Mutiilation

Mütiilation is a french one-man black metal band that belonged to ''The Black Legions'' along with Vlad Tepes (Fra), Belketre, Brenoritvrezorkre, and Torgeist, before being kicked out in 1996 due to Meyhna'ch's problem with hard drugs (being a "junky"). However, Mütiilation is the only band that still exists out of the entity of the Black Legions. Until 1994, the band had formed a trio, composed of Meyhna'ch, Dark Wizzard of Silence and a bassist by the name of David and had recorded some demos before David's departure due to Mütiilation joining "The Black Legions'' and his disapproval of their views. Soon after, Dark Wizzard of Silence left the band on the same reasons and was replaced by Krissagrazabeth who participated in the recordings up to ''Vampires of Black Imperial Blood. The latter left the group as well and, in 1995, Mørdrëd joined in to be the first Mütiilation bassist to be part of The Black Legions. This line-up would be featured in The Black Plague - First Chapter (And Maybe Last One). In 1999 a compilation entitled Remains of a Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul was released through Drakkar Productions to give fans some of the unreleased material. The album stated that Meyhna'ch was dead due to the trendy black metal scene. However in 2001, Mütiilation came back with the release of Black Millenium (Grimly Reborn), stating that he was not buried yet. At this point the band had become a solo project, and Meyhna'ch still used the symbols from The Black Legions on some of the releases. Mütiilation then followed with short tours with acts such as Impiety, Abigail, Decayed, as well as a tour with Tsjuder, Watain and Judas Iscariot. During this time Noktu, Fureiss and Astrelya from Celestia were used as live members, filling in for double guitars, and drums. Since then, Mütiilation has released three more full lengths as well as a compilation best of, and re-released some older albums.