The origin of Non Serviam goes back to '95. At that time bassist Chrille Andersson and vocalist Rille 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.
Chrille and Rille got in touch with the drummer Magnus Emilsson (former Ashes of Life). In the search for a guitarist Magnus contacted Daniel 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/Death metal. 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. 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 done 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, was a definite success! The album hit the market in August together with a limited release of 500 picture LPs.
Shortly after the recording, drummer Magnus Emilsson decided to leave the band. During the following autumn and winter the band had several problems besides the huge problem to find a new drummer that fit into the band. After testing with drummers from other bands, Non Serviam decided to try with Chrille on drums since he have good qualities on drumming. This have worked out over expectations and as for the other problems Non Serviam have rissen above them and grown more as band. The band is currently negotiating with a norwegian label for a release of a 7'EP. This will be a good opportunity to show the metal world what Non Serviam is really about!
The band is currently put on ice due to other commitments of the band members.
