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Daniel Hans Johan Rostén (born 1977) is a Swedish
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 ...
vocalist, guitarist, and bassist, known as the frontman for
Funeral Mist Funeral Mist is a Swedish black metal band formed in Stockholm in 1993. To date, the band have released four full-length albums, three EPs and a compilation box set. Since 2003, the band's sole permanent member has been Arioch, also known for hi ...
and singer/guitarist of Triumphator under the stage name Arioch, and for having been the vocalist for renowned Swedish black metal band
Marduk Marduk (; cuneiform: Dingir, ᵈAMAR.UTU; Sumerian language, Sumerian: "calf of the sun; solar calf"; ) is a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of Babylon who eventually rose to prominence in the 1st millennium BC. In B ...
since 2004 under the stage name Mortuus. He is also a professional graphic designer.


Biography


Early years (1994–2004)

Daniel Rostén in 1993 had a solo band called Winds but never released anything and would later dissolve the project. Rostén joined
Funeral Mist Funeral Mist is a Swedish black metal band formed in Stockholm in 1993. To date, the band have released four full-length albums, three EPs and a compilation box set. Since 2003, the band's sole permanent member has been Arioch, also known for hi ...
under the "Arioch" pseudonym as bassist in the summer of 1994, before the band's first demo recordings. Once all old members left, Rostén led the band and recorded the second demo ''Havoc'' in summer/autumn 1996 with the new drummer Necromorbus ( Tore Stjerna).Dr. Rape: ''Funeral Mist''. In:
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: ''Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries''. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points Books 2011, p. 420f.
With Necromorbus, Rostén would also record and release the EP ''Devilry'' in 1998 through Shadow Records. Rostén would later bring guitarist Nachash to record ''Salvation'', Funeral Mist's debut album, which was released through Norma Evangelium Diaboli in 2003, Funeral Mist has been signed to that label ever since. Arioch also played guitar and sung in Triumphator in the 1990s and contributed the lyrics to the French band
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' song ''Sanctus'', released on '' De Principii Evangelikum'' in 2002. Rostén and his social circle were notorious in the Stockholm metal scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s due to their antisocial activities. Rostén runs Holy Poison Design, a graphic design company which has done artwork for a variety of black metal artists, most notably Teitanblood, Ofermod and
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, as well as being Marduk's in-house graphic artist for their albums' artworks and merchandise since 2007.


Marduk and other projects (2004 onward)

In 2004, Rostén joined Marduk as vocalist prior to the completion of the band's album '' Plague Angel'', replacing longtime vocalist Legion. Marduk's founder and guitarist Morgan Håkansson had contributed the lyrics to the Triumphator song ''Heralds of Pestilence''. Mortuus introduced a decidedly distinct and different vocal style to Marduk to that of his predecessor, and it was due to his credentials as vocalist in Funeral Mist that Håkansson contacted Rostén by telephone. After careful consideration Rostén accepted Håkansson's offer to join Marduk. In contrast to Legion, Håkansson has stated that Rostén has shared his interest in enthusiasm for Marduk's lyrical content, which has notably consisted of subject matter such as Biblical tales,
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history and
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. In 2012, Mortuus also sang on Merrimack's album ''The Acausal Mass'', as the band's member Perversifier stated after ''Rock Hard'' journalist Jan Jaedike compared some of Merrimack's material to "the least comfortable stuff of Marduk with Mortuus". He was not mentioned in the album's booklet though because Merrimack did not want to use his name for promotion.Jan Jaedike: ''Merrimack''. ''Appetite for Destruction''. In: ''Rock Hard'', no. 302, July 2012, p. 62. In 2009 Rostén released the second Funeral Mist record ''Maranatha'', the third album, ''Hekatomb'' was released in 2018 after a protracted period of silence, after which, the project's fourth album, ''Deiform'' was released near the end of 2021. In 2012 Rostén also started a new solo project called DomJord, which focuses on electronic music but didn't release its debut album ''Sporer'' until March 13, 2020 through Vidfare Productions in collaboration with Norma Evangelium Diaboli and The Ajna Offensive. Rósten released the second DomJord record, ''Gravrost'' on November 13, 2020, again through Vidfare Productions.


Controversy

In December 2009 Rostén, while performing live at the
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in San Francisco, a shirtless fan who was drunk approached Rostén onstage trying to hug him, Mortuus grabbed the man by the head, flipped him over onto his back on the stage, and pushed him off it. This incident was recorded on video and was subject to mixed reception from observers. In April 2018, Mortuus and former Marduk drummer Fredrik Widigs were accused of purchasing items from the
Nordic Resistance Movement The Nordic Resistance Movement is a pan-Nordic neo-Nazi movement in the Nordic countries and a political party in Sweden. Besides Sweden, it is established in Norway, Denmark and Iceland, and formerly in Finland before it was banned in 2019. ...
(NMR), a Swedish
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organization, after sale records for various purchases were uncovered, including Mortuus and Widigs' real names, personal email addresses, and shipment records confirmed the material was shipped to their home addresses. The items included stickers and flyers promoting the NMR and the books "Our Way - The Nordic Party Movement Party Program" and "National Socialism - The Biological Worldview". Marduk denied these claims on their official Facebook page stating, "No Marduk member has ordered anything from the website in question, or ever had any form of interaction with the organisation operating it. This is all we have to say about the matter."


Views on black metal

Arioch points out that "A band that claims to play Black Metal must always have
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and nothing but Satanism as the highest priority in their music and concept as well as in their personal lives" and that neither the voice, nor the sound and musical style make a black metal band. He considers " structive Satanism and fanatic Devil worship" to be "the very foundation of everything labelled 'Black Metal'".''Funeral Mist''. In: ''
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'', no. 20, ''Blood Fire Death'', 2010, p. 88f.


Discography


With Funeral Mist

* see
Funeral Mist Funeral Mist is a Swedish black metal band formed in Stockholm in 1993. To date, the band have released four full-length albums, three EPs and a compilation box set. Since 2003, the band's sole permanent member has been Arioch, also known for hi ...


With Triumphator

* see Triumphator (band)


With Marduk

* '' Plague Angel'' (2004) * '' Deathmarch'' (2004) * ''
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'' (2006) * '' Rom 5:12'' (2007) * '' Wormwood'' (2009) * '' Iron Dawn'' (2011) * '' Serpent Sermon'' (2012) * '' Frontschwein'' (2015) * '' Viktoria'' (2018) * ''
Memento Mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die")
'' (2023)


With DomJord

* ''Sporer'' (2020) * ''Gravrost'' (2020)


With Antaeus

* ''De Principii Evangelikum'' (lyrics for ''Sanctus'', 2002)


With Merrimack

* ''The Acausal Mass'' (guest vocals, 2012)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosten, Daniel Black metal musicians Swedish heavy metal singers Swedish male singers Swedish Satanists Living people 1977 births