The band's original line-up consisted of Aort on guitars, Viper aka Vicotnik from the bands Ved Buens Ende and Dødheimsgard on bass guitar and Kvohst from the bands Void and Dødheimsgard on vocals. They were joined later on by Vyttra on Guitar and AiwarikiaR, former drummer of Ulver, on drums. Aort wrote all of the music and Kvohst co-wrote the lyrics with an English writer called Andrew Nicol, and the band released their first demo, entitled Neurotransmissions: Amplified Thought Chemistry, on March 15, 2002. The band was eventually signed to Spikefarm Records an imprint record label of Spinefarm Records. Through Spikefarm, they released their first full-length, entitled Nouveau Gloaming on June 13, 2005. After the album's release Kvohst went on to replace the departed Aldrahn on vocals in Dødheimsgard to record the album Supervillain Outcast in 2007. Kvohst, Vyttra and AiwarikiaR had all left the band for unspecified reasons in late 2006. A few months later it was announced that ICS Vortex (of Arcturus, Dimmu Borgir, and Lamented Souls) had been in talks to be recruited as the vocalist of the band but in the end he never joined the band nor wrote, performed or rehearsed with them. In September 2008, the band announced that they would not be working with Vortex after all and that Kvohst had returned to do the vocals on the new album.[1] On 4. November 2008 the title for the new album was announced: "Resplendent Grotesque". [2] The new album features the original core lineup of Kvohst, Aort and Vicotnik and the drums were performed by Adrian Erlandsson from At The Gates and ex-Cradle Of Filth.
^Courtesy of Wikipedia.
Code are an awesome band! My new discovery
Really into them atm. Two albums, Nouveau Gloaming (2005) and Resplendent Grotesque (2009). They're not exactly BM but rather BM influenced, if you read the wikipedia info above you'll see that the members consist of people from quite influencial bands. Great clean vocals, i can honestly say Kvohst (Matthew McNerney) is one of my favorite vocalists, may even have him a little higher than I.C.S Vortex (love his work in Arcturus). Awesome riffs, perfect and atmospheric, very emotional especially in combo with the vox, love the chord transitioning etc. Bass is amazing, really impeccable for the band, drums kick ass. Different drummer in the first album (former Ulver drummer) and second (At the Gates). Perfect in each one. Also interesting song structures and time signatures, very experimental for 'BM', emotionally powerful, awesome lyrics, overall an amazing band. No complaints! All their songs kick ass. Here's a few of my favorite songs: From Nouveau Gloaming: Cloud Formed Teardrop Asylum, Brass Dogs. From Resplendent Grotesque: I Hold Your Light, In The Privacy of Your Own Bones. I was gonna name more but that would eventually cover all their songs! Give 'em a listen and tell me your opinions.EN XANOUN! \m/
