Carl-Michael Eide | |
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Live with Virus, London 2011 |
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Birth name | Carl-Michael Eide |
Also known as | Czral Aggressor Exhurtum |
Born | 24 July 1974 |
Origin | Norway |
Genres | Heavy metal, black metal, progressive rock, progressive metal, avant-garde metal |
Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums |
Associated acts | Ved Buens Ende, Virus, Aura Noir, Dødheimsgard |
Carl-Michael Eide is a Norwegian black metal musician, multi-instrumentalist (mainly known as a drummer), and vocalist. He is also known under stage names Aggressor, Czral and Exhurtum. He has played in various black metal and avant-garde metal bands. These include Ved Buens Ende, Aura Noir, Cadaver, Dødheimsgard, Satyricon, Ulver, Infernö and recently the jazz/rock band Virus. His drumming is unusual in style, with very little repetition and a tendency to shy away from traditional drumming. For example, many of the blast beats on Ved Buens Ende's Written in Waters feature a highly active and non-repetitive right hand, which becomes a separate voice from the foot and left hand, often playing in a different meter than the other two. (This description refers to right-handed drummers; Eide is in fact left-handed.)
His singing abilities are diverse. Other than usual harsh vocals in black metal, he uses a form of croon in the avant-garde metal bands Ved Buens Ende and Virus.
He has gone back to playing guitar and was writing music for the re-grouped Ved Buens Ende, before the band once again split up in early 2007. Beyond that, he continues to write material for Aura Noir and Virus.
He was also a session drummer for Dimmu Borgir on their 1997 tour.
On March 26, 2005 he fell (it's unclear whether he fell or jumped) from a four-story building and was hospitalized for several months.[1] He has lost the use of his feet as a result of the incident. He is not able to play drums anymore, but is still active as a vocalist, guitarist and bassist.[2]
With Satyricon
With Ulver
With Ved Buens Ende
With Aura Noir
With Infernö
With Dødheimsgard
With Virus
With Cadaver
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