Funeris Nocturnum Video "I Abhor Thee", Featuring Matti, Mikko, and Aleksi

Funeris Nocturnum at Myspace

An Interview From 2003 With Funeris Nocturnum

The birth of Funeris Nocturnum dates back to Autumn of 1998, when it was founded by members Torment and Grimort. Their first demo, Slay and Burn, was released in September 1999, and it resulted in a deal with Woodcut Records. The debut album, Pure Satanic Blasphemy was released in the spring of 2000. The early releases were brutal, aggressive, and extremely fast metal in the vein of Marduk and Dark Funeral.

The second album, From the Aspect of Darkly Illuminated (2001), was a more progressive and technical album than the first one; with some thrash and death metal influences. By the end of the year 2001, Woodcut re-released Slay and Burn as a mini-cd with some cover songs, and a video of the song 'I Abhor Thee' which you can see above.

The third album, Code 666: Religion Syndrome Deceased, was released in 2002, and it is an intriguing and elaborate mixture of various genres of extreme metal. After the recordings of 'Code 666' the drummer Draco was let go, and he was replaced by TMON.

The band started as a fast black metal act, then mixed some death and thrash influences into their music, and on their third album they were industrial influenced extreme metal.

After Ruho and Torment left the band in 2004, the four other members felt that the band had done all it could, and decided to lay it rest. From the ashes of Funeris Nocturnum, a new band called Atakhama was born.

The last line up of Funeris Nocturnum was:

Simo "ImpresouvenairMort-nergal" Rahikainen - Guitar (Atakhama, Where Victims Lie)

J-V "Sin'equamnon" Hintikka - Guitar (Machine Men, ex-Atakhama, ex-Palmcut)

Matti "Horgath" Honkonen - Bass (Atakhama, Swallow the Sun, Gold Dust, ex-Obscurant)

Timo "TMON" Häkkinen - Drums (Atakhama, Sotajumala, Were Victims Lie)

Mikko on stage with Funeris Nocturnum

Did you know?

Mikko chose the stage name Trmnt.xes during his time with Funeris Nocturnum.

This meant Torment having sex. Aleksi was known as Ruho, described as "hairy mother fucker", and Matti known as Horgath, "Horgh vs. Gathering"