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Negură Bunget
12+ albums
black metalatmospheric black metalfolk metalprogressive black metalRomanian
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Negură Bunget was a folk-influenced atmospheric black metal band from Timișoara, Romania. The band was formed in early 1995 by Hupogrammos (guitars, vocals, keyboards) and Negru (drums; R.I.P. March 21, 2017). The duo’s first demo, From Transilvanian Forests, was recorded at Magic Sound Studio in Bucharest, November 1995, and released at the end of the same year, under the band’s original name, Wiccan Rede (it has since been re-released under the band's new name; page at From Transilvanian Forests). The release of this demo was preceded by the band’s first live performance in Buzau (June 1995), and was then followed by concerts all around Romania. Once their conceptual perspective shifted towards the exploration of the universe and spirituality of their ancestors, the band’s name changed to Negură Bunget. The new approach became clearly evident on the debut album, Zîrnindu-să (Romanian for Getting Weak), released by the newly founded Romanian label Bestial Records (late 1996). December 1998 brought Negură Bunget’s second release, Sala Molksa (named for the place Dacian knights went after death), a mini-album also released by Bestial Records. Sala Molksa introduced the band’s third official member, Spurcatu, on guitars/bass. The 4 tracks unveil a much more straight-forward sound, complex, aggressive, atmospheric, fast - the music of Transilvanian spirituality. The band played in July 1999 at the Open Hell Festival in Volyne (Czech Republic). Măiastru sfetnic (Romanian for
