Stijn Van Cauter

Stijn Van Cauter
Stijn Van Cauter
Also known as	Until Death Overtakes Me
Origin	Belgium
Genres	Drone music; funeral doom metal; ambient; experimental; minimalism;
Labels	Nulll
Website	svc.nulll-void.com

Stijn Van Cauter (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstɛiɱ vɑŋ ˈkʌutər])^[a] is a Belgian doom metal and ambient music producer.^[1] He has several solo projects, including Beyond Black Void, I Dream No More, and Fall of the Grey-Winged One. His most notable solo project is Until Death Overtakes Me.^[1]^[2]

Music career

1997-2001

Van Cauter had been experimenting with music production since 1997.^[3] In May 1999, he founded the doom metal project Macabre Destiny. He decided to change the name of the project to Until Death Overtakes Me in February 2000.^[3] Three new members, "EDS", Jo Renette, and "PT", joined the project that same year, transforming it into a band.

In 2001, Van Cauter began recording the demo Deep Dark Red by himself. He decided to abandon the use of drums and started using timpani instead. The demo was not released because it had involved earlier material drafted by Van Cauter alone, and he thought it would not represent the band properly.^[3] While recording the second demo, Absence of Life, "EDS" and "PT" left the band. Renette also left the band after the recording was complete.^[3]

2002-present

With the departure of all other band members, Van Cauter decided to transform Until Death Overtakes Me into a solo project once again. He released his first album, Symphony I: Deep Dark Red, in February 2002.

Shortly after that, Van Cauter began exploring other musical genres and emerged with new solo projects. He then founded the one-man project I Dream No More.

Van Cauter says he discovered the drone doom genre while working on his first album for I Dream No More, called Fade - Die, which was released in April 2002. He experimented with making heavy drone sounds on a bass guitar. As a result, he started yet another solo project, called Fall of the Grey-Winged One. In June 2002 he released the album Aeons of Dreams. Van Cauter describes the album as "drone sound with some ambient and industrial elements."

Around May of that year, Van Cauter dropped out of school. The excess free time allowed him to concentrate on his music, and as a result he founded three more solo projects: The Ethereal, Organium and Dreams of Dying Stars.^[3]

In January 2003, he released the first album, Desolate, under Beyond Black Void. In the summer of that year Van Cauter joined the doom metal band Pantheist, as a live musician. He remained in the band for the next 10 months, during which he has toured with it, on one occasion alongside funeral doom pioneers Skepticism.

He was also asked to record the vocals for one track in Pantheist's debut album.

In May 2003, Van Cauter founded a small record label, called NULLL Records.

He started two more projects, Tear Your Soul Apart - intent on experimenting more with ambient and noise sounds, and the more drone-focused In The Mist.^[3] Van Cauter says that the album Lost, released under In The Mist, is one of his most favourite works.

Influences

Van Cauter says that he has a rather grim worldview. According to his website, his music is influenced by his own way of life, his dreams, feelings, and a striving to honor true music.^[3]

Personal life

Van Cauter enjoys graphic design and is the owner and founder of the record label NULLL Records.^[4]

Discography

Stijn Van Cauter has several solo projects. His discography is listed here per project.^[5]

Aeonic Dirge

2017: Beta Crucis
2017: Sigma Lunaris
2019: Markab Sinistris
2021: Dreamer of Stars
2023: Rift Spirits

Arcane Voidsplitter

2017: To Reach Beyond
2019: Voice of the Stars
2020: Cosmic Mind
2022: Cold Stars

Artix Intex

2018: Aberrancis'

Bateaux Inconnus

2018: Slow Rivers
2022: Seas and Mirrors

Beyond Black Void

2003: Desolate
2010: Eridanus Supervoid
2011: Neyon Moru
2019: Voidgaze
2021: Wraith Crack

Catnoms For Fluffy

2017: Flight
2018: Vast
2020: Moon

Cold Aeon

2008: Infra Sub Ultra
2021: Frostverse

Desperandum Gothica

2017: I
2018: II
2022: III

Dreams of Dying Stars

2003: Stardance
2004: Interludium II - Aeon E
2004: Funeral in the Void
2005: Interludium V - Buried in the Void

Ekket-Faug

2022: Reaching Lichdom Supreme

Fall of the Grey-Winged One

2002: Aeons of Dreams
2003: Death Time Emptiness
2004: Interludium III - Inritus
2009: Channelers
2020: Propagating Drone Fields
2020: The Hive
2021: Propagating Drone Fields

Forbidden Fields

2003: Field I: Night
2009: Field II: of Trees...
2020: Field III: New Voyages
2021: Field IV: The Mystic

Gruulvoqh

2018: The End of Gruulvoqh
2019: The Eternal Traveller
2021: Dreams of the Savant

I Dream No More

2000: Until Death Overtakes Me/I Dream No More
2002: Fade – Die
2009: I Dream No More/Dios Incandescente
2010: La Ultima Frontera
2020: The Final Border
2022: The Citadel Fleets of Ekket-Faug

In Somnis

2003: The Memory You’ve Become

In the Mist

2002: Lost
2018: A Return to the Mist

Inframonolithium

2017: Demo I: Laments
2018: Mysterium
2019: The Lightless

Nachtwald Weitstrider

2017: Sternwald
2018: Wächter des Waldes
2020: Forests of the Old World
2022: The Wizard’s Path

Organium

2006: The Rage
2007: Interludium IV - Levitation

Tear Your Soul Apart

2002: Undigested Remains
2003: In Pain

The Ethereal

2002: From Funeral Skies
2008: Infra Sub Ultra
2010: Endlight

The Nulll Collective

2009: Silent Night
2010: Exocation
2010: RepulsUgloid
2010: De Monstris
2010: Cerberus Trisector
2010: Jingle Bells
2022: Cerberus Tirsector

The Sad Sun

2004: Church of the Flagellation
2008: Infra Sub Ultra
2009: The Sad Sun

The Sonitus Ignotus Ensemble

2017: Christmas Though and Dreams

Until Death Overtakes Me

2000: Until Death Overtakes Me / I Dream No More
2001: Symphony I - Deep Dark Red
2001: Symphony II - Absence of Life
2002: Symphony I - Deep Dark Red
2003: Prelude to Monolith
2004: Interludium I - Funeral Path
2006: Symphony III - Monolith
2009: Days Without Hope
2016: Well of Dreams
2016: Antemortem
2017: Hell & Rain
2017: Flow of Infinity
2018: They Know
2018: Missing
2019: Herald of Sorrow
2020: And Be No More
2021: As Dead as Time
2022: Collapse of Light
2023: Decay Into Irrelevance

Notes

^ Stijn and Van in isolation: [stɛin] and [vɑn].

References

^ ^a ^b "Encyclopedia Metallum - The Metal Archives: Stijn Van Cauter". Retrieved July 27, 2011.
^ "NULLL-void.com". Svc.nulll-void.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NULLL-void.com". Svc.nulll-void.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
^ "Stijn Van Cauter Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
^ "NULLL-void.com". Svc.nulll-void.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2014-08-23.

External links

Stijn Van Cauter on Myspace

[1] Stijn and Van in isolation: [stɛin] and [vɑn].

[metalarchives-2] "Encyclopedia Metallum - The Metal Archives: Stijn Van Cauter". Retrieved July 27, 2011.

[projects-3] "NULLL-void.com". Svc.nulll-void.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.

[nullvoidbio-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NULLL-void.com". Svc.nulll-void.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.

[discogs-5] "Stijn Van Cauter Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.

[discography-6] "NULLL-void.com". Svc.nulll-void.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2014-08-23.

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