Rune Eriksen (born 13 January 1975) is a

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Spellemann award-winning musician and composer. He is best known as the former

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in the

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band Mayhem under the

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Blasphemer, which he took from a Sodom song. He joined the band in October 1994, but departed in late 2008. He currently plays in Aura Noir, Earth Electric, and the multinational bands Twilight Of The Gods and Vltimas, the latter a supergroup of sorts with vocalist David Vincent (formerly of

Morbid Angel Morbid Angel is an American death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling ...

), and drummer Flo Mounier of

Cryptopsy Cryptopsy is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, formed in 1988. History Necrosis (1988–1992) Necrosis was formed in April 1988 by drummer Mike Atkin, guitarist Steve Thibault and vocalist Dan "Lord Worm" Greening, initially ...

. Ironically, Rune and Flo also played together with Steve Tucker (predecessor and successor of David Vincent in Morbid Angel) for the artist

Nader Sadek Nader Sadek is an Egyptian-American artist. His death metal project gathers many well-known and emerging artists from the entire metal scene, focusing mostly on black and death metal. Sadek currently resides in New York City and has worked as a st ...

and de Rune has also made guest appearances with Absu,

Negură Bunget Negură Bunget was a black metal band from Timișoara, Romania whose atmospheric sound incorporated elements of progressive metal and Romanian folk music. Biography Negură Bunget originally formed at the end of 1994 under the name Wiccan Rede, ...

, and

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. His former bands and projects are, besides Nader Sadek, Mezzerschmitt, and the Portuguese

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band

Ava Inferi Ava Inferi was a musical group formed in Almada, Portugal, by Norwegian guitarist and songwriter Rune Eriksen (a.k.a. Blasphemer, Mayhem). Their debut album, '' Burdens'', was released in January 2006. In the spring of 2007, vocalist Carmen Sim ...

. He resides in

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Discography

With Mayhem * ''

Wolf's Lair Abyss ''Wolf's Lair Abyss'' is an EP by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. According to the band's website, it is the first part of ''Grand Declaration of War''. The main riff of the last track, "Symbols of Bloodswords", is used in "A Grand Decl ...

'' (1997) * ''Mediolanum Capta Est'' (1999) * ''

Grand Declaration of War ''Grand Declaration of War'' is the second full-length studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem, released by Season of Mist and Necropolis Records on 6 June 2000. A re-release of the album came out in December 2018, with Jaime Gomez ...

'' (2000) * ''Live in Marseilles (2002)'' * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Ordo Ad Chao'' (2007) With Earth Electric *''Vol. 1: Solar'' With Twilight Of The Gods *''Fire on the Mountain'' (2013) With Mezzerschmitt *'' Weltherrschaft'' (2002) With

* '' Burdens'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

Blood of Bacchus ''Blood of Bacchus'' is the third studio album by gothic/doom metal band, Ava Inferi. It was released on Season of Mist, on 25 May 2009. Track listing # "Truce" – 3:29 # "Last Sign of Summer" – 6:45 # "Colours of the Dark" – 7:03 # "Blac ...

'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2011) With Aura Noir *''

Black Thrash Attack ''Black Thrash Attack'' is the first studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Aura Noir. This is the first album to feature Blasphemer ( Rune Eriksen) from Mayhem on guitars. As indicated in the title, this album is a mix of black metal an ...

'' (1996) *''The Merciless'' (2004) *''

Hades Rise ''Hades Rise'' is an album by the Norway, Norwegian Black metal, black/thrash metal band Aura Noir. It features guest appearances by Danny Coralles (Autopsy (band), Autopsy, Abscess (band), Abscess) and Rune Eriksen, Blasphemer (ex-Mayhem (band ...

'' (2008) *'' Out to Die'' (2012) With

*''

In the Flesh In the Flesh may refer to: Books * ''In the Flesh'' (2009 graphic novel), a collection of stories by Koren Shadmi Film and TV * ''In the Flesh'' (1998 film), an American gay-themed murder mystery film * ''In the Flesh'' (2003 film), an Indian ...

'' (2011) *'' Living Flesh'' (2013) *''The Malefic: Chapter III'' (2014) With Vltimas *'' Something Wicked Marches In'' (2019)

References

1975 births Living people Mayhem (band) members Norwegian rock guitarists Norwegian musicians Scandinavian musicians Norwegian black metal musicians Norwegian heavy metal guitarists Norwegian multi-instrumentalists Black metal guitarists Aura Noir members 21st-century Norwegian guitarists Place of birth missing (living people) {{metal-music-stub