Artist
Satyricon
Satyricon is a black metal artist from Oslo, Norway formed in 1990. 15 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Black Metal · Oslo, Norway · Best black metal albums
- 15
- Releases
- 1993–2022
- Active years
- 1990
- Formed
Artist
Satyricon is a black metal artist from Oslo, Norway formed in 1990. 15 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Black Metal · Oslo, Norway · Best black metal albums
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The Age of Nero
2008
Satyricon are a Norwegian black metal band, formed in 1990 in Oslo. The band currently consist of core long-term members Satyr and Frost. Satyricon were the first black metal band to join a multi-national record label (EMI). The band were formed in 1990 as Eczema by the bassist Wargod and drummer Exhurtum. In 1991, they decided to start playing black metal, so the name was changed to Satyricon. Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven) then joined the band. After the first demo All Evil, Exhurtum was kicked out of the band because he "preferred hanging out with my girl at the time rather than kicking down gravestones together with the band", while Wargod left the music scene and became a UN soldier afterwards. Lemarchand was kicked out after the second demo. Remaining members Satyr and Lemarchand hired the drummer Frost (Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad) as a session musician and recorded their second and last demo, The Forest Is My Throne. Shortly after this, Lemarchand also left the band. But before leaving the band he recorded guitars (uncredited on the booklet) for the first full-length album, Dark Medieval Times. In the meantime, Frost was being "promoted" as a permanent member and had recorded drums …
