Satyricon

Contrary to popular belief, Satyricon was never called Omnipotence. According to Exhurtum, he and Wargod started the band in 1990, playing death metal influenced by Cadaver, Carcass and Napalm Death. Lemarchand joined shortly thereafter. At that time, they were called Eczema. In 1991, they decided to start playing black metal, so the name was changed to Satyricon and then Satyr joined the band. After the first demo, Exhurtum was kicked out the band while Wargod left the music scene and became a UN soldier afterwards. Lemarchand was kicked out after the second demo. Satyr was the owner of the now-defunct Moonfog Productions. Signed to Napalm Records worldwide, Roadrunner Records in the UK, Indie Recordings in Norway and Nuclear Blast in North America. In December 2004, live guitarists Steinar Gundersen and Obsidian Claw were arrested in Canada for allegedly drugging and raping a woman in their tour bus after a show in Toronto. The remainder of the tour with 3 Inches of Blood was canceled. The charges against the pair were later dropped. Back in 1999, Satyr, Fenriz (Darkthrone), Phil Anselmo (Pantera), Killjoy (Necrophagia) and Maniac (Mayhem) started a "supergroup" called Eibon. They were supposed to record a full-length, but due to their heavy schedule, plans were changed. Maniac left the band and they released one track called "Mirror Soul Jesus" on the Moonfog Productions compilation Moonfog 2000 - A Different Perspective. They also recorded an unnamed song which can be downloaded from the old Moonfog Productions website. Satyricon's video for the song "Mother North" is played in the movie Spun. They agreed to it on the condition that the director of the film, Jonas Åkerlund, directed their next music video for the song "Fuel for Hatred". Compilation Appearances: - "Walk the Path of Sorrow" on Blackend: The Black Metal Compilation Volume 1 (Death Records, 1995) - "Taakeslottet", "Skyggedans", "Dominions of Satyricon", "Born for Burning" and "Night of the Triumphator" on Crusade From The North (Moonfog Productions, 1996) - "Mother North" on Blackend: The Black Metal Compilation Volume 2 (Death Records, 1997) - "Kathaarian Life Code" (Darkthrone cover) on Darkthrone Holy Darkthrone - Eight Norwegian Bands Paying Tribute (Moonfog Productions, 1998) - "Born For Burning" (Bathory cover) on In Conspiracy With Satan - A Tribute To Bathory (Hellspawn Records/No Fashion Records, 1998) - "Nemesis Divina" (clean vision mix) on Death ... is Just the Beginning V (Nuclear Blast, 1999) - "Filthgrinder" (edit) on Dynamit Vol. 18 (Rock Hard, came with issue #148, September 1999) - "Electric Renaissance" on Moonfog 2000 - A Different Perspective (Moonfog Productions, 2000) - "I Got Erection" (Turbonegro cover) on Alpha Motherfuckers - A Tribute To Turbonegro (Bitzcore, 2001) - "INRI" (Sarcófago cover) on Tribute To Sarcófago (Cogumelo Records, 2001) - "The Wolfpack" on Metal Hammer - Battle Metal VII (Metal Hammer, 2008) - "Last Man Standing" (Guitar Wall mix) on Necrolust Vol. 1 (Metal Hammer, came with issue #195, August 2009)