1349 (band)

History

1349 formed in 1997 and includes several former members of Alvheim. Drummer Frost also plays in Satyricon. The band performed a cover of Mayhem's "Buried by Time and Dust" on their debut album Liberation, acknowledging their influences. At live shows, 1349 has also covered Celtic Frost; vocalist Ravn cites Celtic Frost as his principal influence.

The band tours regularly, and their live performances often begin with Frost and guitarist Archaon breathing fire. In 2006, 1349 toured the United States with Celtic Frost. Ravn contributed guest vocals to the Celtic Frost album Monotheist (2006) on the CD digipack bonus track "Temple of Depression". At the 2007 French Hellfest festival, 1349 was scheduled to play during the day but requested to reschedule to perform in the dark.

During the Oslo Inferno Metal Festival in March 2008, Celtic Frost frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer joined 1349 on stage for a rendition of "The Usurper". In September 2008, 1349 toured with Carcass, Suffocation, Aborted, and Rotten Sound on the Exhume to Consume Tour. A music video for "Sculptor of Flesh" was made after the release of Hellfire (2005); directed by Judd Tilyard, it alternates between footage of the band performing in Norway and clips of surgery filmed in Australia.

In late 2008, 1349 recorded its fourth album, Revelations of the Black Flame, co-mixed by Tom Gabriel Fischer and released in Europe on 25 May 2009. The album marked a change in direction, with slower songs and some dark ambient and industrial-tinged tracks. 1349 toured with Cannibal Corpse, Skeletonwitch, and Lecherous Nocturne on the Evisceration Plague Tour in April–May 2010, and performed at the Wacken Open Air and Summer Breeze Open Air festivals in August 2010.