Moribund Oblivion
Moribund Oblivion is a Turkish black metal band from Istanbul, formed by vocalist Bahadır Uludağlar in 1999. Within the black metal genre in Turkey, the band has generated the most international attention. It has played several festivals, such as Heathen Crusade, and toured internationally including a number of album promotion tours in Germany.
Career
The Like a Falling Haze EP was released in 2002 to promote their first studio album, Khanjar, released on 6 January 2004. That same day, Moribund Oblivion performed in support of the Portuguese metal band Moonspell. The band also conducted the first black metal tour of Turkey to promote the album, appearing in Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Eskişehir and Bursa. At the end of the tour, the group performed at the Barisarock and Rock The Nations festivals, and played a gig with Greek black metal band Rotting Christ in Istanbul. The band released a music video for the song, "Ruins of Kara-Shehr", from the Khanjar album, which aired on Turkish channels TRT and Dream TV.Moribund Oblivion signed with Istanbul record label Atlantis Music for their second album Machine Brain, released in 2006.
In 2008, the band appeared in two Turkish newspapers: Star and Hurriyet, as well as headlining the Tbilisi Metal Fest in Georgia and performing at the Interregnum Fest in Rostock, Germany.
Two band members, drummer Fatih Kanık and bassist Serdal Semen, left the group in 2022 and 2023 respectively, due to a falling out with lead singer Bahadır Uludağlar.
Discography
Like a Falling Haze EP Khanjar Machine Brain Time to Face K.I.N. Izdırap EP Manevi Turk False Consolation Endless- ''Time is an Illusion''