1349 is a black metal band hailing from a suburb of Oslo, Norway[1]. The band's music is purposely similar in style and construction to the Second Wave of Norwegian black metal bands of the early 1990s, and does not incorporate synthesisers. As a result, 1349 have been compared to the early incarnations of Enslaved, Emperor, Burzum, Gorgoroth, Darkthrone, Immortal, and Mayhem, and are also described as being much heavier than most other Black Metal bands. This band have so far have rejected the more commercial style of black metal exhibited by some bands.

The name 1349 was chosen by the band because it is the year the Black Death plague spread to Norway[2].

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