Nortt

Nortt
Nortt playing piano, 2017
Background information
Origin	Odense, Denmark
Genres	Ambient black metal funeral doom metal
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Total Holocaust, Avantgarde Music, Southern Lord
Website	Nortt on Instagram

Nortt is a Danish funeral doom metal project maintained by a musician who goes by an eponymous pseudonym. The project was founded in 1995 and the sole member describes his music as "pure depressive black funeral doom metal". In terms of lyrics and imagery (for instance the use of corpse paint) he is akin to other black metal acts, while the sound of his music is closer to doom metal.

On his official website Nortt reveals a fascination with darkness, night, nihilism, solitude, misery, misanthropy and death. In an interview he remarked: "Death ... is viewed as an inevitable and alluring phenomenon. Death is described from the perspective of the dying and from the dead. The uncertainty of death is preached as more thrilling than the well-known pain of life." He is a self-proclaimed nihilist, and thinks that religion is for the weak. While he despises religion, he views the occult and old (pre-Christian, pagan) religions with respect. Nortt believes that it takes strength to be a Satanist, because of its existentialism and free thought.

For his third full-length album, Galgenfrist, he signed with Italian underground label Avantgarde Music.

Line-up

• Nortt (real name unknown) – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards

Discography

Full-length albums

• Gudsforladt ["Godforsaken"] (2004) (containing previously released tracks, as well as new material)
• Ligfærd ["Funeral March/Journey of the Dead"] (2006)
• Galgenfrist ["Last Respite"] (2008)
• Endeligt (2017)

EP releases

• Hedengang ["The Passing"] (2002)

Demos

• Nattetale (Rehearsal Version) (1997)
• Nattetale ["Night's Tale"] (1997)
• Døden... ["The Death…"] (1998)
• Graven ["The Grave"] (1999)

Split albums

• Nortt / Xasthur (with Xasthur) (2004) (containing tracks from Hedengangen EP)

Compilation albums

• Mournful Monuments 1998–2002 (2003)

Interviews

• Interview (2004) on Antenna (in English)
• Interview (2004) on Black Alchemy (in Russian)
• Interview (2005) with Erin Fox on The Gauntlet (in English)
• Interview (2004) on Harm Magazine (in English)
• Interview (2004) with Paolo Vidmar on Metal Italia (in Italian)