Satyricon (band)

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Satyricon
Background information
Origin	Oslo, Norway
Genre(s)	Black metal
Years active	1990 - Present
Label(s)	Moonfog Century Media Sony BMG Roadrunner Records
Website	www.satyricon.no
Members
Satyr Frost
Former members
Kveldulv Samoth

This article is about the band. For other uses see Satyricon (disambiguation).

Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band, formerly known as Eczema. The band credits their first album, Dark Medieval Times, with starting a black metal subgenre that they dubbed "medieval metal".^{[citation needed]} 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.

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".

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, the band released a new studio album, Now, Diabolical. The album has generated a great degree of controversy in the black metal underground, due to its straightforward, "radio-friendly" take on the genre.^{[citation needed]} The album is selling well, however, even outside of black metal circles.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2008, the band headlined the Inferno Metal Festival in Oslo for the first time. [1]

A new single "My Skin Is Cold" will be release June 2, 2008. [2]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Dark Medieval Times - (1993)
• The Shadowthrone - (1994)
• Nemesis Divina - (1996)
• Rebel Extravaganza - (1999)
• Volcano - (2002)
• Now, Diabolical - (2006)

[edit] EPs

• Megiddo - (1997)
• Intermezzo II - (1999)
• My Skin Is Cold (2008)

[edit] Singles

• Fuel For Hatred - (2002)
• The Pentagram Burns - (2006)
• K.I.N.G. - (2006)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Demos

• Omnipotence [Unreleased Demo] - (1991)
• All Evil [Demo] - (1992)
• The Forest Is My Throne [Demo] - (1993)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Band members

[edit] Current members

• Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven) - Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Bass, Keyboards - (1990-)
• Frost (Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad) - Drums and Percussions - (1992-)
• Steinar (Azarak) Gundersen - Live session guitar - (1999-)
• Jonna Nikula - Live session keyboard - (2003-)
• Victor Brandt - Live session bass - (2007-)
• Gildas Le Pape - Live session guitar - (2007-)

[edit] Former members/Session members

• Kveldulv (Ted Skjellum) a.k.a. Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone - Guitar - (1996 - 1997)
• Vargen (Joakim Jensen) - Guitar - (1990-1992)
• Samoth (Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen) of Emperor and Zyklon - Bass - (1993-1996)
• 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
• Torden (Tord Vardøen) - Keyboards - (1993)
• Arnt Grønbech - Guitar - (2004 - 2006)
• Wargod (Vegard Blomberg) - Bass - (1990-1993)
• PrimeEvil (Steinar Henriksen) - Drums - (1990-1992)
• Morfar Blodtann (Anders Ørjebu) - Percussion - (1990-1996)
• Lord Deadmeat (Goran Basso) - Bass - (1990 - fired same year due to medical problems)
• Exhurtum (Carl-Michael Eide) - Drums - Original drummer, starting when the band was still called Eczema, played on their eponymous first demo.
• Joey Jordison - Session live drums (played with Satyricon during their 2004 Winter Tour)
• Lars K. Norberg - Live session bass - (2002-)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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• Satyricon Official site
• Official Satyricon myspace
• Satyricon unofficial site
• Satyricon unofficial site
• Satyricon at the All Music Guide
• Satyricon at the Encyclopaedia Metallum