Bård Faust

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Bård Eithun

Background information
Birth name Bård G. Eithun
Also known as Faust
Born April 21, 1974 (1974-04-21) (age 34)
Origin Norway
Genre(s) Black metal
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Drums
Associated acts Aborym, Blood Tsunami, Emperor, Zyklon, Scum

Bård G. "Faust" Eithun (born: 21 April 1974) is a Norwegian drummer. He is best known for his work with early black metal band Emperor, especially on the albums As the Shadows Rise and In the Nightside Eclipse. He also writes lyrics for other bands, including Zyklon.

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[edit] Murder

Eithun was convicted of murdering a homosexual man in Lillehammer, Norway on the 21st of August, 1992. The victim was stabbed multiple times with a knife, and the murder occurred in a park that had held the opening ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games[1]. This was one of the two murders committed from the early Norwegian black metal scene, the other being the murder of Øystein Aarseth by Varg Vikernes. Faust was released in 2003 after serving 9 years and 4 months of an original 14 year sentence[2].

[edit] Discography

(the specified year is date of recording, not release)

  • Blood Tsunami – "Thrash Metal" (2006)
  • Zyklon - "Disintegrate" wrote all lyrics 2006
  • Aborym - Generator 2006
  • Blood Tsunami – Demo 2005
  • Scum – "Protest Life" single-CD 2005
  • Scum – "Gospels for the Sick" 2005
  • Hesperus Dimension – Spoken passage on demo 2005
  • Zyklon - "Aeon" wrote all lyrics 2003
  • Disiplin - Spoken words and lyrics on "Strategy Formulation" 2003 (Moonfog).
  • Zyklon - "World ov Worms" wrote all lyrics 2001
  • Cadaver Inc. - A spoken passage on the "Kill Tech" song featured on "Discipline" 2000 (Earache)
  • Ulver - Drums on "The Future Sound of Music" on "Perdition City" 2000 (Jester)
  • Sirius - Various spoken passages and drumming on the "Spectral Transition - Dimension Sirius" album 2000 (Nocturnal Art Prod)
  • Emperor - "A Midsummer Night's Dream" 1993 (live-bootleg, England 1993)
  • Emperor - "In the Nightside Eclipse" 1993 (Candlelight)
  • Emperor - "Emperor" - Split CD w/ Enslaved 1992 (Candlelight)
  • Emperor - "As The Shadows Rise" 1992 (Nocturnal Art Prod)
  • Emperor - Two tracks on "Wrath Of The Tyrant"-demo 1992
  • Thorns - Various reh-tapes 1990-1992
  • Impostor - "Violent World" reh-tape 1991
  • Impostor - "Still Not Satisfied"-demo 1990
  • Stigma Diabolicum - Various reh-tapes and live-tape from Stjordalen, Norway 1990
  • Decomposed Cunt - "reh(abilitation)-tape 1989" reh-tape 1989

[edit] References

  1. ^ Moynihan and Soderlind, 2003: 111
  2. ^ Bowar, Chad. Interview with former Emperor drummer Faust. Retrieved on 2008-05-30. “I was never a Satanist or fascist in any way, but I put behind me the hatred and negativity. Those feelings just eat you up from inside.”

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  • Moynihan, M. and Soderlind, D. (2003) Lords of Chaos - The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground Revised and Expanded Edition, California: Feral House


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