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Nachtmystium - Officially Over


Recently, after being released from jail for charges of theft, Nachtmystium's mastermind Blake Judd had alluded to the possibility of the band's new album being the last. Today, in an statement posted on his Facebook page, Judd confirms that he is indeed laying the band to rest. You should cherish the new album The World We Left Behind coming next year because it will be their swansong, apart from a split with The Many.

Blake Judd issued this statement today: "Alright everyone - it's official: Nachtmystium is R.I.P. Today, I turn 31 years old and as a gift to myself, as sad as it makes me to do this, I'm letting go of something that I've put blood, sweat and tears into for the last 13 1/2 years. It's been an amazing ride full of extreme highs and extreme lows. It's taken me around the world to places I'd never have imagined getting to see / experience. I've toured with some of my favorite bands ever and met some of the most amazing people I could ever have asked to meet. These experiences are fond memories that I will be able to reflect on until the day I die and be eternally grateful for having in my mind.

There are two releases left that are yet to come out: a split 10" MLP with The Many, which will be released on Plastik Musik in the coming months, and the bands epitaph LP, The World We Left Behind, to be released world wide on CD / LP / digitally by Century Media Records in spring, 2014. A vinyl box set of the bands entire discography is also in the works and will hopefully see the light of day sometime in 2014. I leave behind the following discography...works that all have a special, sentimental value to me, with each of them representing a moment in time in my life that I'd chosen to capture via music that I then chose to put out there for you all to experience if you chose to do so. From beginning to end, the following titles are the legacy of Nachtmystium's existence:

- "Holocaust OF Eternity" demo cassette, 2000
- "Unholy Terrorist Cult" demo CD-r, 2001
- "The Ancient Battlefield" split demo cassette with ZALNIK, 2001
- "Live Onslaught" live cassette, 2002
- "Reign Of The Malicious" CD / LP / picture LP, cassette, 2002
- "Nachtmystium" MCD / MLP, 2002
- "Live Blitzkrieg" LP, 2003
- "The First Attacks: Demos 2000-2001" CD / LP, 2003
- "Demise" CD / LP / picture LP / cassette, 2003
- Nachtmystium / Xasthur split 7" EP, 2004
- "Eulogy IV" MCD / MLP / picture LP, 2004
- "Live Onslaught #2" CD-r, 2005
- "Visual Propaganda: Live From the Pits of Damnation" live DVD, 2005
- "Daze West" split 7" EP with Krieg, 2005
- "Instinct: Decay" CD / LP / picture LP, 2006
- "Worldfall" MCD / MLP / picture LP, 2008
- "Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. I" CD / LP, 2008
- "Doomsday Derelicts" MCD / MLP, 2009
- "Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II" CD / LP, 2010
- "Live At Roadburn MMX" CD / LP, 2011
- Nachtmystium / Murmur - Split 7" EP, 2011
- "As Made" 7" EP, 2012
- "Silencing Machine" CD / LP, 2012
- Nachtmystium / The Many split 7" EP, 2014 (pending release)
- "The World We Left Behind" CD / LP, 2014 (pending release)

Thank you to all the individuals I've worked with, regardless of the nature of our personal relationships today, for helping be a part of this monstrous discography. A very special thank you to Chris Maycock (aka Chris Black) and Sanford Parker for your rolls as producers on the majority of the bands full-length albums and later EP's, I could've never made these records without your guys' guidance and musical / studio prowess. Lastly, thanks to you fans world-wide who've supported the band over the last 13 1/2 years. You are the people I owe the most to, as you helped me bring a dream of mine since my earliest memories of being alive to be able to be a musician and a live performer come to life, I feel that between the year 1999 and today in late 2013, I've lived more than most people do in a lifetime through my experiences with Nachtmystium, and every one of you who ever bought a tape, a CD, an LP, a tshirt, a concert ticket, a poster, a patch, etc., you were the people that truly helped bring this dream of mine to reality. I am eternally grateful to you all for helping make this happen.

So, I'll leave you all with a live video of our track 'Ghosts Of Grace', to play here at the end of this very finalizing statement of mine. This song has kind of been the 'anthem' of the band's discography and was always the biggest 'crowd pleaser' from my perspective when performing it live. This particular recording was taken in San Francisco, CA while on the North American Plague tour with our friends Marduk in December of 2009, while the band was touring for our most successful album, Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. I, which was a high point in our career certainly. Please enjoy the music Nachtmystium has left behind for all of you for years to come. The band may be gone, but the recordings will live forever and I hope that they will be played by all of you at some point time and time again. Thanks again to all of you who've been a part of this wild ride. I'll have the memories to enjoy for the rest of my life, and for this I am truly grateful."

"And the storm left nothing, and the storm left all....and the storm took nothing, and the storm took all"

- Blake Judd / Nachtmystium. November 13th, 2013."




Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Nachtmystium
Posted: 13.11.2013 by BloodTears


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13.11.2013 - 22:35
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Tage Westerlund
Lol you stoll my news, I was 1 min late
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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13.11.2013 - 22:47
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
It kinda seems like a fitting time for him to do this, actually. The band's gone through a more orthodox era of their sound, a bit of an experimental one, and now a bit of a fusion of the two with Silencing Machine (and possibly this upcoming one). Calling it quits now seems like a proper end to everything they've built up thus far, continuing when they already have such a strong discography to fall back upon almost seems a bit unnecessary.
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13.11.2013 - 23:42
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Written by Auntie Sahar on 13.11.2013 at 22:47

Calling it quits now seems like a proper end to everything they've built up thus far, continuing when they already have such a strong discography to fall back upon almost seems a bit unnecessary.

Given the split-up was inevitable right?
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14.11.2013 - 00:09
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by LeKiwi on 13.11.2013 at 23:42

Written by Auntie Sahar on 13.11.2013 at 22:47

Calling it quits now seems like a proper end to everything they've built up thus far, continuing when they already have such a strong discography to fall back upon almost seems a bit unnecessary.

Given the split-up was inevitable right?

Not even considering its inevitability. Even if Blake Judd hadn't gotten arrested, or if he didn't have a bunch of personal issues and he had still decided to break up the band, it would've been fitting. I don't know how else to put it, it just kinda feels like he's already done everything he needs to with Nachtmystium, the project has run its course.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

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14.11.2013 - 01:26
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Written by Auntie Sahar on 14.11.2013 at 00:09

Not even considering its inevitability. Even if Blake Judd hadn't gotten arrested, or if he didn't have a bunch of personal issues and he had still decided to break up the band, it would've been fitting. I don't know how else to put it, it just kinda feels like he's already done everything he needs to with Nachtmystium, the project has run its course.

I understand what you mean, although you can never be sure. There might have been the potential for some unrealised, masterpiece-worthy material within his brain
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14.11.2013 - 05:24
A Misanthropist

.....okay..I guess it was bound to happen. got to enjoy them live a few times.
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14.11.2013 - 07:50
Yojimbo

Not too disappointed honestly. Was never a huge fan to begin with but when I saw them live in Chicago I lost respect for this guy. First of all, they didn't take the stage until midnight, while doors opened at 8 or so and there were two opening acts (one of which was kind of good). Maybe that's just a Chicago thing (I live in Denver) but after waiting around with little activity on stage I was bored and annoyed. Meanwhile, Judd was just walking around bringing drinks and girls downstairs. He was very proud of how "metal" he looked. It seemed phony and rubbed me the wrong way.
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14.11.2013 - 08:33
HaaskAksaaH

Ok. go fuck yourself Mr. Judd.. There're lots of truly musicians, fucking metalheads, and of course lovely guys 'n humans in metal scene for rest of at least my life! ...
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