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Moribund Oblivion is a Turkish black metal band from Istanbul, formed by vocalist Bahadır Uludağlar in 1999. Within the black metal genre in Türkiye, the band has generated the most international attention. It has played several festivals, such as Heathen Crusade, and toured internationally including a number of album promotion tours in Germany.[1][2]
Moribund Oblivion | |
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| Origin | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Genres | Black metal |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Talheim Records Germany |
| Members | Bahadır Uludağlar İlkay Canaydın Emir Cosovic Feyzi Ocak |
| Past members | Duygu Soysal Engin Ufuk Kaplan Uğur Keçecioğlu Fatih Kanık Oğuz Akalın Gökhan Köse Barbaros Ali Kaynak Adam Şentürk Serdal Semen Gökhan Sancaklı |
| Website | www |
Career
editThe Like a Falling Haze EP was released in 2002 to promote their first studio album, Khanjar, released on 6 January 2004. That same day, Moribund Oblivion performed in support of the Portuguese metal band Moonspell. The band also conducted the first black metal tour of Turkey to promote the album, appearing in Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Eskişehir and Bursa. At the end of the tour, the group performed at the Barisarock and Rock The Nations festivals, and played a gig with Greek black metal band Rotting Christ in Istanbul. The band released a music video for the song, "Ruins of Kara-Shehr", from the Khanjar album, which aired on Turkish channels TRT and Dream TV.
Moribund Oblivion signed with Istanbul record label Atlantis Music for their second album Machine Brain, released in 2006.[3]
In 2008, the band appeared in two Turkish newspapers: Star (July 2008) and Hurriyet (September 2008), as well as headlining the Tbilisi Metal Fest in Georgia and performing at the Interregnum Fest in Rostock, Germany.
Two band members, drummer Fatih Kanık and bassist Serdal Semen, left the group in 2022 and 2023 respectively, due to a falling out with lead singer Bahadır Uludağlar.[4]
Discography
editReferences
edit- ^ Hecker, Pierre (2016). Turkish Metal Music, Meaning, and Morality in a Muslim Society. Taylor & Francis. p. 135. ISBN 9781317005926.
- ^ "MORIBUND OBLIVION Confirmed For HEATHEN CRUSADE 3 Festival". Blabbermouth.net. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "MORIBUND OBLIVION". Atlantis Music. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Moribund Oblivion bassist also lashed out at Bahadır Uludağlar: "He put the money in his own pocket" - DeliKasap". delikasap. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "K.I.N. (Killer Is Nowhere) - RockHard". Rock Hard (magazine). 20 January 2009.
- ^ "Manevi - RockHard". Rock Hard (magazine). 21 May 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Turk - RockHard". Rock Hard (magazine). 18 November 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Rapp, Marcel (11 May 2021). "MORIBUND OBLIVION - Endless". PowerMetal.de.
External links
edit- Moribund Oblivion discography at Discogs
- Moribund Oblivion at AllMusic