Arvas

Arvas, formerly Örth, is a Norwegian black metal band formed in Bergen in 1993 as a one-man project by V-Rex. In Summer 1996, Borknagar drummer Grim and Gorgoroth bassist Ares joined the band. They recorded an album in late 1996, Nocturno Inferno, but it was never released. After Grim committed suicide in 1999, V-Rex kept going as a one-man project, but changed the band's name. He recorded the demos Countless Souls at Dawn and I Am Thy Grief, and a split album with Hordagaard, Dawn of Satan/Uncle Satan, released by Azermedoth Records. The band's first official album, Blessed from Below – Ad Sathanas Noctum, was self-released in 2010. Their second album, Into The Realm Of The Occult, was released in November 2013 by ATMF Records, followed in March 2015 by Black Satanic Mysticism, via Aeternitas Tenebrarum Music Foundation. Arvas has shared stages with Throne of Katarsis, Urgehal, Dauden, 1349, Mongo Ninja, and Nocturnal Breed. In March 2013, Arvas toured east Europe supporting Deicide on their 'End Of The World Tour'. The band's fourth album, Black Path, was released on 24 March 2017 by Mighty Music.