Negură Bunget

Negură Bunget
Background information
Origin	Timişoara, Romania
Genres	Black metal[1]
Labels	Code666 Records (Aural Music) Prophecy Productions (Lupus Lounge)
Website	negurabunget.com/
Members
Negru Corb Spin Gadinet Inia Dinia Ageru Pamintului

Negură Bunget is a black metal band from Timişoara, Romania.

Biography

Negură Bunget formed at the end of 1994, as a duo, with Hupogrammos Disciple on guitars, vocals, and keyboards, and Negru on drums. In 1997, Sol'Faur Spurcatu joined the group on guitar. In a 2004 interview, Negru explained the symbolism of the name:

“

Negură Bunget is a black fog coming from a deep dark dense forest. The name tries to picture somehow the kind of atmosphere, both musical and spiritual we'd want to create through our music. It has also an esoteric nature, standing for the inexpressible parts of our ideology. The two words are also from the Tracic substrate of the Romanian language (the oldest one, containing about 90 words) as the interest for our local history and spirituality is something of crucial importance and meaning for us as a band.

”

–^[2]

After one demo, one album and one EP, three more full-length albums followed - Măiastru Sfetnic, 'N Crugu Bradului and OM. The success of Măiastru Sfetnic secured the band a three-album contact with the 'code666 record' label. Now reaching a wider audience, they began their first European tours.

N Crugu Bradului included four songs spanning a total of nearly an hour.

The band described the album as:

“

The 4th Negură Bunget phase… the principles of 4 (four). The natural form of the Universe to manifest itself (the 4 seasons, the 4 phases of the moon, the 4 moments of the day, the 4 winds, the 4 cardinal points, the 4 elements…). The principle of 4 is a form that needs to be activated, through the consciousness (the awakening of the conscience) moving towards contemplation, standing for the initiation though mystery.

”

–^[3]

In 2006 Negură Bunget released OM. The album has received attention in the extreme music press; for example, it was ranked as the second best album of 2006 by the writers of the British Terrorizer Magazine.

In 2009, the band went through some unreconcilable disagreements between the three formers of the band, Hupogrammos, Sol'Faur and drummer Negru. Both Hupogrammos and Sol'Faur left the band, and Negru continues under the name of Negură Bunget with a new line-up.^[4]

The bands most recent album, Vîrstele Pămîntului, was also released in a very limited special edition version. This limited version, each handmade to order, consisted of a hand crafted wooden box finished with rope and burned finish containing an undisclosed amount of genuine soil from Transylvania, a poster, pin and deluxe digipack edition of the CD album itself.^[5]

Band members

Current line-up

Dates refer to the times in which they played the respective instruments.

• Negru - drums, percussion ( 1994 - )
• Ageru Pământului - percussions,archaic instruments, vocals (july 2009 - )
• Inia Dinia - keyboards (july 2009 - )
• Gadinet - Bass (july 2009 - )
• Urzit - Guitar (2010 - )
• Fulmineos - Guitar, Vocals (2010- )

Former Members

• Hupogrammos (Dordeduh) - guitars, vocals, bass, keyboards, archaic instruments (1994–2009)
• Sol'Faur (Dordeduh)- guitars (also bass, keyboards, backing vocals) (1997–2009)

Former members since july 2009

• Corb - Vocals, Guitars (july 2009 - august 2010)
• Spin - Guitars (july 2009 - july 2010)

Former Live Members

• Ermit (Ursu) - bass (1999–2007)
• Nǎval (Vapern) - keyboards (1996–2006), bass (2007)
• Arioch - bass (2007- june 2009)
• Ageru Pământului - percution, traditional instr. (2004- june 2009)
• Daniel Dorobanțu - (Thy Veils) - keyboards (1997–1998)
• Andrei Popa - guitar (sep.- dec. 2005)
• Iedera - keyboards (2005–2006)
• Necuratul - (Vokodlok) - percussion (2003)
• Inia Dinia - keyboards (2006- june 2009)
• Aiwazz Vallach - keyboards (1995)

Discography

Albums

• Zîrnindu-să, 1996
• Măiastru Sfetnic, 2000
• 'N Crugu Bradului, 2002
• OM, 2006
• Măiestrit, 2010 (re-recording of Măiastru Sfetnic)
• Vîrstele Pamîntului, 2010
• Focul Viu (2011)

EPs

• Sala Molksa, 1998
• Inarborat Kosmos, 2005
• Poarta De Dincolo, 2011^[6]

Demos

• From Transilvanian Forest, 1995

Box Sets

• Negură Bunget Box, 2004

Related projects/bands

• Negura Magazine / Negura Music: central European ideological magazine, of which Negru is the chief editor.
• Makrothumia: progressive / doom death metal band formed in 1994, of which Hupogrammos and Negru were founding members.
• Dordeduh band formed in June 2009 by Hupogrammos and Sol Faur.
• Din Brad project of Negru.

References

1. ^ Negură Bunget biography @ MusicMight
2. ^ "‘Negură Bunget’". Maelstrom Zine. maelstrom.nu/ezine. 2004-08-09. http://www.maelstrom.nu/ezine/interview_iss10_89.php. Retrieved 2007-04-15. 
3. ^ "‘Negură Bunget’". Negură Bunget Official Website. http://www.negurabunget.com. Retrieved 2007-04-15. 
4. ^ "‘NEGURA BUNGET SAGA CONTINUES’". Terrorizer. http://www.terrorizer.com/content/negura-bunget-saga-continues. Retrieved 2009-05-13. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ http://www.auralwebstore.com/store/product.php?id_product=407
6. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=150772

External links

• Negură Bunget official website
• Negură Bunget Music
• Negură Bunget on Myspace
• Code666 Records
• Prophecy/Lupus Lounge Records