Horna

Horna was formed in 1994 by vocalist and guitarist Shatraug, guitarist Moredhel and drummer Gorthaur.{{cite web|title=Horna (Fin) – Interview |author=Torsten |publisher=FinalWar |date=3 July 2003 |url=http://finalw.fi.funpic.de/main.php?cmd=interviews&datei=horna |access-date=2 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101232722/http://finalw.fi.funpic.de/main.php?cmd=interviews&datei=horna |archive-date=1 January 2008 |url-status=dead }} Horna did not start recording until early 1995. The first demo, Varjoissa, was released in September that year and sold out. In 1996, Nazgul von Armageddon took over vocal duties and the band recorded their second demo Hiidentorni in January 1997, resulting in a deal with the Greek label Solistitium Records. Their first full-length album, Kohti Yhdeksän Nousua, was released in 1998. The band continued to release albums under this label through June 1998, when Moredhel and bassist Skratt left the band. Bassist Thanatos replaced Skratt soon afterwards, and Moredhel re-joined that August. In 1999, the band signed to Norwegian label Oskorei Productions for a vinyl-only release of the band's second album, Haudankylmyyden Mailla, and the band released a series of limited vinyl-only EPs and split albums through most of the early 2000s, with full-length studio albums coming out in the latter half of the decade. In 2002, Nazgul von Armageddon left the band, leaving vocal duties to Corvus. In July 2003, it was announced that guitarist Aarni T. Otava had left the group. Horna cited the loss of "dedication" as the reason behind his departure, and revealed that Horna's performance at 2003's Tuska Open Air Metal Festival would be their last with Otava handling guitar duties.{{cite web |date=11 July 2003 |title=HORNA Part Ways With Guitarist |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13490 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040108104916/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13490 |archive-date=8 January 2004 |access-date=2 June 2008 |publisher=Blabbermouth}} Corvus left the band and Spellgoth took over as vocalist in 2009.{{Cite web |title=Horna {{!}} Discography, Members |url=https://www.metalkingdom.net/band/horna-857 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Metal Kingdom |language=en}}

Horna plays black metal and the lyrics are influenced by satanism and anti-christianity.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-16 |title=Tuomas Rytkösen black metal -musiikki ammentaa saatananpalvonnasta ja rienaamisesta – mutta onko kristinuskon pilkkaamisessa enää mitään shokeeraavaa? |url=https://yle.fi/a/3-12144050 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}} Some of Horna's early work has also references to J. R. R Tolkien's novel The Lord of The Rings.{{Cite web |last=Esko |first=Teemu |date=2024-05-30 |title=Tylsä Gorgoroth ja juurilleen palannut Horna – Steelfest-raportin ensimmäinen osa |url=https://kaaoszine.fi/tylsa-gorgoroth-ja-juurilleen-palannut-horna-steelfest-raportin-ensimmainen-osa/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=KaaosZine |language=fi}}

Horna has been criticized for NSBM ties.{{cite web | url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2019/03/22/horna-band-with-nsbm-ties-scheduled-to-begin-u-s-tour-next-week/ |title=Horna, Band with NSBM Ties, Scheduled to Begin U.S. Tour Next Week | work=MetalSucks | date=14 April 2021}} Former lead vocalist Nazgul von Armageddon was alleged to have expressed Nazi views in his solo project Satanic Warmaster. In 2005, founder Shatraug accused Nazgul of being "the Nazi in our ranks" and the band's website in 2007 declared that "[w]hat any ex-members might represent is not what we stand for."{{citation|author=Christian Dornbusch, Hans-Peter Killguss|date=2005|isbn=3-89771-817-0|location=Münster|pages=254|publisher=Unrast Verlag|title=Unheilige Allianzen|type=Black Metal zwischen Satanismus, Heidentum und Neonazismus}}{{cite web|access-date=2010-01-29|archive-date=2008-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112095808/http://www.legion-horna.com/bio.php|date=2007-12-22|language=en|title=Horna official|url=http://www.legion-horna.com/bio.php}} Shatraug said that Horna was "nationalist to a certain point", but not National Socialist.

In 2010 and again in 2019, Horna concerts were cancelled because of allegations that the band was involved with NSBM. The band responded by denying any involvement with national socialism.{{Cite web |date=2019-04-04 |title=Horna Comments On NSBM Allegations - in Metal News ( Metal Underground.com ) |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=53858 |access-date=2023-12-15 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404095855/http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=53858 |url-status=bot: unknown }}{{Cite web |last=Watch |first=Left Coast Right |title=HELL FOR HORNA: ANTIFASCISTS CAMPAIGN AGAINST BLACK METAL BAND'S U.S. TOUR AFTER... {{!}} Left Coast Right Watch |url=https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/hell-for-horna-antifascists-campaign-against-black-metal-bands-u-s-tour-after-nazi-links-come-to-light/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=leftcoastrightwatch.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=BrooklynVegan |date=2019-03-26 |title=Horna gigs cancelled after racism accusations (The Kingsland included) |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/horna-gigs-cancelled-after-racism-accusations-the-kingsland-included/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}} In response to members of the far-right extremist group Atomwaffen Division doing Nazi salutes in the crowd during a performance,{{Cite web |date=2019-04-04 |title=Denver music venue cancels metal show amid band's alleged Nazi ties |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/04/hi-dive-metal-show-horna-cancel/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}} Horna stated that the band has no interest in politics.{{Cite web |last=J.Anttolainen |date=2019-03-26 |title=Horna myrskyn silmässä - syytökset natsiyhteyksistä peruvat keikkoja Amerikassa |url=https://kaaoszine.fi/horna-myrskyn-silmassa-syytokset-natsiyhteyksista-peruvat-keikkoja-amerikassa/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=KaaosZine |language=fi}}

• Shatraug – guitar (1994–present)
• Infection – guitar, backing vocals (2008–present)
• Spellgoth – lead vocals (2009–present)
• LRH – drums (2016–present)
• VnoM – bass guitar (2018–present)

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• Moredhel – guitars, bass (1994–2000)
• Gorthaur – drums (1994–2003, 2005)
• Nazgul von Armageddon – lead vocals, keyboards (1996–2001)
• Skratt – bass, keyboards (1997–1998)
• A.T. Otava – bass, guitars (1998–2003)
• Vrasjarn – bass (2000–2001)
• Corvus – lead vocals (2002–2009)
• Saturnus – guitars (2003–2007)
• Vainaja – drums (2007–2016)
• Lord Sargofagian – drums (2007)
• Hex Inferi – bass (2012–2018)

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• Kohti Yhdeksän Nousua (1998)
• Haudankylmyyden Mailla (1999)
• Sudentaival (2001)
• Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne (2005)
• Ääniä Yössä (2006)
• Sotahuuto (2007)
• Sanojesi Äärelle (2008)
• Askel lähempänä Saatanaa (2013)
• Hengen tulet (2015)
• Kasteessa kirottu (2018)
• Kuoleman kirjo (2020)
• Nyx – Hymnejä Yölle (2024)

• Sota (1999)
• Perimä Vihassa Ja Verikostossa (1999)
• Korpin Hetki (2002)
• Risti ja Ruoska (2002)
• Viha ja Viikate (2003)
• Talismaani (2004)
• Vuohipaimen (2004)
• Pimeyden Hehku (2007)
• Herran edessä (2009)
• Adventus Satanae (2011)
• Kuolleiden kuu (2018)

• Perimä vihassa ja verikostossa / Whispered Myths (1999)
• Horna / Musta Surma (2000)
• Musta Surma / Horna (2002)
• Horna / Desolation Triumphalis (2003)
• Tästä alkavat minun vuoteni / Live Invocation (2003)
• Horna / Woods of Infinity (2004)
• Horna / Behexen (2004)
• Vihan vuodet (2005)
• Goatfucking Gent / Vivicomburium (2005)
• Unohdetut Kasvot, Unohdettu Ääni / Un Sogno Oscuro (2005)
• Horna / Blackdeath (2005)
• Ilman Arvoa ja Arkkua / Kinaidos (2006)
• Horna / Sacrificia Mortuorum (2006)
• Horna / Peste Noire (2007)
• Horna / Nefarious (2009)
• Horna / Den Saakaldte (2014)
• Demonic Christ / Horna (2014)
• Atavistic Resurgence (2015)
• Horna / Pure (2018)
• Horna / Obscure Anachronism (2024)

• Hiidentorni / Perimä Vihassa Ja Verikostossa (2000)
• Ordo Regnum Sathanas (2004)
• Kun Synkkä Ikuisuus Avautuu (2006)
• Musta Kaipuu (2009)

• Varjoissa (1995)
• Hiidentorni (1997)

• Black Metal Warfare (2004)
• Vihan tiellä (2009)
• Live Armageddon 1999–2000 (2016)

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• {{cite journal

| last = Bécognée

| first = Laurent

| title = Horna – Manifeste Occulte

| journal = Metallian

| issue = 53

| pages = 37

| publisher = Metallian Editions

| location = Meylan, France

| date = October 2008

| issn = 1249-2396

|language=fr }}

{{Commons category|Horna (black metal band)}}

• {{Official website|http://www.horna666.com}}
• {{AllMusic|id=p735769|label=Horna}}
• [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3231 Horna] at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• [http://diabolicalconquest.com/interviews/horna_interview_with_shatraug.htm Horna Interview at Diabolical Conquest Webzine]

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