SAMMATH NAUR
COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: DEATH BLACK METAL
NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the first band of the NeKroWeek, they are
SAMMATH NAUR (Death Black Metal) a killer and
skilled band from Polish lands, for fans of Behemoth, HATE, Morbid
Angel, Vader, Trauma and allot more. Features Valeo of Vesania
!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!
The audio clip for "The Anhedony Domain" from their same titled album:
http://youtu.be/e53EiompCGE
MORE ABOUT THE BANDS @ LINKS:
OFFICIAL WEBSITE : HTTP://WWW.SAMMATHNAUR.PL
FACEBOOK PROFILE:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sammath-Naur/100618219981790
MYSPACE SITE:
HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SAMMATHNAUR
GENERAL/BOOKING CONTACT:
SIGMAR@SAMMATHNAUR.PL
SAMMATH NAUR BIOGRAPHY
Sammath Naur was formed in 1999 by Uzurpator - vocals, Saturnus
- guitars, Sigmar - guitars and Lestath - drums. The name of the
band has been adapted from JRR Tolkien's works and means 'Chambers of Fire', the
only place where the One Ring could be destroyed.
The band recorded its first 6 track demo, "Through the Mountains of Mordor, "
that same year. The music on this demo was very raw and simple. It was
reminiscent of Immortal and Emperor's early works. Due to the poor sound
quality, the demo has never been released.
In 2001 Sammath Naur greeted its new guitarist Tempter, keyboard
player Demetrius and bassist Morgoth. Saturnus decided to
change his role from a guitar player to a vocalist, thereby replacing
Uzurpator. In this new lineup, the band started working on new material and
getting ready for a recording session. The result was a second demo, "The
Wall of Sleep". It was self-funded and released in 2001. It contained 6 new
compositions, somewhat faster and more mature, in which electric organs played a
more prominent role. "The "On the Altar of Mars" music video was attached
to this release. The author of the music video was Patryk Chyla. It won
second prize at the Berlin music video festival in 2002. It was Sammath Naur's
first major success. Many positive reviews were written after the release of
The Wall of Sleep. The material has been intensively promoted at concerts
throughout Poland with bands like Esqarial and Lost Soul.
Work on a new release was started in 2003. The process of creating and recording
new material took a long time. The band was troubled by personal problems
throughout the whole time. Saturnus left at the very beginning of the
recording session. Soon after the bass tracks were recorded, Morgoth went
in Saturnus' tracks, leaving the band. Work on the third release was
completed in 2004, unfortunately without Tempter, who was replaced by
Valeo (aka. V), and with a brand new vocalist, Levan. The new album
was titled "The Forever War". It consisted, once again, of 6 tracks,
however this time a certain innovation was introduced. The Forever War
was a concept album. The tracks all made up a consistent whole. They combined
various music styles, intertwining in a natural way, such as black/death metal,
soundtrack scores and symphonic music. The material was a sure step forward in
the development of the band, although the real breakthrough was yet to come. In
this new lineup, Sammath Naur's members started promoting their new
material on numerous concerts. Having been invited by Effect Murder and
Deception, they set out on their first tour of Poland. An intensive
search for a record company started at about that time. The band eventually
decided to sign a contract with Redrum666 Records. The cooperation,
however, proved ill-fated. The premiere of The Forever War kept being
postponed. The album wasn't released.
By the end of 2004 the band decided to record their first professional album.
Composing music this time didn't take so long. It was completed on the break of
June-July 2004. Sammath Naur was joined by bassist Tas at that
time. The recording session started in February 2005 and was planned out into 3
stages. During its course, important changes in the lineup occurred. Keyboard
player Demetrius, who took part in the recording of the new material,
left the band. His absence forced guitarist Valeo (aka V) to record the
keyboard parts on the album. Hitherto vocalist Levan was removed
from the band during recording. As a result of this, most of the vocal parts
were arranged and performed by drummer Lestath. There was one more new
musician, Revisque - composer and producer of game soundtracks, with whom
the band started to co-operate already by the end of the recording session.
That's why only one of his compositions, "Grand Space Opera, " can be
found on the new CD.
Everything was completed by June 2005. Soon afterwards, Polish Empire Records
grew interested in the material from SN, thanks to whom the album
"Self Proclaimed Existence" was released in December 2005 in conjunction
with THRASH'EM ALL magazine. The CD comprised of 11 tracks. The music was
faster and far more aggressive - it's really didn't sound anything like the
first two demos. The style of creating music by merging various musical genres,
first attempted in The Forever War, was explored more deeply on this
album. The assimilation of such diverse styles as black/death metal, classical
rock, new age, film scores, symphonic and choir music resulted in a unique
creation that couldn't be categorized, stereotyped or pigeon-holed.
Thanks to this album, the true potential of Sammath Naur's musicians has
been noticed very quickly by other artists. Presently, Valeo plays with
Vesania and Rootwater and Lestath has been a drummer of
Esqarial and Darzamat.
