Shub-Niggurath (band)

Shub-Niggurath was an avant-rock/zeuhl band from France founded in 1982 by Alain Ballaud, and remained active until Ballaud's death from cancer in 1995. The band is named after one of the deities in Cthulhu Mythos created by the American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.

Shub-Niggurath
Background information
OriginFrench
GenresZeuhl, progressive rock, experimental rock, avant-rock, free improvisation
Years active1982–1995

Their debut album was Les Morts Vont Vite, released in 1986 by Musea label, received critical acclaim for its innovative avant-garde inclinations, and major developments over Magma sound.[1][2]

Band members
  • Alain Ballaud: Bass (all albums)
  • Franck Coulaud: Drums, Percussion (albums 1 & 4)
  • Franck W. Fromy: Guitars (albums 1 & 4), Percussion (album 4)
  • Jean-Luc Herve: Piano, Organ & Harmonium (albums 1, 2 & 4), Guitars (albums 2 & 3)
  • Ann Stewart: Vocals (albums 1 & 4)
  • Véronique Verdier: Trombone (albums 1-4)
  • Michel Kervinio: Drums, Percussion (albums 1 & 2)
  • Sylvette Claudet: Vocals (album 2)
  • Edward Perraud: Drums, Percussion (album 2)

Discography
  • Les Morts Vont Vite (Fr. "The Dead Go Quickly") (1986)
  • C'Étaient De Très Grands Vents (Fr. "Winds Were Very Great") (1991)
  • Testament (1994)
  • Introduction (2009, slightly different reissue of the self-titled Shub-Niggurath demo tape originally released in 1982)
  • Live (1989)
gollark: *magic*
gollark: I think that it'd basically create the following lists:0 1 1 21 1 2 3 (shifted ahead by one)and then sum them to1 2 3 5
gollark: You know, given the existence of the automatic pointfree-izer thing... we need a thing to automatically run this on entire projects.
gollark: ```haskell(....) :: ((a1 -> (a1 -> b) -> c) -> c) -> (((a1 -> b) -> a1 -> (a1 -> b) -> a1 -> (a1 -> b) -> c) -> a1 -> b) -> (a2 -> (a1 -> b) -> a1 -> (a1 -> b) -> a1 -> (a1 -> b) -> c) -> a2 -> c(....) = ((.) .)<$> (*>) (. (.)) (<*>) . ((.) >>= (. ((.) . (.)))) . ((>>) >> (<$>))```
gollark: Wow, it is very slow.

See also

References
  1. "Shub-Niggurath - Shub-Niggurath - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. "Progreviews.com". progreviews.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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