History Music / BlutAusNord

* {{Sampling}}: "Level 1 (Nothing Is)" samples some muffled dialogue from ''Film/TheEvilDead'' while "Level 3 (Nothing Becomes)" samples some of the OminousLatinChanting from ''Film/EyesWideShut''.

** "Ex tenebrae lūcīs" appears to be intended to mean either "From the Darkness, Light" or "From the Light, Darkness", but ''ex'' should be followed by the ablative case; ''tenebrae'' is in the nominative or vocative case and ''lūcīs'' is genitive. "Ex tenebrīs lūx" is correct for "From the Darkness, Light", while either "Ex lūce tenebrae" or "Ex lūcī tenebrae" would work for "From the Light, Darkness".

* LongTitle: A lot of albums and songs have these, often owing to the subtitles. The longest by far has got to be ''Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity: Soundtracks for Scientists of Occult Synchretism'', though.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Vindsval has gotta have one of the better stage names in black metal.

* GratuitousGerman: Their name is meant to mean "Blood from the North," but is grammatically wrong (although Wiki/ThatOtherWiki suggests that the grammar would be correct for nautical jargon); a better version would be ''Blut aus dem Norden''. It's also possible they meant it to mean "Blood of the North", in which case it should have been "Blut des Nordens". Interestingly, cardinal directions are seldom used in spoken German.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: Frequently used at the ends of albums. Examples include "Epitome VI", "Procession of the Dead Clowns", and "Elevation". This tendency of theirs is taken UpToEleven with the ''777'' trilogy, as ''Cosmosophy'' is a Surprisingly Gentle ''Album'', while ''Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity'' (often released as a bonus disc to ''The Work Which Transforms God'', and apparently considered an appendix of sorts to the album) probably qualifies as a Surprisingly Gentle EP, with "Level-2 (Nothing Is Not)" and "Level-3 (Nothing Becomes)" standing out as particularly gentle.

* FilkSong: Some of the songs on ''Disharmonium'' are clearly inspired by the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, most notably "Chants of the Deep Ones" and "Keziah Mason".

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** "Level-2 (Nothing Is Not)" on the ''Thematic Emanation'' EP is an ambient trip-hop track that almost sounds like a Music/BoardsOfCanada or Music/MassiveAttack song. Also counts as a SurprisinglyGentleSong. The following song, "Level-3 (Nothing Becomes)", meanwhile, is a serene ambient song, though some listeners may find it mildly unsettling. The entire EP counts somewhat, as it's mostly instrumental and has more to do with {{industrial}} music than with BlackMetal. Insofar as it's metal, it's Blut aus Nord's one release that's unambiguously IndustrialMetal rather than the BlackMetal[=/=]IndustrialMetal hybrid that defines so much of their work.
** ''777 - Cosmosophy'' also counts, as it's LighterAndSofter than the rest of the trilogy (and even Blut aus Nord's melodic black metal albums) and contains almost no HarshVocals. It has essentially no traces of BlackMetal, being a straight-up ProgressiveMetal album that is likely to qualify as SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel for many listeners.
** ''[=MoRT=]'' is often considered one of the band's most terrifying albums, due in part to its lack of anything resembling conventional song structure, and also because it increases the band's usage of dissonance UpToEleven. Despite this, a few passages qualify as conventionally beautiful, and the album actually isn't quite as heavy as most of the band's industrial black metal output, as the guitar distortion is turned down somewhat from the band's usual standard - the album is terrifying mostly because it is so dissonant and disorienting. The album also does have something of a structure; it's comprised of eight chapters varying from about four to about seven minutes in length, each with anywhere from about forty-five seconds to about a minute and twenty seconds of ambience between them. Repeated listening helps demystify the album somewhat, but it's still an oddity even by the band's standards.
** "My Prayer Beyond Ginnungagap" is an entirely ACappella chant. It also appears to be the only song on the album to have had its lyrics released, which is particularly odd because the chanting sounds [[{{Scatting}} wordless]].
** A more minor example, but the ''What Once Was'' records are more or less straight death metal.

* UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}:
** Appears to be a major influence on ''Dialogue with the Stars''.
*** "Translucent Body of Air (Sutta Anapanasati)" refers to the ''Ānāpānasati Sutta'', a discourse that details the Buddha's instructions on using awareness of breathing to guide meditation.
*** "The Alcove of Angels (Vipassana)" refers to Vipassanā (Sanskrit: विपश्यन), a kind of meditation that is intended to focus one's awareness on things as they truly are.
** The discarded ''Mort'' song titles also reference Buddhist concepts.
*** "Samsaric Ocean" refers to saṃsāra, the beginning-less cycle of birth, mundane existence, death, and rebirth; it is considered to be unsatisfactory and painful, perpetuated by desire, ignorance, and the resulting karma.
*** Samadhi (referenced in "The Meditation of the Ghost (Samadhi)") is a state of meditative consciousness that is the final element of the Noble Eightfold Path.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Their sound is a mixture of BlackMetal, IndustrialMetal, ProgressiveMetal, and frequently other genres. The ''What Once Was'' releases throw old-school DeathMetal into the mix, for example, while most of the ''777'' trilogy also throws in AvantGardeMetal.

** ''Dēbēmur mortī'' translates as something like ''We Should Die'', ''We Are Owed Death'', or ''We Are Bound to Death''.

** "Revēlātiō" means "The Revelation" (again, its linguistic descendant).

** "Chorea Macchabeorum" ("कोरिया मछाबोरुं") appears to mean "Korean Fisherman" in Hindi, believe it or not. This may be a coincidence, however.

** "Chorēa macchabeorum"[[labelnote:With macrons]][[/labelnote]] appears to mean "Dance of Death", "Macabre Dance" (i.e., the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre Danse Macabre]]), or "Dance of the Maccabees" (in the latter case, both words would be capitalised, as Maccabees would be considered a proper noun[[note]]The proper convention for Latin titles is to capitalise only the first word and proper nouns, as with Italian and Spanish titles, although almost no one actually follows this; presumably, most people assume that other languages' titles should be capitalised in the manner of English ones.[[/note]]). However, it's a slightly non-standard spelling - "Chorēa Maccabaeōrum" or "Chorēa Machabaeōrum" would be more standard. (As mentioned in GratuitousForeignLanguage above, this title may also mean "Korean Fisherman" in Hindi; however, it's more probable that the title was intended to be Latin, and the Hindi connection is probably coincidental.)

* GratuitousLatin:

** ''Deus salutis meæ'' translates as ''God of My Salvation''.
** ''Codex obscura nomina'' could be translated a number of different ways (''Codex of Obscure Names'' ''Codex of Dark Names'', ''Dark Codex of Names''...).
** ''Debemur morti'' translates as ''We Owe Death'' or ''We Are Bound to Death''.
** "Tellus mater" translates as "Mother Earth".
** "De librio arbitrio" translates roughly as "Of Free Will", though the spelling doesn't appear to be standard (''libero arbitrio'' would be more standard). It may be a reference to "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_libero_arbitrio_diatribe_sive_collatio De libero arbitrio diatribe sive collatio]]", a polemic written by Desiderius Erasmus in 1524.
** "Clarissima mundi lumina" means "The Brightest Lights of the World".

** "Revelatio" means "The Revelation" (again, its linguistic descendant).
** "Ex tenebrae lucis" means "From the Darkness, Light" or "Out of Darkness, Light".
** "Chorea macchabeorum" appears to mean "Dance of Death", "Macabre Dance" (i.e., the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre Danse Macabre]]), or "Dance of the Maccabees" (in the latter case, both words would be capitalised, as Maccabees would be considered a proper noun[[note]]The proper convention for Latin titles is to capitalise only the first word and proper nouns, as with Italian and Spanish titles, although almost no one actually follows this; presumably, most people assume that other languages' titles should be capitalised in the manner of English ones.[[/note]]). However, it's a slightly non-standard spelling - "Chorea Maccabaeorum" or "Chorea Machabaeorum" would be more standard. (As mentioned in GratuitousForeignLanguage above, this title may also mean "Korean Fisherman" in Hindi; however, it's more probable that the title was intended to be Latin, and the Hindi connection is probably coincidental.)

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Their early material and later ''Memoria vetusta'' albums are a hard 8-solid 9, while their IndustrialMetal output tends to be a hard 9 to a hard 10. ''Hallucinogen'' is mostly in 7-9 range. ''777 - Cosmosophy'' is the clear outlier among the band's full-length albums, being mostly in the 5-7 range; the EP ''Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity'', meanwhile, probably falls mostly in the 6-8 range, with "Level-2 (Nothing Is Not)" and "Level-3 (Nothing Becomes)" both probably being no higher than 4 and arguably as low as 2. [=MoRT=] is probably almost impossible to classify; the reduced usage of guitar distortion could lead some people to rank it as an 8, but the increased usage of dissonance and incredibly disorienting album structure might lead others to rank it as an 11. The other big question marks are the first two ''777'' records, which alternate between level 10 industrial black metal and more melodic, chilled out material that can fall much lower; they probably average about a 9 all told, but it ''really'' depends on the track. Several instrumental intros/interludes/outros also fall way lower than the majority of the band's work, with some as low as 1.

* UpdatedRerelease: ''The Mystical Beast of Rebellion'' was later reissued with a second disc containing a three-section seventh part of the album, recorded around ten years after the first half. For a long time, ''The Work Which Transforms God'' usually came bundled with the ''Thematic Emanation'' EP, but the latest release through Debemur Morti Productions tacks on the Music/{{Godflesh}} cover "Mighty Trust Krusher" instead.

* Myth/NorseMythology: ''Ultima Thulee'' seems to be based on Norse myths, with song titles like "Till I Perceive Bifrost" and "On the Way to Vigrid" giving it away. There aren't any published lyrics, however, with the exception of "My Prayer Beyond Ginnungagap".

* OverlyLongName: A good chunk of their recordings, but ''Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity: Soundtracks for Scientists of Occult Synchretism'' has to take the cake.

** "De librio arbitrio" translates roughly as "Of Free Will", though the spelling doesn't appear to be standard (''libero arbitrio'' would be more standard).

** ''Debemur morti'' translates as ''We Owe Death''.

** ''Debemur morti'' translates as ''We Are Death''.

** "Chorea macchabeorum" appears to mean "Dance of Death", "Macabre Dance" (i.e., the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre Danse Macabre]]), or "Dance of the Maccabees" (in the latter case, both words would be capitalised, as Maccabees would be considered a proper noun[[note]]The proper convention for Latin titles is to capitalise only the first word and proper nouns, as with Italian and Spanish titles, although almost no one actually follows this; presumably, most people assume that other languages' titles should be capitalised in the manner of English ones.[[/note]]). However, as Latin grammar is... confounding, further elucidation by someone with better knowledge of the language would be appreciated. (As mentioned in GratuitousForeignLanguage above, this title may also mean "Korean Fisherman" in Hindi; however, it's more probable that the title was intended to be Latin, and the Hindi connection is probably coincidental.)

Blut aus Nord (Eng: Blood from (the) North) (formed in 1993 under the name Vlad) is a French BlackMetal outfit from Lower Normandy, and is one of the most popular French black metal bands alongside Music/DeathspellOmega, Peste Noire, and Music/{{Alcest}}. Initially playing a melodic/ambient form of black metal for their first two releases, the band later added IndustrialMetal and ProgressiveMetal elements in the vein of Music/{{Godflesh}} starting with their 2001 release ''The Mystical Beast of Rebellion''. Though they largely stick to this new sound, they have released two sequel albums to their sophomore effort ''Memoria vetusta I: Fathers of an Icy Age'', with a fourth release in the series planned for 2018. They (or rather, guitarist and vocalist [[IAmTheBand Vindsval]]) have also completed a trilogy of albums (the ''777'' albums) that all share thematic elements and track numbering while also adding AvantGardeMetal elements to their sound.

** ''Memoria vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars'': "Disciple's Libration (Lost in the Nine Worlds)" (9:06), "Antithesis of the Flesh (...And Then Arises a New Essence)" (7:53), "....The Meditant (Dialogue with the Stars)" (10:14), "The Alcove of Angels (Vipassana)" (8:43), "The Formless Sphere (Beyond the Reason)" (9:28)

** ''777 - Cosmosophy'': "Epitome XIV" (8:55), "Epitome XVI" (10:18), "Epitome XVII" (9:27), "Epitome XVIII" (11:01)
** ''Memoria vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry'': "Forhist" (8:56), "The Metaphor of the Moon" (8:12), "Clarissima mundi lumina" (8:30)
** ''Hallucinogen'': "Nomos Nebuleam" (8:28). Special points for every track on this album exceeding the six-minute mark.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Their early material and later ''Memoria vetusta'' albums are a hard 8-solid 9, while their IndustrialMetal output tends to be a hard 9 to a hard 10. ''Hallucinogen'' is mostly in 7-9 range. ''777 - Cosmosophy'' is the clear outlier among the band's full-length albums, being mostly in the 5-7 range; the EP ''Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity'', meanwhile, probably falls mostly in the 6-8 range, with "Level-2 (Nothing Is Not)" and "Level-3 (Nothing Becomes)" both probably being no higher than 4 and arguably as low as 2. [=MoRT=] is probably almost impossible to classify; the reduced usage of guitar distortion could lead some people to rank it as an 8, but the increased usage of dissonance and incredibly disorienting album structure might lead others to rank it as an 11. Several instrumental intros/interludes/outros also fall way lower than the majority of the band's work, with some as low as 1.

* OverlyLongName: A good chunk of their recordings.

* ''Hallucinogen'' (to be released later in 2019)

** LighterAndSofter: What the second and third ''Memoria vetusta'' albums, which are throwbacks to their old sound, are to their later albums. Also, what ''Cosmosophy'' is to the first two volumes of the ''777'' trilogy.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Their early material and later ''Memoria vetusta'' albums are a hard 8-solid 9, while their IndustrialMetal output tends to be a hard 9 to a hard 10. ''777 - Cosmosophy'' is the clear outlier among the band's full-length albums, being mostly in the 5-7 range; the EP ''Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity'', meanwhile, probably falls mostly in the 6-8 range, with "Level-2 (Nothing Is Not)" and "Level-3 (Nothing Becomes)" both probably being no higher than 4 and arguably as low as 2. [=MoRT=] is probably almost impossible to classify; the reduced usage of guitar distortion could lead some people to rank it as an 8, but the increased usage of dissonance and incredibly disorienting album structure might lead others to rank it as an 11. Several instrumental intros/interludes/outros also fall way lower than the majority of the band's work, with some as low as 1.

* SopranoAndGravel: While most of their vocals are the MetalScream expected of black metal, there are occasional clean vocals thrown in for contrast on some albums. On ''Cosmosophy'' these are the rule rather than the exception, although some songs still have HarshVocals - however, these are used for atmospheric effect and are quite faint in the mix. On ''Saturnian Poetry'' and the second half of ''The Desanctification'' (when the songs have vocals at all), the screams and clean singing are used about half-and-half; on most other albums, the clean singing tends to be the exception rather than the rule.

** "Chorea macchabeorum" appears to mean "Dance of Death", "Macabre Dance" (i.e., the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre Danse Macabre]]), or "Dance of the Maccabees" (in the latter case, both words would be capitalised, as Maccabees would be considered a proper noun[[note]]The proper convention for Latin titles is to capitalise only the first word and proper nouns, as with Italian and Spanish titles, although almost no one actually follows this; presumably, most people assume that other languages' titles should be capitalised in the manner of English ones.[[/note]]). However, as Latin grammar is... confounding, further elucidation by someone with better knowledge of the language would be appreciated. (As mentioned in GratuitousForeignLanguage below, this title may also mean "Korean Fisherman" in Hindi; however, it's more probable that the title was intended to be Latin, and the Hindi connection is probably coincidental.)

** There are at least two to the English occultist UsefulNotes/AleisterCrowley. ''777'' is the title of one of his works, and ''Odinist''[='=]s subtitle (''The Destruction of Reason by Illumination'') also comes from his works.