About Nekrogoblikon
Nekrogoblikon is an American melodic death metal band based in Los Angeles, California. The group was formed in 2006, by Tim Lyakhovetskiy and Nicky Calonne. The band has released five full-length albums, Goblin Island, Stench, Heavy Meta, Welcome to Bonkers, and The Fundamental Slimes and Humours, and one EP, Power. The band's music centers on goblins. As of 2023, no original members remain in the band while lead guitarist Alex "Goldberg" Alereza remains as the longest serving member.
Nekrogoblikon was formed in 2006 by Nicky Calonne and Tim Lyakhovetskiy in Palo Alto, California. The two of them recorded Nekrogoblikon's first album, Goblin Island, in Lyakhovetskiy's basement. On his return to school at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Lyakhovetskiy found Ashleigh Carracino, Alex Duddy, Spencer Bartz, Alex Alereza, and Austin Nickel to form the rest of the band. The group played eleven shows before Bartz moved to Japan, and was replaced by Eddie Trager.
On July 19, 2011, the band released Stench. Stench was reviewed positively by "Pop and Hiss", the Los Angeles Times music blog, which praised its technical proficiency and songwriting, and described its inclusion of electronic elements as working "surprisingly well." Metal Sucks also praised the album with a 4.5/5 rating, describing it as more professional than Goblin Island, and complimenting its technicality. Blistering gave the album a 9/10 rating, calling it "fun and entertaining."
In September 2012 the band released a music video for "No One Survives," directed by Brandon Dermer. The video depicts a goblin who tries, and fails, to win the affections of a coworker . The video became a viral hit and was viewed more than 1.5 million times in the first 3 months.
In September 2012, the band released a music video for "No One Survives," directed by Brandon Dermer. Before the video's release, the theme of goblin music was just a comical idea, and the band had never considered dressing up or including a goblin character on stage. At that time, Dermer, an assistant at a film production and management agency, had some experience making music videos with Comic Musician and Actor Jon Lajoie. Dermer approached the band as a fan who was determined to help create a music video. The band initially rejected the idea and said they would not dress up and be compared to Gwar.
Dermer returned to the band with a more fleshed-out character and vision that the band agreed to on the understanding that they had no money to finance anything related to the video or Goblin character. Dermer reached out to "around 80 brands and got 3 to pay for it," which included a Goblin costume and mask created by Monster Effects.
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