Ofermod

Acquiring their name from your archaic Swedish term for “bravado,” Ofermod had been created in 1996 by vocalist Jonas Tengner (aka Nebiros, Nord, etc.) and guitarist/bassist/drummer Mika Hakola (aka Michayah, Belfagor, etc.), but would spend another decade mainly haunting the sides from the Scandinavian dark metal picture like some type of bashful phantom. In 1998, the duo unleashed an individual entitled “Mystérion Tés Anomias”; in 2004 arrived a two-song demonstration, “Netivah Ha-Chokmah”; and a 12 months later on, an EP also known as Mystérion Tés Anomias showed up, which actually merely put together Ofermod’s barely staggering four-song oeuvre from the prior a decade. And any expectations the group might quickly record even more of its intentionally crusty dark metal (comparable to rings like Watain, Dark Funeral, and Gorgoroth) had been dashed in March 2006, when Michayah was delivered to jail on assault and robbery costs. If nothing at all else, though, his incarceration appeared to provide some inspiration to Ofermod upon his launch, as the duo (who experienced worked with several session accompanists over time) finally surely got to focus on, and shipped, a full-length record named merely Tiamtü. Released solely on cassette in 2008 through Satanic Propaganda Information, it was afterwards reissued on Compact disc by Southern Lord.