Graveland
Rob Darken, October 2005
Origin	Wrocław
Country	Poland
Years active	1992-present
Genres	Black metal Viking metal Pagan metal
Labels	No Colours Records
Members	Robert "Rob Darken" Fudali
Website(s)	www.graveland.org

Graveland is a Polish black metal band which was formed in 1992 by Rob Darken (born Robert Fudali). Darken, who started Graveland as a solo project, was inspired by early black metal such as Bathory and Burzum's early works. Starting with Thousand Swords, the band took on a powerful folk influence; as a result, Graveland's later works have sometimes been described as viking metal or pagan metal. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (940x1410, 286 KB) Graveland, October 2005 Source: http://www. ... Wrocław ( ; German: ; Czech: ; Latin: Wratislavia or Vratislavia) is the capital of Lower Silesia in southwestern Poland, situated on the Oder River (Odra). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Black metal is a type of extreme heavy metal music that started in the early 1980s. ... Viking metal is a cross-genre reference usually used to describe the lyrical and thematic elements of bands rather than the music itself. ... Pagan metal is a subgenre of black metal that draws heavily on Pagan or Neopagan, Celtic and/or Anti-Christian imagery. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Member of the ns black metal band Graveland. ... Black metal is a type of extreme heavy metal music that started in the early 1980s. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Member of the ns black metal band Graveland. ... Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, and is regarded as one of the forefathers of the black metal and viking metal genres. ... Cover of Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (en:If the light takes us) Burzum began in 1987 as a prominent Norwegian black metal solo project of Varg Vikernes (born Kristian Vikernes). ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Viking metal is a cross-genre reference usually used to describe the lyrical and thematic elements of bands rather than the music itself. ... Pagan metal is a subgenre of black metal that draws heavily on Pagan or Neopagan, Celtic and/or Anti-Christian imagery. ...

Graveland has also been associated with the National Socialist black metal movement in the past, though Darken has since distanced himself from it. National Socialist black metal (also known as Nazi black metal or NSBM) is a neo-Nazi subgenre of black metal music where the lyrics advocate ideas of racial separatism, anti-Semitism, Aryanism and a desire to return to pre-Christian ways of life. ...

Discography

Studio albums

• Carpathian Wolves (1994, re-released in 2003)
• Thousand Swords (1995, re-released in 2001)
• In the Glare of Burning Churches (1996, re-released demo with extra songs)
• Following the Voice of Blood (1997)
• Immortal Pride (1998)
• Raiders of Revenge (2000, split album with Honor)
• Creed of Iron / Prawo Stali (2000, released in English and Polish)
• Memory and Destiny (2002)
• The Fire of Awakening (2003)
• Dawn of Iron Blades (2004)
• Fire Chariot of Destruction (2005)
• Will Stronger Than Death (2007)

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Demos

• Necromanteion (1992)
• Promo June '92 (1992)
• Drunemeton (1992)
• Epilogue (1993)
• In The Glare of Burning Churches (1993)
• The Celtic Winter (1993)
• Following the Voice of Blood (1997)
• Epilogue/In the Glare of Burning Churches (1999, compilation of two demos)

EPs

• "The Celtic Winter" (1994, different from demo, contains extra songs)
• "Impaler's Wolves" (1999, 2 songs EP with reworked songs from Carpathian Wolves)
• "Raise Your Sword!" (2001)
• "Blood of Heroes" (2002)

Band members

Current members

• Robert "Rob Darken" Fudali - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, synthesizers, keyboard instruments, drums, drum programming

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Former members

• Maciej "Capricornus" Dąbrowski - drums (1992-1999)
• Grzegorz (aka "Anextiomarus" or "Karcharoth") Jurgielewicz - bass (1992-1995)- In 2004 he committed suicide.

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See also

• Lord Wind, another of Rob Darken's solo projects , contributed with bands Veles, Infernum, Oppressor at present Baphomets Throne , Legion, Wolfkhan, Darken.

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External links

• Official website
• Graveland at MusicBrainz
• Graveland lyrics at DarkLyrics
• Graveland at Encyclopaedia Metallum