---
title: "Nocturnal Breed"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/nocturnal-breed"
genre: "Black Metal"
country: "Norway"
formed: 1996
---

# Nocturnal Breed

**Nocturnal Breed** is a black metal band, from Norway, active 1996 to present.

Nocturnal Breed is a Norwegian blackened thrash metal band, formed in Oslo in 1996 by singer/bassist Kenneth Svartalv and guitarist Sven Atle Kopperud.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnal_Breed

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Nocturnal Breed |
| Genre | Black Metal |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Origin | Oslo, Norway |
| Formed | 1996 |
| Releases in catalog | 12 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [S.A. Destroyer](https://themetalnet.com/musician/s-a-destroyer) | Bass guitar, Lead vocals | 1996 to present | Current |
| [Jamie Stinson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jamie-stinson) |  |  | Former |
| [Ed Damnator](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ed-damnator) |  | 1996 to 1998 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1997 | [Aggressor](https://themetalnet.com/album/151fbda7-1a1b-319a-84e0-b68acc8512a1) | Album |
| 1997 | [Raping Europe](https://themetalnet.com/album/ec5bb324-63d0-414f-9647-4186825a848f) | EP |
| 1998 | [No Retreat… No Surrender](https://themetalnet.com/album/bff68639-6dbb-33db-80c8-fe504f028793) | Album |
| 1998 | [Triumph of the Blasphemer](https://themetalnet.com/album/3687574d-3a8a-3b6f-ac06-52ae5a0802e1) | EP |
| 2000 | [The Tools of the Trade](https://themetalnet.com/album/b2764042-3551-3b54-9798-c4bfaf4a8c69) | Album |
| 2004 | [Motörmouth](https://themetalnet.com/album/a260a4a8-d0a6-4856-a176-029ca2cf8201) | EP |
| 2004 | [Überthrash](https://themetalnet.com/album/e11c695e-c76e-41a4-ae10-3cfa36378c42) | EP |
| 2005 | [Überthrash II](https://themetalnet.com/album/6a3b0191-aa04-44b3-8914-2ff5d96e2302) | EP |
| 2007 | [Fields of Rot](https://themetalnet.com/album/41db6449-3276-3028-85c3-a81bb28e0dfd) | Album |
| 2014 | [Napalm Nights](https://themetalnet.com/album/04ac9dee-97a4-419f-bbe2-7d5b9c3aa95b) | Album |
| 2019 | [We Only Came for the Violence](https://themetalnet.com/album/f1cad073-2132-4fcb-99a9-97ef94b239c1) | Album |
| 2023 | [Carry the Beast](https://themetalnet.com/album/97db0d00-0aea-41c5-b9e8-762f0904417b) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Kreator](https://themetalnet.com/band/kreator) (listened together)
- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)
- [Megadeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/megadeth) (listened together)
- [Desaster](https://themetalnet.com/band/desaster) (listened together)
- [Sodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/sodom) (listened together)
- [Darkthrone](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkthrone) (listened together)
- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
- [Venom](https://themetalnet.com/band/venom) (listened together)
- [Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/death) (listened together)
- [Motörhead](https://themetalnet.com/band/motorhead) (listened together)
- [Emperor](https://themetalnet.com/band/emperor) (listened together)
- [Nocturnal](https://themetalnet.com/band/nocturnal) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nocturnal-Breed-OFFICIAL/250907411181
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Fcp8O7MTL5vVtweL2ctgh
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/203642
- bandcamp: https://nocturnalbreedofficial.bandcamp.com/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/306923137
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nocturnal_breed_official/
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCq9S7_u1NNUg_PcBx3TURYw
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Nocturnal_Breed/1274

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/nocturnal-breed](https://themetalnet.com/band/nocturnal-breed). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt