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| Satyricon | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Oslo, Norway |
| Genre(s) | Black metal |
| Years active | 1990 - Present |
| Label(s) | Moonfog, Century Media, Sony BMG, Roadrunner, Indie Recordings1 |
| Website | www.satyricon.no |
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| Satyr Frost |
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Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band, formerly known as Eczema.
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Biography
Satyricon formed in 1990 by Czral (Carl-Michael Eide) and Wargod. Haavard (Ulver) soon joined them. Satyr took vocals over 1991. Current drummer, Frost, who joined the band in 1992, has appeared in 1349, Keep of Kalessin, Gorgoroth, and Gehenna. Members of many other black metal bands have contributed to Satyricon either in the studio or live, including Samoth and Ihsahn of Emperor, Fenriz and Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone, and Obsidian C. of Keep of Kalessin.
The band credits their first album, Dark Medieval Times, with starting a black metal subgenre that they dubbed "medieval metal". The album showed off the fascination Satyricon had with the Middle Ages, along with raw black metal blastbeats produced by Frost, mixed with acoustic guitar and flute. On the next album, The Shadowthrone, this medieval spirit was continued. Satyricon’s third album, Nemesis Divina, contains Norwegian black metal influenced by medieval metal and was released in 1996. Rebel Extravaganza, Satyricon’s fourth album, was released in 1999. It contained moreindustrial metal influences then the previous albums.
In April and May of 2000 Satyricon toured as a supporting band for Pantera. Phil Anselmo has spoken of his love for black metal numerous times, and has participated in some extreme metal projects with Satyricon frontman Satyr.
Regarding one of their latest albums, Volcano, frontman Satyr stated in a press release / biography on their homepage that "the music is rock based but more extreme; it is black metal pushing the boundaries that began with bands like Venom and Bathory, reinventing ourselves based on a foundation of rock oriented black metal is our philosophy." It resulted in a total of 4 Awards for Volcano being, the Norwegian Grammy for "Best Metal Album", an Alarm award for "Fuel For Hatred" in the category for "Song of the Year", as well as The Alarm Award for "Metal Album of the Year" and The Oslo awards for "Best Overall Album".[1]
Satyricon participated in the Darkthrone tribute Darkthrone Holy Darkthrone, released by Moonfog Productions in 1998, covering the song Kathaarian Life Code. Also in 1998, Satyricon participated in the Bathory tribute In Conspiracy With Satan, released by Hellspawn/No Fashion Records, covering the song Born For Burning. In 2006, Satyricon released Now, Diabolical. The album was somewhat controversial among black metal fans due to its somewhat “radio friendly” take on black metal.
In March 2008, the band headlined the Inferno Metal Festival in Oslo for the first time.
A new single My Skin Is Cold from their lastest album, The Age of Nero was released on June 2, 2008. [2]
Discography
Albums
- Dark Medieval Times - (1993)
- The Shadowthrone - (1994)
- Nemesis Divina - (1996)
- Rebel Extravaganza - (1999)
- Volcano - (2002)
- Now, Diabolical - (2006)
- The Age of Nero - (2008)
EPs
- Megiddo - (1997)
- Intermezzo II - (1999)
- My Skin Is Cold (2008)
Singles
- Fuel For Hatred - (2002)
- The Pentagram Burns - (2006)
- K.I.N.G. - (2006)
Compilation releases
- The Forest Is My Throne / Yggdrassil [Split CD with Enslaved - (1995)
- The Box Set [3 LPs] - (1998)
- Ten Horns - Ten Diadems [Compilation] - (2002)
Demos
- Omnipotence [Unreleased Demo] - (1991)
- All Evil [Demo] - (1992)
- The Forest Is My Throne [Demo] - (1993)
Videography
- Mother North [VHS] - (1996)
- Roadkill Extravaganza [VHS/DVD] - (2001)
- Fuel For Hatred [Videoclip] - (2002)
- Armageddon Over Wacken Live: Satyricon & Darkthrone & Mayhem [2 DVD] - (2004)
- K.I.N.G. [Videoclip] - (2006)
- The Pentagram Burns [Videoclip] - (2006)
- Black Crow on a Tombstone [Videoclip] - (2008)
Band members
Current members
- Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven) - vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, bass, keyboards (1990-present)
- Frost (Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad) - drums, percussion (1992-present)
- Steinar (Azarak) Gundersen - live guitar (1999-present)
- Jonna Nikula - live keyboards (2003-present)
- Victor Brandt - live bass (2007-present)
- Gildas Le Pape - live guitar (2007-present)
Former members/Session members
- Vargen (Joakim Jensen) - guitar (1990-1992)
- Kveldulv (Ted Skjellum) a.k.a. Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone - guitar (1996-1997)
- Obsidian C. (Arnt Grønbech) of Keep Of Kalessin - guitar (2002-2007)
- Lord Deadmeat (Goran Basso) - bass (1990) fired same year due to medical problems)
- Wargod (Vegard Blomberg) - bass (1990-1993)
- Samoth (Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen) of Emperor and Zyklon - bass (1993-1996)
- Lars K. Norberg - live bass - (2002-2007)
- Exhurtum (Carl-Michael Eide) - drums - Original drummer, starting when the band was still called Eczema, played on their eponymous first demo.
- PrimeEvil (Steinar Henriksen) - drums (1990-1992)
- Joey Jordison - live drums (played with Satyricon during their 2004 Winter Tour)
- Trym Torson - live drums on spring 2004 tour
- Fenriz (Gylve Nagell) of Darkthrone - Music and lyrics of Du Som Hater Gud, drumming session of tracks 4 and 5 on Nemesis Divina, and percussion session of tracks 4 and 5 on Rebel Extravaganza
- Morfar Blodtann (Anders Ørjebu) - percussion (1990-1996)
- Torden (Tord Vardøen) - Keyboards (1993)
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