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{{family name hatnote|Oleksandrovych|Hapon|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Short description|Ukrainian black metal musician}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name               = Knjaz Varggoth
| native_name_lang   = uk
| native_name        = {{nobold|Князь Варґґот}}
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| birth_name         = Yevhen Oleksandrovych Hapon
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1974|7|30|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Kharkiv]], Ukrainian SSR,<!-- DO NOT LINK, see [[MOS:GEOLINK]] for further guidance --> Soviet Union<!-- DO NOT LINK, see [[MOS:GEOLINK]] for further guidance -->
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| occupation         = {{hlist|Guitarist|Singer}}
| genre              = {{hlist|[[Black metal]]|[[Pagan metal]]}}
| instrument         = {{hlist|Guitar|Singing}}
| background         = solo_singer
| label              = {{hlist|[[Oriana]]|[[Osmose Productions]]|[[No Colours Records]]|[[The End Records]]|[[Nuclear Blast]]|[[Resistance Records]]}}
| associated_acts    = {{hlist|[[Nokturnal Mortum]]|Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra|Aryan Terrorism}}
| years_active       = 1991{{ndash}}Present
}}

'''Yevhen Oleksandrovych Hapon'''{{efn|name=spelling|{{bulleted list|{{langx|uk|Євген Олександрович Гапон|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Yevhen Oleksandrovych Hapon}}}}|{{langx|ru|Евгений Александрович Гапон|{{transliteration|ru|Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Gapon}}}}}}}} (born 30 July 1974, known by his stage name '''Knjaz Varggoth'''){{efn|{{langx|uk|Князь Варґґот|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Kniaz Varggot}}}}}} is a Ukrainian guitarist and singer, who performs in the [[black metal]] act [[Nokturnal Mortum]].

== Biography ==
Yevhen Hapon was born 30 July 1974 in [[Kharkiv]]. He is one of the foremost figures in Eastern Europe [[black metal]].{{Fact|date=March 2025}} Though he has been involved with numerous music projects and bands (Aryan Terrorism,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=DiVita |first=Joe |date=7 March 2022 |title=Russian Attack Destroys Metal Merch Shop With Racist Affiliations |url=https://loudwire.com/kolovorot-metal-merch-shop-ukraine-destroyed-russia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208054925/https://loudwire.com/kolovorot-metal-merch-shop-ukraine-destroyed-russia/ |archive-date=8 February 2023 |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref> Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra, Lucifugum as a guest musician in 1997, Вече, and more), he is most well known for being the lead vocalist and guitarist for the controversial Ukrainian black metal band [[Nokturnal Mortum]]. Nokturnal Mortum gained their reputation performing [[symphonic black metal]] with elements of Ukrainian and Slavic folk music and for being a part of the eastern European [[National Socialist black metal|NSBM]] scene.

A side project done by Varggoth is the ambient/black metal project Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra, formed in 1994. The most famous album of this project, ''The Key to the Gates of the Apocalypse'', is most likely known particularly due to its long runtime (one 72-minute track) and combination of dark ambient and fast black metal.

== Discography ==

=== Bands (in order of formation) ===

==== Suppuration ====
*1992: ''Ecclesiastical Blasphemy''

==== Crystaline Darkness ====
*1993: ''Mi Agama Khaz Mifisto''

==== Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra ====
*1997: ''Midnight Fullmoon''
*1999: ''The Key to the Gates of the Apocalypse''

==== Nokturnal Mortum ====
*1995: ''[[Twilightfall]]''
*1996: ''[[Lunar Poetry]]''
*1997: ''[[Goat Horns]]''
*1998: ''[[To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire]]''
*1999: ''[[Nechrist]]''
*2005: ''Weltanschauung''
*2009: ''[[The Voice of Steel]]''
*2017: ''Verity''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Metal-Rules com UK |date=21 July 2017 |title=Nokturnal Mortum – Interview with Knjaz Varggoth |url=https://www.metal-rules.com/2017/07/20/nokturnal-mortum-interview-with-knjaz-varggoth/ |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=Metal-Rules.com |language=en-US |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208054937/https://www.metal-rules.com/2017/07/20/nokturnal-mortum-interview-with-knjaz-varggoth/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Aryan Terrorism ===
*2002: ''W.A.R''

==== Vetche ====
*1998: ''Vetche''

==== Piorun ====
*2004: ''Stajemy Jak Ojce''

==== Temnozor ====
Live member

==Notes==
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== References ==
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[[Category:Ukrainian heavy metal guitarists]]
[[Category:21st-century Ukrainian male singers]]
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[[Category:Ukrainian nationalists]]

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