Godslayer N. Vassago	– guitars/bass/synth/ drums
Gabriel Wolf	– gothic instruments

Black Flames	CD	2002
Death Before Dawn	CD	2003
Darkness Needs Us	CD	2004

http://finnugor.cjb.net

Finnugor was formed in 2001 (September). My good friend Tomi Kalliola (in Finnugor formerly he was using the name Nikolai Stalhammar, currently he’s using the name Godslayer N. Vassago) was telling me about his plans. He already had a lot of bands in those times (he’s the leader of Azaghal, Hin Onde, Wyrd, Vultyr, Oath of Cirion, Decay’s Delight, Valar, With Hate I Burn, etc.) but he was planning to create one more(!) new black metal band. Most of his bands were true black metal bands or viking metal bands and he wanted to create a symphonic black metal project with gothic influences. In those times I spent most of my time for my industrial band (Infra Black). I told him, I would be really glad if I could be a member of his new black metal band, because I really liked black metal and I wanted to be involved in something different than electro/industrial music. For first he asked me to be the singer of the band. (at the very beginning) Later I started to write lyrics and also started to compose gothic songs and intros for the songs. I became the cover designer of the CD’s and I found out the band name and the album titles. At the very beginning I was invited almost as a guest singer, but later I became the leader of Finnugor. I’m organizing almost everything alone around the productions (the CD’s, videos, etc.).

A short story behind our first album (“Black Flames”): John Caldwell is the most famous fantasy writer here in Hungary. He’s a friend of mine, and he’s also a big black metal fan. When we finished our first Finnugor album with Tomi, I sent it to him as a present, because I knew he liked black metal very much. He liked the album so much; he started to write a dark fantasy book, based on our Finnugor album. The story of the book was based on the lyrics of the “Behind The Mirror”. The whole book was written in the same mood, it’s very dark, and the story of the book is exactly about our lyrics. Every chapter begins with quotations from the Finnugor song. The book was released about 2 months later, after we sent the Finnugor CD to him. This book is one of his darkest and most special books what he has ever written. The book became a popular, best-seller fantasy book in Hungary at the very beginning, it was really successful. I think they’ve already sold all the 20,000 copies. (that’s a big number here in Hungary for a book!) The book made us (me and Tomi) some kind of legendary black metal group (in the army of the John Caldwell fans...not world-wide of course) Unfortunately in Hungary there aren’t a lot of black metal fans, but the people who like it, I think they've already heard about this album for sure. In the next year, (2002) Adipocere Records signed the band and they released the first album in September.

Later in 2003, when we started to work on the second album (“Death Before Dawn”) I started to write different stories (lyrics). This second album was not about only one conception. The album was telling about a lot of scary horror stories (or sometimes about my own visions). This time there wasn't a main topic for the whole album. All the songs were different stories, like short horror/fantasy novels. The main topics of the lyrics were: vampires and sick, unworldly lust (“Princess of Eternity”), a shaman travelling to Hell... through the fire (“Death Before Dawn”), Armageddon, the last day on Earth... the Judgement Day (“Solar Eclipse”), energy vampires from an unknown dimension...from the deep space (“Astral Fornication”), the Lord of the Worms... who comes back from the dead. He gives his wisdom from the grave (decay) to the people... (“Cosmic Nest of Decay”), necromancers who are stealing bodies from a cemetery to re-animate them (“From Hell I Still Remember”), a demon from the darkest Hell, called “Korg Polaris”. This one was based upon a book, written by Leo Mills, a good Hungarian fantasy writer. And finally memories and thoughts of an insane, serial killer king, who slaughtered twelve young women (“Ghosts Around the Bonethrone”). I didn’t mention the two instrumental songs here. (everyone can decide what are they all about. or everyone can dream or imagine his own story for the songs.)

About at the middle of the work I invited Attila Csihar for guest featuring on the album (for the song called “Cosmic Nest of Decay”). Some months later, Attila came home to Hungary and we recorded a video for “Cosmic Nest of Decay”. When the video was ready, I sent it to the biggest music TV channel in Hungary (VIVA+). They liked its eerie atmosphere and Attila’s scary performance very much. They have been playing our video for about one and a half year almost every week! (in their metal show, called "Megawatt") It’s a very popular black metal video here because it's so disgusting and aggressive. Nowadays, I think most of the Hungarian black metal fans heard about Finnugor. And many people fear this name. (who saw our video on the TV) Later when we were working on the album, I invited Domina Mystico for female vocals (Inarrator speakings) for the album. I think her angelic voice made the album very interesting and individual.

Concerning the newest album (“Darkness Needs Us”): I wanted to come up with something new...something interesting. So I invited my friends, who I respect the most, from all over the world, to be featuring on this album. In my opinion they are the best bands of this whole grub-eaten universe! Darkness commanded me to invite them. Because Darkness Needs us!

Gabriel Wolf