14 Facts About Hendrik Mobus

1.

In prison, Hendrik Mobus was born on 20 January 1976 and was able to carry on with the band under the temporary name "In Ketten".

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2.

Shortly after release, Hendrik Mobus violated the terms of his parole when at a concert he performed the Hitler salute, which is illegal in Germany.

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3.

Hendrik and his brother Ronald "Wolf" Mobus posed together in a series of photographs at Auschwitz death camp, holding up Nazi banners inside a gas chamber and outside barracks.

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4.

Hendrik Mobus managed to flee to the United States, where he met William Luther Pierce, but was captured there.

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5.

At first this was just a rumour, but Hendrik Mobus later admitted in an interview for a neo-Nazi site that the incident had taken place.

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6.

Hendrik Mobus has since been freed and runs his own music label, called Darker Than Black Records, which distributes NSBM albums and merchandise on an organized scale since 2007.

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7.

Two cars belonging to Hendrik Mobus were damaged in an arson which the Antifascist Action Germany claimed responsibility for, during a campaign in Berlin where there were posters with Hendrik Mobus' face and personal information put up, and graffiti with messages against him and the label.

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8.

When released from the last prison sentence, Hendrik Mobus appeared on stage during a neo-Nazi live gig, although did not play anything.

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9.

Hendrik Mobus has distanced himself from National Socialism and politics in general, as evidenced by the current direction of Wolfsmond and as stated in an interview he conducted with Vampire Magazine.

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10.

In 2019, Hendrik Mobus was at a black metal gig in Denmark, and was seen handing out flyers promoting a Nazi event.

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11.

The main line-up features Wolf, Hendrik Mobus's brother, handling vocals and Sven "Unhold" Zimper handling the instruments, with Sebastian Schauseil performing the occasional clean vocal part on releases such as Asgardsrei, Werwolfthron, and Totenlieder.

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12.

In 2017 Hendrik Mobus assembled a lineup to perform live as Absurd at Asgardsrei, neither Wolf nor Unhold authorized the performances.

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13.

In 2022, Hendrik Mobus released a new album as Absurd, titled Schwarze Bande, and both his version and Wolf's and Unhold's version are separately claiming to be the "real band".

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14.

Hendrik Mobus called the Asgardsrei EP the band's first holistic piece of work, with adjusted concept and layout, representing the band's step away from its former musical dilettantism; however, he still described some of it as dilettante, and Ronald Mobus criticised the final mixing.

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