NOCTURNUS

Mr Nuke · Post by **Mr Nuke** » Mon May 21, 2007 7:34 pm

That 7" is a really evil record IMO. And that's a good point to up this topic. And that reminds me good memories. A Death and Black-Metal radio show that I used to listen most sundays afternoons in 1992-1993 (while doing my homework, he he) was using the intro of "Master of Climate Control" for their own intro. The tone was given, and that was unforgettable.

DMR · Post by **DMR** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:48 pm

The Key is my second favorite death metal album ever (#1 is Sentenced's North From Here). I like Thresholds, but it's not even close to The Key. Some parts are really cheesy, like the laser sound effects in Subterranean Infiltrator. It has a few great tracks, though, like Arctic Crypt and Alter Reality. Yesterday I got that CD with their demos, and the sound was fucking atrocious!

Noisenik · Post by **Noisenik** » Tue May 22, 2007 2:41 pm

For my money the ultimate track from Thresholds would be "Climate Controller". I was sold 5 seconds into spoken/chanted/growled introduction to it. utterly exalting ...ahhh haha.

roihlem · Post by **roihlem** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:14 pm

oh yes, very cool and original band!
There was also a Croatian band called Aeon, who played that style as one of very few bands. I will upload their demo from 93...

khiijol · Post by **khiijol** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:13 am

i have a really good quality bootleg vhs of these guys playing on the key tour. killer band, proof that mike browning was the driving force behind morbid angel

deathster · Post by **deathster** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:58 pm

Yeah... Nocturnus demos and 1st Lp is very appreciated here too... Also Browing`s Incubus and Morbid Angel is GODLY stuff! I have heard some Morbid Angel rehearsals from 1986 with Incubus riffs that appeared on Incubus 1987 demo. Great stuff for every death-head!

thethirdofthestorms · Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:20 pm

Keir wrote:I first heard Nocturnus when I saw them open for Napalm Death way back in '91, I think.

I saw them on that tour too. Great band, for sure. I feel like they were a bit overshadowed by Napalm Death and Godflesh on that tour (people kept referring to them as "that band with the keyboards"), but still managed to captivate the crowd. Was the first time I'd ever seen a drummer do vocals, which honestly hadn't dawned on me as a possibility until then (I was only 16). I was able to meet them at the Mainstream Metalshop in Milwaukee, and they seemed to be very humble and down-to-Earth. As were the folks from ND and Godflesh. The Key and the Moribund ep still get regular play around here.

Brainbiter · Post by **Brainbiter** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:32 pm

ENTER THE DROIDS!!!

The Key is one of my favorite death metal albums. It is actually one of the first albums I listened to. A friend of mine, back in our school days, gave me this tape of "his" band [ha ha ha], so for some years I thought I was listening to a friend's demo, which was rather good! I even did an original cover for it! Ha Ha! Anyway, The Key has killer riffs (Slayer+ early Morbid Angel), ultra-evil keyboards, an original concept (sci-fi meets SATAN= sooo Heavy Metal) and one of the best album covers ever (monkey puzzle pentacle! "I think it goes ... right.... in.... heeeeere").

deathster · Post by **deathster** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:50 pm

Korgüll wrote:'Thresholds' was much better IMO! Loved the science-fiction influence...

The 7" they released on Moribund was excellent as well!

Their demo "Science of Horror" was also released on EP (not all trx though). Bootleg of course.

DTP · Post by **DTP** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:43 pm

thethirdofthestorms wrote:
Keir wrote:I first heard Nocturnus when I saw them open for Napalm Death way back in '91, I think.
I saw them on that tour too. Great band, for sure. I feel like they were a bit overshadowed by Napalm Death and Godflesh on that tour (people kept referring to them as "that band with the keyboards"), but still managed to captivate the crowd. Was the first time I'd ever seen a drummer do vocals, which honestly hadn't dawned on me as a possibility until then (I was only 16). I was able to meet them at the Mainstream Metalshop in Milwaukee, and they seemed to be very humble and down-to-Earth. As were the folks from ND and Godflesh. The Key and the Moribund ep still get regular play around here.

i too witnessed this tour, i recall once NOCTURNUS set up their keyboard, a bunch of boneheads up front were yelling stuff like "oh look, FAITH NO MORE are opening, har har!" then once their set began they shut up real quick

"Science of Horror" demo is awesome, as someone else pointed, it has the creepiest atmosphere that seemed mostly lost on the debut, but that disk rules us all too. still haven't heard "Thresholds", one day i'll luck out in the used bins...

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:39 am

There's this VHS tape with Nocturnus playing Key material live and a little interview where the sound is better than The Key.

I really like The Key and I have no use for Thresholds sadly. Something went completely wrong (and therefore deliciously right) in The Key that they didn't recapture. There's just something very compelling about it.

Satan is Our Pal · Post by **Satan is Our Pal** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:54 pm

Loved The Key LP and managed to catch them on live in support of the release(hence the shirt I'm wearing) they were great live, in the basement of a dodgy boozer in Bradford. Interestingly enough support on the night was NWOBHM band Hammer. Hated the second LP though.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:56 pm

Satan is Our Pal wrote:Hated the second LP though.

Who didn't...

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:07 pm

ION BRITTON wrote:
Satan is Our Pal wrote:Hated the second LP though.
Who didn't...

'Thresholds'? I like that one; maybe not as good as 'The Key', but still plenty of cool music on it.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:17 pm

Way too polished for my likes.