal and when ex-Dimmu Borgir bassist Brynjard Tristan joined their new musical direction was clear… a combination of classic thrash mixed with death metal and melodic black metal. Their earlier albums are viking metal orientated, continuing through to symphonic black metal, whilst their later albums have a more groovier sound to them.
In November of 1994, the band entered the studio to record their 5-song demo, In The Shades Of Life, which gained the attention of Dimmu Borgir vocalist Shagrath’s label Hot Records. The group instantly began working on their debut album, Born Of The Flickering, which made an impact on the exploding black metal scene. Its raw sound aroused the interests of Century Media who signed the band and reissued the album, giving the band a more international presence.
The black metal community’s raves continued with OMC’s second album, The Pagan Prosperity. This new lineup featured two former members of Tulus: drummer Sarke - replacing Tjodlav, who joined Dimmu Borgir - and bassist Blodstrup. In 1997, Galder immediately began working on his next album, Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion, featuring Gene Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad, Dark Angel, Death, Testament) on drums and was recorded in Sweden’s famous Sunlight Studios with engineer Tomas Skogsberg (Entombed, Dismember). With Hoglan’s brilliant playing matching Galder’s creative skills, this thrashier release upped the ante once again for OMC, and gained the band further recognition
In November of 1994, the band entered the studio to record their 5-song demo, In The Shades Of Life, which gained the attention of Dimmu Borgir vocalist Shagrath’s label Hot Records. The group instantly began working on their debut album, Born Of The Flickering, which made an impact on the exploding black metal scene. Its raw sound aroused the interests of Century Media who signed the band and reissued the album, giving the band a more international presence.
The black metal community’s raves continued with OMC’s second album, The Pagan Prosperity. This new lineup featured two former members of Tulus: drummer Sarke - replacing Tjodlav, who joined Dimmu Borgir - and bassist Blodstrup. In 1997, Galder immediately began working on his next album, Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion, featuring Gene Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad, Dark Angel, Death, Testament) on drums and was recorded in Sweden’s famous Sunlight Studios with engineer Tomas Skogsberg (Entombed, Dismember). With Hoglan’s brilliant playing matching Galder’s creative skills, this thrashier release upped the ante once again for OMC, and gained the band further recognition
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Teun666 wrote:
Quite.
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Dominvs666 wrote:
Cristian Death - My hymn of this band for a long time
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BleedTheMartyr wrote:
Far, far better than Dimmu Borgir. [2]
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KeithKokain wrote:
My cousin introduced me to metal when I was about 11 with these guys ahahaha, live long & prosper!!
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UndeadMessiah wrote:
Far, far better than Dimmu Borgir.
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B-eatchSkin wrote:
[img]http://www.last.fm/group/Holli+Would[/img]
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shockthousand wrote:
revelation 666 is my top. but they are all awesome & i wish galder put more time into this
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facelessones wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK8OBZWMAsk&t=7m7s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK8OBZWMAsk&t=7m7s
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limbonic-art666 wrote:
Best album? Hard to decide, but my least favorite has to be Born of the Flickering. Most of the other ones seem to be on a similar level of enjoyment. I need to listen to this band more, their music is actually quite decent in the realm of symphonic black metal.
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ABOGAMORTUM wrote:
EL MEJOR ALBUM ES "BORN OF THE FLICKERING" O NO AMIGOS???????????????
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CaCoffiny wrote:
сам гавно, гандон
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Burzum48 wrote:
гавно
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Xfing wrote:
Vermin is my jam right now. Twilight Damnation is sooooo fucking good. Emotional like what the fuck.
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MoonSanctuary wrote:
Pretty epic and dark music. Perfect for Halloween. Love the guitar work and keyboards
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plothead31 wrote:
Not bad
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csehszlovakze wrote:
@Eternium666 Shagrath also needs to drop Burger, Ov Hell wasn't bad
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DJ-pingas wrote:
In Defiance Of Existence > Everything else
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TauRN7 wrote:
Где они? почему ни слуху ни духу уже три года, никаких концертников
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YoViciousAngel wrote:
fuckin awesome band!! \\m//
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Eternium666 wrote:
I ment 2012, lol.
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