JANVS was born in 2003 as a solo project of Vinctor;after recording some advanced material, the projectsigns an agreement with Pagan Moon Records for therelease of the debut album, at the beginning conceivedas a demo, “Nigredo” (PGM-008, 2004), in a limitededition and with a special package.In 2005 Malphas (Tronus Abyss, Offizial Propagande) asbass player and Francesco La Rosa (Ianva, Malombra,Segno del Comando) as drums player join the bandwhereas Vinctor keeps handling vocals and guitars.