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Rune Eriksen
Rune Eriksen (born 13 January 1975), also known by his stage name Blasphemer, is a Norwegian musician best known as the former guitarist and songwriter of black metal band Mayhem (band), Mayhem. He took his stage name from a Sodom (band), Sodom song and joined Mayhem in October 1994, before departing the band in late 2008. Eriksen founded his solo project RUÏM in 2020 and is currently a member of Aura Noir, Earth Electric, and the multinational bands Twilight Of The Gods and Vltimas, the former initially being a Bathory (band), Bathory tribute band and the latter being a supergroup with former Morbid Angel vocalist David Vincent (musician), David Vincent and drummer Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy. Eriksen and Mounier has previously been a part of death metal artist Nader Sadek's band along with Steve Tucker of Morbid Angel. Eriksen has also been a live member of Gaahls Wyrd and made guest appearances on recordings by Absu (band), Absu, Negură Bunget and Root (band), Root. His former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura Noir
Aura Noir is a Norwegian black metal, black/thrash metal band from Oslo. Aura Noir is heavily influenced by early thrash bands such as Voivod (band), Voivod, Slayer, Sodom (band), Sodom and Kreator, to the latter they have also dedicated some of their songs. The band's main lyrical themes focus on blasphemy, death and aggression. History Aura Noir was formed in 1993 by Aggressor (Carl-Michael Eide) and Apollyon (musician), Apollyon (Ole Jørgen Moe). The band recorded several demos before releasing the EP ''Dreams Like Deserts'' in 1995. In 1996, they were joined by Mayhem (band), Mayhem guitarist Blasphemer (Rune Eriksen), who contributed to the release of their debut album, ''Black Thrash Attack'', that same year. The band released their sophomore album, ''Deep Tracts of Hell'', in 1998. In 2004, Aura Noir were the first band to be signed to Tyrant Syndicate Productions, a sub-label of Peaceville Records, run by Nocturno Culto and Fenriz (both of Darkthrone). They released thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absu (band)
Absu is an American black/thrash metal band from Dallas, Texas.Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Absu Biography" ''AllMusic''. Macrovision Corporation. Their demos and first album leaned toward death metal, but they later adopted the thrash/black sound for which the group became recognized. Their lyrical themes are esoteric, including elements of Celtic, Sumerian, and Mesopotamian myths and legends, alchemy, numerology, magick, and sorcery. History The band originally formed as Dolmen in 1989, and after briefly taking the name Azathoth, they became Absu in 1991.Ganderson, Adam (2009). "The Secret History of Absu: From East to Wild West"''Terrorizer's Secret History of Black Metal'' pp. 76–77. Dark Arts Ltd. . The original members were Equitant Ifernain (guitars, bass, lyrics) and Shaftiel (guitars, vocals). After recording two demos and releasing an EP, they were joined by Proscriptor McGovern (Russ R. Givens – drums, vocals, lyrics), David Athron Mystica (guitars), and Black Massith (k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silhouette (album)
''The Silhouette'' is the second studio album by gothic/doom metal band, Ava Inferi. It was released on Season of Mist, on 15 October 2007. Track listing *All Songs Written By Eriksen/Simoes, except where noted. # "A Dança das Ondas" – 5:22 # "Viola" – 8:02 # "The Abandoned" – 5:33 # "Oathbound" – 1:55 (Simoes) # "The Dual Keys" – 7:13 # "Wonders of Dusk" – 4:59 # "La Stanza Nera" – 5:41 # "Grin of Winter" – 4:58 # "Pulse of the Earth" – 6:35 Personnel * Carmen Susana Simões - vocals * Rune Eriksen - electric and clean guitars, effects * Jaime S. Ferreira - bass * João Samora (Bandido) - drums, percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ... References External links Interview with Rune Eriksen in Lords of Metal E-zine Ava Inferi alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burdens (Ava Inferi Album)
''Burdens'' is a debut album of the Portuguese gothic metal band Ava Inferi. It was released in January 2006 by Season of Mist. "The title describes the collective soul of the band, with its clear roots referring to the past and its troubled paths. Other titles included on this album are ..rooted in the essences of pain and fear, as well as the eerie and the unknown". Track listing # "Ava Inferi" – 4:19 # "The Shrine" – 0:33 # "A Glimpse of Sanity" – 7:06 # "The Wings of Emptiness" – 5:35 # "Sinisters" – 9:36 # "Vultos" – 4:50 # "Fate of Mountains" – 8:38 Credits Band members * Carmen Susana Simões — vocals * Rune Eriksen - electric and clean guitars, effects * Jaime S. Ferreira - bass * João Samora (Bandido) - drums and percussion Session musicians * Miguel Do Vale - piano on 1, 2 * Nuno Roberto - Portuguese guitar The Portuguese guitar (, ) is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six cours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weltherrschaft
''Weltherrschaft'' is the first EP and sole release by the black metal band Mezzerschmitt. It was released in 2002 on Season of Mist productions. Weltherrschaft is a German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ... word and translates to "World Domination". Track listing External linksMetal Archives Mezzerschmitt albums 2002 EPs Season of Mist EPs Black metal EPs {{2000s-black-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out To Die
''Out To Die'' is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian black/thrash metal band Aura Noir. Artwork, Cover, Layout by Chioreanu Costin. Track listing Source: Personnel *Apollyon The Hebrew term Abaddon ( , meaning "destruction", "doom") and its Greek equivalent Apollyon (, ''Apollúōn'' meaning "Destroyer") appear in the Bible as both a place of destruction and an angel of the abyss. In the Hebrew Bible, ''abaddon'' ... − drums, bass, vocals * Aggressor − vocals, guitar * Blasphemer − lead guitar References Aura Noir albums 2012 albums {{2010s-black-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hades Rise
''Hades Rise'' is an album by the Norwegian black/thrash metal band Aura Noir. It features guest appearances by Danny Coralles (Autopsy, Abscess) and Blasphemer (ex-Mayhem). Art direction was by Carl-Michael Eide, layout by Justin Bartlett. Track listing #"Hades Rise" – 3:26 #"Gaping Grave Awaits" – 4:01 #"Unleash The Demon" – 3:48 #"Pestilent Streams" – 3:26 #"Schitzoid Paranoid" – 2:45 #"Death Mask" – 3:36 #"Shadows of Death" – 5:48 #"Iron Night/Torment Storm" – 5:09 #"South American Death" – 3:13 #"The Stalker" – 3:08 Personnel ;Aura Noir *Apollyon − drums, bass, vocals, guitar * Aggressor − bass, vocals, guitar ;Guest musicians *Danny Coralles Daniel Coralles is one of the current guitarists in the band Autopsy and was co-founder with drummer Chris Reifert of Abscess. Autopsy is back again and have been so since 2009 which is currently producing new material and is actively playing sel ... − lead guitar on "Gaping Grave Awaits" * Blasphemer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 and thrash metal and as such contains quite a few hints at early German thrash bands such as Kreator and Destruction. All songs by Aura Noir. Track 7 co-written by Aldrahn of Dødheimsgard. Track listing #"Sons of Hades" – 3:31 #"Conqueror" – 4:03 #"Caged Wrath" – 5:28 #"Wretched Face of Evil" – 4:11 #"Black Thrash Attack" – 5:11 #"The Pest" – 3:11 #"The One Who Smite" – 4:07 #"Eternally Your Shadow" – 3:36 #"Destructor" – 4:41 #"Fighting for Hell" – 4:10 Credits * Aggressor - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals *Apollyon The Hebrew term Abaddon ( , meaning "destruction", "doom") and its Greek equivalent Apollyon (, ''Apollúōn'' meaning "Destroyer") appear in the Bible as both a place of destruction and an angel of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordo Ad Chao
''Ordo Ad Chao'' is the fourth full-length album by the Norwegian black metal Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with tr ... band Mayhem. The album received the Spellemann Award for best heavy metal album on 2 February 2008. Background ''Ordo Ad Chao'' is the first album to feature vocalist Attila Csihar since the 1994 debut '' De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas'' and the last with Blasphemer before he announced his departure from the band in 2008. Drummer Hellhammer said that the drum tracks were not equalized and only the bass drums were triggered. He concluded "the production sounds necro ''as fuck'', but that's the way we wanted it – this time. It represents Mayhem today." It also the first Mayhem album with lyrics written by Attila Csihar. ''Ordo Ad Chao'' was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimera (Mayhem Album)
''Chimera'' is the third full-length album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. It is the second and final studio album with the vocalist Sven Erik Kristiansen (Maniac) before he departed Mayhem. TurboNatas of the Norwegian band Red Harvest provided the album artwork. The cover image is a still from the 1922 Swedish silent film ''Häxan''. Track listing Personnel ;Mayhem *Maniac – vocals * Blasphemer – guitar * Necrobutcher – bass *Hellhammer Hellhammer was a Swiss extreme metal band from Nürensdorf, active from 1982 to 1984. Although the band's sound and style were heavily criticized and poorly reviewed during their active years, they have been widely praised in retrospect and are ... – drums ;Production *Produced by Blasphemer *Engineered by Borge Finstad *Mixed by Blasphemer, Hellhammer and Borge Finstad *Mastered by Morten Lund Charts References {{Authority control Mayhem (band) albums 2003 albums Season of Mist albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Arellano overseeing the production. The album's title and some of the lyrics are taken from the writings of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, particularly his books ''Twilight of the Idols''—Nietzsche called ''Twilight of the Idols'' "a grand declaration of war" („eine grosse Kriegserklärung“). ''Grand Declaration of War'' is known for its eccentric musical style, which garnered a mixed reception upon release. Musical style The album displays a noteworthy difference in style when compared to Mayhem's other straightforward black metal records, focusing heavily on experimental and progressive elements. In his book '' Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal'', Jeff Wagner wrote that ''Grand Declaration of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Declaration of War" and "View from Nihil (Part II)". This EP was the first Mayhem release without guitarist Euronymous, who was murdered in 1993. The new line-up's material displayed across the songs is notably far more technical than that of earlier incarnations of the band; apart from the intro, each track contains at least two separate sections and is played at high tempo with consistent blast beats. Track listing Personnel ;Mayhem *Sven Erik Kristiansen (Maniac) - vocals *Rune Eriksen (Blasphemer) - guitar * Jørn Stubberud (Necrobutcher) - bass guitar *Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer) - drums ;Production *Produced by Kristoffer Rygg Kristoffer Rygg (born 9 September 1976), also known as Garm, Trickster G. Rex and God Head, is a No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |