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B I O G R A P H Y
The idea of NORD started roughly about five years ago. NORD's main songwriter, guitarist and frontman Oliver Rauer wanted to realise his own vision of music by combining the roots of the music he grew up listening to with his own song writing and lyrical style. After quitting his previous job as singer in another local band in July 2005 he decided that now was the time to give birth to this behemoth of Doom, which had been painfully conceived almost five years ago, and to unleash it upon a hapless audience. He got together with bassist Craig Elliott and both of them straight away went to work on NORD's first demo, the self-produced 5-track EP 'Heathen Dawn', which they released in May 2006. In July the same year Chris McLeod joined NORD on drums. NORD played a handful of very well received gigs around the northeast but the line-up parted ways in March 2007.
Musically, this bands roots couldn't be clearer - heavily blues-based, raw, low-end sewage Doom Metal with Stoner Rock influences. Some have compared NORD to Corrosion Of Conformity, Down or the likes of Swallow The Sun, but we'd rather you judged for yourself. NORD combine old roots with modern influences wrapped in a fat, gut-wrenching sound that mercilessly rips through your intestines and grips your imagination. This is modern old-school Doom Rock straight from the guts, spewing out onto a stage near you very soon!
The three songs uploaded on this website are from NORD's self-produced debut 5-track demo/ EP 'Heathen Dawn'. Our EP and band shirts are available to buy at through this website and through BEATDOWN RECORDS (Formerly Steel Wheels).
So, there you have it. We hope you like what we do and we greatly appreciate your feedback and comments (... even if you don't like it)! The bottom line is we're just but a bunch of good mates who play the music we love, who want to have a laugh and a few beers to go with it. We don't pretend to have invented a new kind of music or that we're doing anything completely extraordinary. We don't pretend we're the best thing since sliced bread and we don't think we're the best musicians in the world. But we know what we CAN do and we know what we WANT to do, and most important ... we believe in what we do. The result is right in front of you. Hope to see you out there! Horns Up!
Check this page regularly for news, forthcoming gigs, new uploads and releases. For more information or booking contact us here or email us at [email protected].
Where we get some of our photos from:
Oliver Rauer Photography
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Member Since: 8/8/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/nordband
Band Members: OLIVER 'OLL' RAUER - Vocals & Guitars
CRAIG ELLIOTT - Bass & Backing Vocals
CHRIS MCLEOD - Drums

OLIVER RAUER ABUSES:
Marshall amplification and cabinets; his girlfriend; Epiphone guitars (Les Paul Classic Goldtop, Flying V 1967 Re-issue); Paracetamol 500 (to numb the pain of living and general hangovers); D'Addario strings (.012); Planet Waves, Meridian and Venom cables; Marlboro cigarettes and Drum handrolling tobacco (for a sweet sweet smoke); Dunlop Cry Baby wah-pedals and plecs; scandalous amounts of coffee, tea and beer; Boss and Korg effects pedals; Shure microphones and tattoos by Northside, Whitley Bay/ England and Tattoo Z, Oldenburg/ Germany.
RELEASES:
R.I.P. - 3-Track-Demo (1989, MC)
Destiny - Demo (1992, MC)
Sacred Voices - Another World (1994, CD)
Sanitys Edge - Promotional Demo (1998, CD)
Live Undead - Promotional Demo (2001, CD)
Sethnefer - Inner Conflict (2003, CD)
The Presence - Songs Of Darkness 2003/ 2004 (2004, CD)
Firelight - Live at Trillians (2005, CD)
Firelight - The Accidental Start (2005, CD)
Nord - Heathen Dawn (2006, CD)
Sethnefer - Displeased (2006, CD).
PREVIOUS BANDS:
R.I.P., Destiny, Pryer, Sacred Voices, Sanitys Edge, Def Con One, Live Undead, Disposable Heroes, Sethnefer, The Presence, Firelight.
FAVOURITE BANDS:
Type O Negative, St Vitus, Spiritual Beggars, Solace, Grand Magus, Sethnefer, Ajattara, Marduk, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, The Awakening, Scheitan, Black Sabbath, Depeche Mode, Spirit Caravan, The Hidden Hand, High On Fire.

CRAIG ELLIOTT MISUSES:
Yamaha, Dean, Ibanez & Status basses; obscene amounts of John Smith's, Stella Artois and Whisky; Boss effects pedals; Trace Elliot and Laney amplification and cabinets; blood, sweat and a lot of tears; D'Addario strings; his fingers (and sometimes his toes as well); mighty cheap and long cables; Bayer Dynamics microphones and pretty much anything else he can get his hands on.
RELEASES:
Sanitys Edge - Promotional Demo (1998, CD)
Def Con One - Promotional Demo (2000, CD)
XF-11 - Promotional Demo (2000, CD)
XF-11 - Promotional Demo (2003, CD)
Nord - Heathen Dawn (2006, CD)
Anul Vapur 1974 - Present.
PREVIOUS BANDS:
Sanitys Edge, Def Con One, XF-11 and a handfull of cover/ tribute bands.
FAVOURITE BANDS:
Down, Corrosion Of Conformity, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Pantera, Tool, Opeth, Dream Theater, Alice In Chains.

CHRIS MCLEOD MANHANDLES:
Tama drums; Sabian cymbals; his wife (although most of the time it's the other way round); Remo skins; Tama pedals; Zildjian drum sticks; slabs of dirty metal (and concrete); outrageous amounts of Budweiser and vodka; pizza and chinese takeaways and tattoos by Northside, Whitley Bay/ England.
PREVIOUS BANDS:
Sahara
FAVOURITE BANDS:
Metallica, Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Queen, Then Jericho, Prince, Iron Maiden, Elvis Presley and ... The Sugarbabes!
Influences: "Scandalous amounts of alcohol, a carefully selected variety of illegal substances, the mystery that is women, the tragedy that is life and the reassurance that Death is going to make everything alright in the end ..."
All photos on this website were taken by the highly talented Craig Donnelly (www.cdfoto.com), Oliver Rauer (www.myspace.com/oliverrauerphotography) and Tony Lancaster.
All photos copyright Â©2006 Craig Donnelly/ Anthony Lancaster/ Nord/ Oliver Rauer Photography.
Sounds Like: NORD
Record Label: None.
Type of Label: None

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UPDATE 04/04/07

Ave! Just to let you crazy kids know, after months of uncertainty and deliberation NORD eventually parted ways in March 2007. It's not clear what's gonna happen with the band as such, b...
Posted by NORD on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:44:00 PST

UPDATE 19/01/2007

Hails! The Doom Machine that is NORD has presently ground to a halt due to our drummer's serious back injury. As far as we can tell at the moment he's gonna be out of action indefinitely, which means ...
Posted by NORD on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:02:00 PST

EP NOW IN THE SHOP!!!

Yo! Good news for all those people who prefer to buy their records the old fashioned way - in the shop. Our EP 'Heathen Dawn' is now also available to buy at Beatdown Records (Formerly Steel Whe...
Posted by NORD on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:22:00 PST

BUYING MERCH ON MYSPACE

Ave! Right, a few words regarding buying stuff on myspace. We are aware that people are not too happy with buying things via myspace, and it's entirely understandable. Myspace is a great too...
Posted by NORD on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:56:00 PST