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Svendorrian.

Svendorrian is an American Soldier and the founder and only member of the one person Scandinavian Black and Doom Metal band called Black Northern Reign. Svendorrian was born in the Caribean at a place and date left private. In his very early youth he became deeply involved in being a musician. He spent his childhood and teenage years all the way to high school graduation being highly involved in school bands, learning to play every instrument he could get his hands on. This not only gave him a working knowledge of a wide range of musical instruments, but the different classes and categories of music instruments. While he played various styles of music he favored Classical music far above the others. He applied school and self taught knowledge and experience to practice music theory, composition and  sound technical structure in writing and arranging music. He performed in various music events in the view of thousands of spectators. In the latter 1980's he went into the US Army and took a temporary break from music. He took part in deployments and combat tours worldwide, and he later includes his experiences as part of his musical and artistical expression. During the 1990's he came upon Scandinavian Black Metal and Nordic Doom Metal. Because he has a Scandinavian bloodline going back at least one thousand years (Denmark, Southwest Norway and a small part of Northeastern Scotland) this became the spark that ignited the Norse blood within him. In addition to attending College and studying abroad in Europe, He spent time in Denmark and Norway, and during that time he found his calling. Staying in the US Army as a Noncommissioned Officer he returned to being a musical artist as a hobby, with Black Northern Reign along with his signature music style called "Modern Elemental Black Metal" being a pastime project.

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Black Northern Reign.

Black Northern Reign is a one person underground "cult" black and doom metal music project founded by the sole member Svendorrian during the Winter of 2008-2009 in Seattle Washington. Black Northern Reign plays Svendorrian's signature type of Black Metal labelled "Modern Elemental Black Metal." As of this current date Black Northern Reign has created four groups of tracks. "The Early Tracks" (2009) "The Way of the Black Warrior" (2010-2011) "The Black Hammer" (2012) "The Mighty Grimfrost Cold" (2012-2013). Svendorrian created the band for himself, to satisfy his insatiable desire for a certain type of scandinavian black metal and nordic doom metal that was being made during the 1990's and is not really made anymore. He does all the vocals by himself, and he uses scandinavian languages (primarily Danish) above English. He plays all of the instruments by himself, and does all of the recording, sound engineering, CD and video production by himself. He added a modern touch and labelled it "Modern Elemental Black Metal." The band page is at http://blacknorthernreign.fourfour.com/

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Modern Elemental Black Metal.

Modern Elemental Black Metal is a type of Black Metal that is created by Svendorrian of the one person band Black Northern Reign. It combines the best of 1990's era scandinavian black metal and nordic doom metal and is given a "modern touch" by Svendorrian. Modern Elemental Black Metal in typical black metal fashion maintains a very simple, straight forward yet strong and set structure, but is generally significantly more focused more on purpose, substance and meaning above anything else. Tempos are slower and deliberate, vocals are typical black metal. Percussion is typically strong and bass is as equally strong and deliberate, a nordic doom metal trait. Keyboards focus on creating a backdrop landscape of sound. Guitars are typical black metal. Svendorrian puts everything together into a musical masterpiece of artistical expression with exceptional quality for a "basement" recording. Svendorrian has a special fondness of the 1990's because for him it was a peak period in artistical creativity in regards to his particular tastes.