Formed in 1992, in the town of Honefoss, by Trondr Nefas (screeches, lead guitar) and Enzifer (a.k.a. Mr. T.L. Messiah, rhythm guitar), Urgehal are true, necro-Norwegian black metal poster boys -- and that means corpse-paint, scary costumes, leather & spikes; the works! Early demos from '94 and '95 saw the group complemented by ba**ist Chiron and keyboard player Aradia, but her services were soon dispensed with and it wasn't until the release of their 1997 debut album, Arma ... Show more...

Formed in 1992, in the town of Honefoss, by Trondr Nefas (screeches, lead guitar) and Enzifer (a.k.a. Mr. T.L. Messiah, rhythm guitar), Urgehal are true, necro-Norwegian black metal poster boys -- and that means corpse-paint, scary costumes, leather & spikes; the works! Early demos from '94 and '95 saw the group complemented by ba**ist Chiron and keyboard player Aradia, but her services were soon dispensed with and it wasn't until the release of their 1997 debut album, Arma Christi, that Urgehal bothered to hire a human drummer, Uruz (real name Jarle Byberg). Further examples of raw, unsophisticated, misanthropic black metal followed in the shape of 1998's Ma**ive Terrestrial Attack, 2001's Atomkinder, and 2003's Through Thick Fog Til d**h, which introduced new ba**ist Tomas 'Sregroth' Torgersbraten and was eventually reissued stateside two-years later by Southern Lord Records. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide