Virus was a

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band signed to

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. It was formed in 2000 by

Carl-Michael Eide Carl-Michael Eide (born 24 July 1974) is a Norway, Norwegian black metal musician, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. He is also known under stage names Aggressor, Czral and Exhurtum. Biography Carl-Michael Eide has played in various black met ...

. Czral considered the band a continuation of his previous band

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because of similar musical elements and an

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form of unusual experimentation, although the band had its own characteristic sound.

History

Virus released their debut, ''Carheart'', in August 2003. The band released their second album ''The Black Flux'' on November 10, 2008 through

Season of Mist Season of Mist is an independent record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pag ...

. A third album, ''The Agent That Shapes the Desert'', was released in February 2011.'The Agent That Shapes The Desert' announced on Duplicate-records.com
An EP, ''Oblivion Clock'', was released on 1 December 2012. The fourth and latest album, ''Memento Collider'', was released on June 3, 2016. The band announced their breakup via Facebook on November 13, 2018.

Band members

*Czral (

) - Guitars, Vocals (''see also

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'') *Plenum ( Petter Berntsen) - Bass (''see also Audiopain'') *Esso/Einz ( Einar Sjurso) - Drums (''see also Lamented Souls,

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'')

Discography

*''

Carheart ''Carheart'' is the debut album by the Norwegian avant-garde metal/jazz rock band Virus. Track listing *All songs written by Czral, Plenum and Esso, except where noted. #"Something Furry This Way Comes" – 1:36 (Czral, Plenum, Esso, Kim Sølve ...

'' (2003) *''

The Black Flux ''The Black Flux'' is the second studio album by Norwegian avant-garde metal band Virus. It was released on 10 November 2008 via Season of Mist. Background ''The Black Flux'' was recorded between June 2007 and July 2008 at Amper Tone Studios in O ...

'' (2008) *''

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'' (2011) *''

Oblivion Clock ''Oblivion Clock'' is an EP by the Norwegian avant-garde metal band Virus. It was released on 1 December 2012 by Duplicate Records. Background The working title of ''Oblivion Clock'' was ''Flux the Fluent''. It was recorded at various locati ...

'' (EP; 2012) *''

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'' (2016) *'' Investigator'' (EP; 2017)

References

External links

Virus at MyspaceVirus at Encyclopaedia MetallumVirus Interview with Crzal, December 2008
Musical groups established in 2000 2000 establishments in Norway Musical groups from Oslo Season of Mist artists {{Norway-band-stub