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Shub Niggurath (band)

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Origin
  
French

Active from
  
1983

Years active
  
1983–1995

Record labels
  
Musea, Soleil Zeuhl

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Albums
  
Les morts vont vite, Introduction, C'étaient de très grands vents

Genres
  
Zeuhl, Progressive rock, Experimental rock, Free improvisation

Similar
  
Eider Stellaire, Eskaton, Weidorje, Univers Zero, Dün

Shub-Niggurath was an avant-rock/zeuhl band from France founded in 1983 by Allan Baullaud, and remained active until Baullaud's death from cancer in 1995. The band is named after one of the deities in Cthulhu Mythos created by the American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.

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Their debut album was Les Morts Vont Vite, released in 1986 by Musea label, received critical acclaim for its innovative avant-garde inclinations, and major developments over Magma sound.

Band members

  • Allen Ballaud: Bass (all albums)
  • Franck Coulaud: Drums, Percussion (albums 1 & 4)
  • Franck W. Fromy: Guitars (albums 1 & 4), Percussion (album 4)
  • Jean-Luc Herve: Piano, Organ & Harmonium (albums 1, 2 & 4), Guitars (albums 2 & 3)
  • Ann Stewart: Vocals (albums 1 & 4)
  • Véronique Verdier: Trombone (albums 1-4)
  • Michel Kervinio: Drums, Percussion (albums 1 & 2)
  • Sylvette Claudet: Vocals (album 2)
  • Edward Perraud: Drums, Percussion (album 2)

    • Discography

  • Les Morts Vont Vite (Fr. "The Dead Go Quickly") (1986)
  • C'Étaient De Très Grands Vents (Fr. "Winds Were Very Great") (1991)
  • Testament (1994)
  • Introduction (2009, slightly different reissue of the self-titled Shub-Niggurath demo tape originally released in 1982)
  • Live (1989)

    • Songs

    C'étaient de très grands ventsC'étaient de très grands vents · 1991
    Incipit TragaediaLes morts vont vite · 1986
    Cabine 67Les morts vont vite · 1986

    References

    Shub-Niggurath (band) Wikipedia
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