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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Von
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| Origin = {{flagicon|USA}} [[San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]
| Genre = [[Black metal]]
| Years_active = 1989-1992
| Label = Nuclear War Now Productions<br/>From Beyond Productions
| Associated_acts = [[Abscess (band)|Abscess]]
| URL =
| Current_members = Goat, Snake, Kill
| Past_members = Unnamed bass player
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'''Von''' was a [[black metal]] band from [[San Francisco, California]], [[United States|USA]].
 
==Members==
*'''Goat''' (initially known as '''Von''') - Guitar, Vocals
*'''Snake''' - Drums
*'''Kill''' - Bass
 
==Biography==
Von was formed in 1989 by Goat and Snake. An unnamed bass player was in the band before leaving in 1990.<ref name="sba">The interview in the booklet of ''Satanic Blood Angel'', available at Von's [[MySpace]] [http://www.myspace.com/von666 page]</ref> In early 1991 Kill joined the band and they recorded their first demo, ''Satanic Blood''. During 1991-1992 Von played a couple of live gigs<ref name="sba"/> and recorded another demo, ''Blood Angel'', which was never released on its own. The band disbanded shortly after the release of ''Satanic Blood'' in 1992.
 
Very little is known about the individuals behind the band. Kill is known as '''Joe Allen''' of [[Abscess (band)|Abscess]],<ref name="ma">[http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=2302 Von] @ [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]</ref> but the identities of the other three remain unknown.
 
==Style==
The band played highly simplistic black metal with short songs based on almost continuous [[Blast beat]]s and repetition of only from one to three [[riff]]s, each containing only about three or four [[power chord]]s.<ref name="fan">[http://www.geocities.com/satanicbloodvon/ Unofficial site]</ref> The vocals were performed in a [[Death_grunt|guttural growling]] fashion more familiar to [[Death Metal]] than Black Metal.
 
Von can be seen having been ahead of their time, playing [[Minimalism|minimalistic]] black metal on a time when the [[genre]] was virtually non-existent, especially in the [[Thrash metal|thrash]]-oriented [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]].<ref name="fan"/>
 
==Cult following==
Von have gained a [[cult following]] in the Black Metal [[Underground culture|underground]] since their disbandment and the few recordings of Von are considered [[Cult classic|classic]] and pioneer black metal. Prominent bands such as [[Dark Funeral]]<ref>[http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=1886 Album information, track 10 is a Von cover]</ref> and [[Krieg]]<ref>[http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=12130 Album information, track 18 is a Von cover]</ref> have covered songs by Von, in 2006 four [[Norway|Norwegian]] bands (including [[Taake]]) released a tribute [[Extended play|EP]] entitled ''A Norwegian Hail to Von'',<ref>[http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=118439 Tribute album's entry Encyclopaedia Metallum]</ref> and the [[Sweden|Swedish]] black metal band [[Watain]] is named after a Von song,<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/mirgilussiculorum/interviews/watain.html A Watain interview]</ref> to mention a few examples.
 
==The band's name==
The band's name is often falsely thought to be an [[acronym]] for ''Victory Orgasm Nazis''. [[Varg Vikernes]] of [[Burzum]] used those words to spell the band's name during a phone interview because the interviewer apparently didn't hear the name correctly. According to the band, the name stands for "nothing but images of darkness and blood."<ref name="sba"/>
 
==Discography==
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="10%">'''Title'''</td>
<td width="30%">'''Satanic Blood'''</td>
<td width="30%">'''Blood Angel'''</td>
<td width="30%">'''Satanic Blood Angel'''</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>'''Cover'''</td>
<td>[[image:VonSatanicBlood.jpg|center|150px]]</td>
<td>(no cover available)</td>
<td>[[image:VonSatanicBloodAngel.jpg|center|150px]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>'''Format'''</td>
<td>Demotape, 1992</td>
<td>Demotape, unreleased</td>
<td>Compilation, 2003 (Nuclear War Now Productions)</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>'''Tracklisting'''</td>
<td>
#Devil Pig - 02:23
#Veinen - 02:26
#Watain - 02:49
#Lamb - 01:41
#Veadtuck - 03:17
#Satanic Blood - 02:05
#Christ Fire - 02:56
#Von - 02:25</td>
<td>
#Evisc - 01:56
#Release - 01:18
#Blood Angel - 01:27
#Chalice of Blood - 04:06
#Vennt - 02:16
#Backskin - 03:21</td>
<td>CD1: The ''Satanic Blood'' demo and the ''Blood Angel'' demo<br/>
CD2: Live at San Francisco
#Veinen - 02:27
#Watain - 03:02
#Lamb - 01:34
#Evisc - 01:59
#Release - 01:20
#Satanic Blood - 02:18
#Veadtuck - 03:11
#Chalice of Blood - 04:12
#Goat Christ - 01:42
#Vennt - 02:11
#Dissection Inhuman - 02:27
#Von - 02:58</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>'''Notes'''</td>
<td>Some sources ([http://www.myrrthronth.de/bands/v/von.htm example]) report that this demo was released in 1988, but it was actually recorded in 1991<ref name="sba"/> and released in 1992.<ref>[http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=9443 The demo's entry at Encyclopaedia Metallum]</ref><br/>Bootleg versions on compact disc exist.</td>
<td>The year of recording of this demo is unknown, although an interview refers to it as the second demo.<ref name="sba"/><br/>The demo was never released on its own, only as part of the ''Satanic Blood Angel'' compilation released in [[2003]].</td>
<td>The only official Von release alongside with the ''Satanic Blood'' demo.<ref name="sba"/><ref name="ma"/><br/>Single disc version also exists, released by From Beyond Productions.<ref>[http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=18868 The compilation's entry at Encyclopaedia Metallum]</ref></td>
</tr>
</table>
 
==References==
<div class="references-small"><references /></div>
 
==External links==
*[http://www.myspace.com/von666 Von] at [[MySpace]]
*[http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=2302 Von] at [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]
*[http://www.geocities.com/satanicbloodvon Unofficial Von site]
 
[[Category:California heavy metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Black metal musical groups]]
 
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