Ophir

About

Ritual-Industrial solo project founded by Sven Bussler in 1998, and occasionally performed live alongside Coinside. The first two releases "Ar-Si-Za" and "Nichts Ist Verloren" were released on Sven's own label Ragna Organization, and were in a Power Noise and more traditional Industrial style respectively. In 2000 "Nichts Ist Verloren" was re-issued as a split with Wappenbund's "Blood And Fire" EP, while 2001 saw the project contribute an exclusive track to Ragna Organization's first and last compilation "Neue Welten". In 2002 the EP "Saat & Ernte" was released, which included 2 tracks from "Nichts Ist Verloren" and 3 new songs very much in a melodic-martial Wappenbund style. Announced as the final offering, "Eiserne Ernte" was released in 2005 and included all the already available songs including the compilation track, plus a previously unreleased song from 2003; the 2 disc set also included old Coinside demo tape material from 1993-1996. The Ophir song "Saat & Ernte" was often performed by Wappenbund during live concerts.