2009. In the wake of the second wave of black metal or "norsecore", if you will, Israthoum was formed in 1992 in Portugal under the Tolkien-inspired name of Grendel, by drummer Arvath and guitar player Arl..

2009.  - wearing you,painters of uncreation,christ null and void,soul funeral,the slanderer,my death grotesque,fire, deliverance,.  .  .  Through the voices of the dead