1349

Biography

1349 is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, formed in 1997. The band's name references the year the Black Death reached Norway.

History

1349 formed in 1997, and consists of several former members of the band Alvheim. Drummer Frost is also a member of Satyricon.
In recognition of 1349's influences, the band covered Mayhem's "Buried by Time and Dust" on their debut album, Liberation×Liberation7 April 2003 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Manifest4:042I Breathe Spears4:253Riders of the Apocalypse4:354Deathmarch1:055Pitch Black3:206Satanic Propaganda3:457Legion4:568Evil Oath3:499Liberation5:2210Buried by Time and Dust3:06. At 1349's live shows, the band has covered Celtic Frost, whom vocalist Ravn cites as his principal influence.
1349 tours regularly. The band's live shows often begin with Frost and guitarist Archaon breathing fire. In 2006, 1349 toured the US with Celtic Frost. Ravn appeared on the Celtic Frost album Monotheist (2006), performing guest vocals on the CD digipack bonus track "Temple of Depression". In 2007, during the French Hellfest festival, 1349 was slated to play during the day, but asked to reschedule their appearance to play in the dark instead. During 1349's appearance at the Oslo Inferno Metal Festival in March 2008, Celtic Frost frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer joined the band onstage for a rendition of the Celtic Frost song "The Usurper". In September 2008, 1349 toured with Carcass, Suffocation, Aborted and Rotten Sound on the Exhume to Consume Tour.
A music video for "Sculptor of Flesh" was made following the release of Hellfire (2005). The video, directed by Judd Tilyard, alternates footage of the band performing the song in Norway with clips of surgery filmed in Australia.
During late 2008, 1349 recorded its fourth album, Revelations of the Black Flame×Revelations of the Black Flame21 April 2009 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Invocation6:142Serpentine Sibilance4:353Horns3:054Maggot Fetus... Teeth Like Thorns3:475Misanthropy3:336Uncreation7:007Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun6:138Solitude3:389At the Gate...6:53Disc 21Hellfire5:482Chasing Dragons6:343Satanic Propaganda3:154I Am Abomination4:135Manifest5:066Slaves to Slaughter8:56. Co-mixed by Tom Gabriel Fischer, the album was released in Europe on 25 May 2009. Revelations of the Black Flame changed direction for the band, with slower songs and dark ambient and industrial-tinged tracks.
At the beginning of 2010, the band signed with Indie Recordings for the release of its fifth album in Europe, with Prosthetic Records distributing the album in North America.
1349 toured with Cannibal Corpse, Skeletonwitch, and Lecherous Nocturne on the Evisceration Plague Tour, in April–May 2010. The band performed at the Wacken Open Air and Summer Breeze Open Air festivals in August 2010.
1349 released its fifth album, Demonoir×Demonoir26 April 2010 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Tunnels of Set I1:332Atomic Chapel6:253Tunnel II1:014When I Was Flesh5:455Tunnel III0:406Psalm 7:775:427Tunnel IV1:038Pandemonium War Bells7:499Tunnel V1:1610The Devil of the Deserts6:3011Tunnel VI1:0512Demonoir6:1913Tunnel VII3:53Disc 21Rapture4:032Strike of the Beast3:443Nerves5:21, on 26 April 2010. The album returned to 1349's earlier sound, before Revelations of the Black Flame, while continuing the low-fi production and ambient sensibilities of Revelations. 1349 toured Canada and the United States with Tom Gabriel Fischer's project Triptykon in October 2010. A deluxe box set of Demonoir was released in October 2011. The band's first live DVD, Hellvetia Fire – The Official 1349 Bootleg, was released on 24 October 2011 by Candlelight Records. It was filmed at Bikini Test La Chaux De Fonds in Switzerland in 2005.
In October 2013, the band began recording their sixth studio album, Massive Cauldron of Chaos×Massive Cauldron of Chaos29 September 2014 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Cauldron4:222Slaves4:533Exorcism5:364Postmortem4:355Mengele’s5:596Golem1:397Chained4:528[unknown]1:079Godslayer6:0110Tornado6:17. On 10 December, the band announced that the record was finished, and it was released on 29 September 2014, via Indie Recordings.
In February 2017, it was announced that 1349 signed to Season of Mist and were writing their seventh studio album, set to be released in 2019. The first single from the album, "Dødskamp×Dødskamp14 January 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Dødskamp5:04", was released digitally on 14 January 2019. On 31 July 2019, it was revealed that the band's seventh studio album would be titled The Infernal Pathway×The Infernal Pathway18 October 2019 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Abyssos antithesis5:302Through Eyes of Stone3:243Tunnel of Set VIII0:474Enter Cold Void Dreaming3:595Towers Upon Towers4:506Tunnel of Set IX1:057Deeper Still4:138Striding the Chasm6:119Dødskamp5:0110Tunnel of Set X0:5311Stand Tall in Fire8:09. It was released on 18 October 2019. According to the band’s instagram profile in April 2024, they were recording their eighth studio album. On 3 May, 2024 the band released the first single from the album, "Ash of Ages×Ash of Ages3 May 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Ash of Ages5:27". On 9 July 2024, they released the track "Shadow Point×Shadow Point9 July 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Shadow Point3:40" as well as full details of their eighth studio album, The Wolf & the King×The Wolf & The King4 October 2024 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1The God Devourer5:122Ash of Ages5:293Shadow Point3:424Inferior Pathways4:315Inner Portal5:116The Vessel and the Storm5:167Obscura3:468Fatalist5:51, released on October 4, 2024.

Current members

Olav "Ravn" Bergene – lead vocals (1997–present), drums (1997–2000)
Tor Risdal "Seidemann" Stavenes – bass, backing vocals (1997–present)
Idar "Archaon" Burheim – guitars, backing vocals (1999–present)
Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad – drums (2000–present)

Former members

Lars "Balfori" Larsen – guitars (1997–1998)
André "Tjalve" Kvebek – guitars (1997–2006)

Touring members

Tony Laureano – drums (2006)
Morten "Teloch" Iversen – guitars (2006–2007)
Mads Guldbekkhei – drums (2007–2008)
Thor "Destructhor" Anders Myhren – guitars (2008, 2015)
Tony "Secthdamon" Ingibergsson – guitars, backing vocals (2009, 2016–present)
Jon "The Charn" Rice – drums (2012)
Sondre Drangsland – drums (2014–2018)
Nils "Dominator" Fjellström – drums (2018–present)

Studio albums

Liberation (2003)
Beyond the Apocalypse (2004)
Hellfire (2005)
Revelations of the Black Flame (2009)
Demonoir (2010)
Massive Cauldron of Chaos (2014)
The Infernal Pathway (2019)
The Wolf & the King (2024)

DVD

Hellvetia Fire – The Official 1349 Bootleg DVD (2011)