Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult

Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult in 2017
Background information
Origin	Germany
Genres	Black metal
Years active	1997–present
Labels	War Anthem Records
Members	Onielar Velnias Horrn R. K.
Website	slaughtercult.de

Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult is a German black metal band from Dormagen, formed in 1997. ^[1] The lead singer, Onielar, is female, which is rare in black metal. ^{[2] [3]} In November 2021, Onielar revealed she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, resulting in the need for her to undergo a lifesaving double mastectomy and chemotherapy. ^[4] She has since made a full recovery.

Musical style

Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult is considered to be a traditional black metal band, and has stated "we are very much influenced by the Norwegian black metal bands. Bands like Gorgoroth, Enslaved, Satyricon, Immortal, Darkthrone. I listened to this music a lot. Most people say our music reminds them of those bands. They think we fit in the vein of old school black metal. Nevertheless, the greatest influence for music is occultism." ^[5] Their sound has been described as "very raw". ^[2]

Members

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Current members

• Onielar (Yvonne Wilczynska) – vocals, rhythm guitar (1997–present)
• Velnias (Sven Galinsky) – lead guitar (1997–present)
• Horrn (Michael Pelkowsky) – drums, percussion (2000–present)
• R. K. (René Kögel) – bass (2019–present)

Former members

• Ariovist – drums, percussion (1997–1999)
• Grigorr – bass (1997–2001; 2007–2009)
• Emporonorr – bass (2002–2006)
• Adversarius (Tobias Lachmann) – bass (2010–2019)

Live members

• Necropest – bass (2006–2007)
• Thymos – bass (2009–2010)

Timeline

Discography

• The Pest Called Humanity / Pyre – Luciferian Dark Age (split album, 1999)
• Follow the Calls for Battle (2001)
• Underneath Stars of the East / Emptyness (split album, 2003)
• Nocturnal March (2004)
• Hora Nocturna (2006)
• Evoking a Decade (collector's edition, double MCD, 2008)
• Saldorian Spell (2009)
• Legion of Chaos (split LP with Purgatory)
• Necrovision (2013)
• Darkened Bižuterija (split LP with Jelena Rozga, 2015)
• Mardom (2019) ^[7]

References

1. "Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult Interview". Explosion Cerebral Zine. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
2. "L'interview de la semaine – Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult". Arte. 14 September 2006. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010. Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, a cult German underground band, is known for its very raw black metal sounds. In short, they are not there for fun. Onielar is the high priestess of this game of musical massacre. She is one of the few women in a generally very masculine world. For Slaughtercult, each concert is a ritual which combines the magic and the occult. On stage, musicians spit real pig blood.
3. "Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult Interview on Arte from 20.09.06". Arte . Retrieved 22 October 2010.^{[ dead YouTube link ]}
4. "Statement of Health - Onielar - English Version". slaughtercult.de. 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
5. "2004 interview". lordsofmetal.nl. Retrieved 22 October 2010. Obviously we are very much influenced by the Norwegian black metal bands. Bands like Gorgoroth, Enslaved, Satyricon, Immortal, Darkthrone. I listened to this music a lot. Most people say our music reminds them of those bands. They think we fit in the vein of old school black metal. Nevertheless, the greatest influence for music is occultism. The "magic" within our thoughts which forms validity in Slaughtercult's music.
6. "Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
7. "Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult: Erste Infos zum kommenden Album "Mardom"". hell-is-open.de. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult discography at Discogs