Non Serviam - The Biography
The origin of NON SERVIAM goes back to '95. At that time bassist Chrille "Tyr" Andersson and vocalis Rikard "Amon" Nilsson were the base of a band called CARNACK. During the year that followed, there were several changes of band-members. In June ´96 the original NON SERVIAM line-up finally saw the light of day.

Tyr and Amon got in touch with the drummer Magnus Emilsson (former ASHES OF LIFE). In the search for aguitarist Magnus contacted Daniel "Janos"Andersson (former vocalist of ASHES OF LIFE). And so NON SERVIAM was born and with this a band that wanted to play emotionally tinged quality Black/DeathMetal.

They picked up the name NON SERVIAM from a collection of poems, carrying the same name. NON SERVIAM is Latin, and means serves No Man and the band felt that this name concluded what the band stands for. After only some weeks of rehearsing and writing songs, they recorded their first demo ("Between Light and Darkness"). It was never released to the market other than the copies made at home by the band. There aren't even hundred copies of this demo made and because of this it's a rare piece! Shortly after this demo, guitarist Johannes Andersson joined the band, which gave a better opportunity to make live performances besides putting new life into the songwriting. The band had some gigs in late autumn 1996 and on one of these a live video was recorded (no longer on sale).

In early January 1997 they recorded their second demo, which consists of two parts, "The Witches Sabbath" and "The Second Vision". On these two pieces of art the band showed that a significant development had taken place, both of the music-style but also technically. They received an offer from German label Invasion Records in February which they later accepted. In May that same year their debut album, carrying the same name as the first demo, "Between Light and Darkness", was recorded. It was released in August and received a massive positive response from the media. Shortly before the release, the band decided to continue without Johannes and instead Anders Nyander took his place on one of the guitars. During the following autumn and winter the band did some gigs, among them one as headline at Metal Marathon in Malmö, Sweden.

April '98 it was time for the studio again and the recording of the second album entitled "Necrotical". This time it was put together at Berno Studios in Malmö, where masterpieces from Spiritual Beggars, Deranged and Defleshed, to mention a few, have been put together. The result was an astonishing intense album filled with aggression, darkness, brutality and of course technically superb performance. With a mixture of their old style together with Death and Thrash their move towards a much more brutal sound, both musically- and production-wise, is a definite success!

The album hit the market in August together with a limited release of 500 picture LPs.After the recording of "Necrotical" drummer Magnus decided to leave the band. During the autumn NonServiam has been looking for someone to replace him with. The band is currently working on new material forthe third full-length album. What have been heard from the band, the new stuff continues where "Necrotical" left us and will carry the band in an even more brutal direction.