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{{Short description|Norwegian drummer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Bård Eithun
| name = Bård Eithun
|image = 02-08-2014-Bård G. Eithun with Emperor at Wacken Open Air 2014-JonasR.jpg
| image = 02-08-2014-Bård G. Eithun with Emperor at Wacken Open Air 2014-JonasR (cropped).jpg
|caption = Faust performing with Emperor at [[Wacken Open Air]] 2014
| caption = Faust performing with Emperor at [[Wacken Open Air]] 2014
|birth_name = Bård Guldvik Eithun
| birth_name = Bård Guldvik Eithun
|alias = Faust
| alias = Faust
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|4|21|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|4|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Hedmark]], Norway
| birth_place = [[Hedmark]], Norway
|death_date =
| origin =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Black metal]]|[[thrash metal]]|[[hardcore punk]]}}
|origin =
| occupation = Drummer
|genre = [[Black metal]]
| years_active = 1989–1994, 2003–present
|occupation = Drummer
| current_member_of = {{hlist|[[Blood Tsunami]]|[[Scum (band)|Scum]]|Djevel|Studfaust}}
|years_active = 1989–1994, 2003–present
| past_member_of = {{hlist|[[Emperor (band)|Emperor]]|[[Thorns_(band)|Thorns]]|[[Aborym]]|Bomberos|Mongo Ninja}}
|current_member_of = [[Blood Tsunami]], [[Scum (band)|Scum]], Djevel, Studfaust
| website =
|past_member_of = [[Emperor (band)|Emperor]], [[Aborym]], Bomberos, Mongo Ninja
|website =
}}
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'''Bård Guldvik''' "'''Faust'''" '''Eithun''' (born 21 April 1974) is a Norwegian musician, best known as the drummer of [[black metal]] band [[Emperor (band)|Emperor]] and the main lyricist of [[blackened death metal]] band [[Zyklon]]. A prominent member of the [[early Norwegian black metal scene]], Eithun was sentenced to 14 years in prison for murder and church arson in 1994.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=22 October 2005 |title=AMEN Frontman: Convicted Murderer FAUST Is 'The Nicest Man' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/amen-frontman-convicted-murderer-faust-is-the-nicest-man/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Blabbermouth.net }}</ref> He was released in 2003 and has since continued performing as a drummer for Emperor, Djevel, [[Blood Tsunami]], [[Aborym]] and [[Scum (band)|Scum]]. Eithun won the Norwegian [[Spellemannprisen|Spellemann Award]] in the Metal category with Djevel in 2022.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Drachman |first=Jillian |date=10 November 2022 |title=Spellemannpris-Winner DJEVEL Drops Their Latest Single, 'I Daudens Dimme Natt' |url=https://metalinjection.net/new-music/spellemannprisen-winner-djevel-drops-their-latest-single-i-daudens-dimme-natt |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Metal Injection}}</ref>
'''Bård Guldvik''' "'''Faust'''" '''Eithun''' (born 21 April 1974) is a Norwegian drummer and convicted murderer, known primarily for his work with [[black metal]] band [[Emperor (band)|Emperor]]. In 1993, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for murder. He has been out of prison since 2003.


== Education ==
== Biography ==
Eithun studied at the [[University of Oslo]].


== Career ==
=== Early years ===
Eithun was born on 21 April 1974 in [[Hedmark]]. At age sixteen, he moved to [[Lillehammer]] and became the drummer of [[Thorns (band)|Thorns]], then-known as Stigma Diabolicum.<ref name="untilthelight2">{{cite video |title=[[Until the Light Takes Us]] |medium=motion picture |publisher=Variance Films |year=2009 |people=Aaron Aites (director, producer), Audrey Ewell (director, producer)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=THORNS – Stigma Diabolicum |url=https://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/review/thorns-stigma-diabolicum/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Voices From The Darkside}}</ref> Eithun published the underground [[fanzine]] ''Orcustus'' in the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/orcustus.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218085828/http://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/orcustus.html |archive-date=18 February 2009 |access-date=2 July 2008}}</ref> In 1992, he moved to [[Oslo]] and started working in [[Euronymous|Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth]]'s shop Helvete, having been pen-pals with the [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]] guitarist since 1987.<ref name="untilthelight2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Campion |first=Chris |date=20 February 2005 |title=In the face of death |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/feb/20/popandrock4 |access-date=16 December 2023 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> Eithun joined [[Emperor (band)|Emperor]] as a drummer that same year and became a part of the inner circle of the [[early Norwegian black metal scene]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Emperor's Faust: A Life Forever Changed by a Single Night |url=https://www.heavychronicle.com/campfire-stories/emperors-faust-a-life-forever-changed-by-a-single-night/ |access-date=16 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="untilthelight2" />


=== Conviction and release ===
=== Stigma Diabolicum (1990), Thorns (1990–1992) ===
On 21 August 1992, while visiting his family in Lillehammer, Eithun stabbed Magne Andreassen, a gay man, to death after being sexually propositioned by him.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Godfrey |first=Alex |date=22 March 2019 |title='Before you know it, it's not a big deal to kill a man': Norwegian black metal's murderous past |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/22/before-you-know-it-its-not-a-big-deal-to-kill-a-man-norwegian-black-metals-murderous-past |access-date=16 December 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="LoC111">{{harvnb|Moynihan|Søderlind|2003|p=111}}</ref><ref name="untilthelight">{{cite video |title=[[Until the Light Takes Us]] |medium=motion picture |publisher=Variance Films |year=2009 |people=Aaron Aites (director, producer), Audrey Ewell (director, producer)}}</ref> According to Eithun, while walking home from a pub through the [[Venues of the 1994 Winter Olympics|Olympic park]], Andreassen drunkenly approached him and solicited him for sex.<ref name=":4" /> Eithun agreed to go with him to the nearby woods and stabbed Andreassen 37 times<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{harvnb|Moynihan|Søderlind|2003|pp=111, 113, 116}}</ref> while also repeatedly stomping on the victim's head.{{cn|date=February 2024}} Upon returning to Oslo the following day, he told Aarseth, [[Varg Vikernes]], and a few other members of the black metal scene what he had done.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="LoC116">{{harvnb|Moynihan|Søderlind|2003|p=116}}</ref> Eithun, Aarseth and Vikernes later burned down [[Holmenkollen Chapel]] together.<ref name=":4" /> After Vikernes' murder of Aarseth in August 1993, Eithun was arrested and confessed to killing Andreassen on impulse.<ref name=":3" /> In early 1994, Emperor released their debut album, ''[[In the Nightside Eclipse]]''. Later that year, Eithun was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and subsequently left Emperor,<ref name=":1" /><ref name="untilthelight2" /> with the imprisonment to happen at [[Ullersmo prison|Ullersmo]]. He testified against Vikernes in the latter's murder and arson trial that same year.<ref name="untilthelight2" /> Although media had linked Eithun's murder to black metal and speculated that he was motivated by [[Satanism]], [[fascism]], or [[homophobia]], he has later denied being a satanist and having racist, fascist or homophobic views in several interviews.<ref name="beat">[http://www.cultofaraluen.com/2011/euronymous-of-mayhem-1993-beat-issue-02/ Interview with Euronymous, Faust, Metalion and others from ''Beat'', Issue 2 (1993)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125005627/http://www.cultofaraluen.com/2011/euronymous-of-mayhem-1993-beat-issue-02/|date=25 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="faust-bowar">{{cite web |last=Bowar |first=Chad |title=Interview with former Emperor drummer Faust |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/faust.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629000801/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/faust.htm |archive-date=29 June 2006 |access-date=30 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Peter "Pete" Vegem and Bård "Faust" Eithun of Blood Tsunami |url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/blood-tsunami-4370 |access-date=15 January 2021 |website=OX-FANZINE}}</ref> Singer [[Gaahl]], an openly gay member of the Norwegian black metal scene, stated that Eithun was the first person to send him a message of support when he came out.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Godla |first1=Frank |date=28 May 2019 |title=Gaahl Opens Up On Being Gay In The Black Metal Scene, New GAAHLS WYRD Album, His Evolving Career, & The Three Biggest Changes In His Life |url=https://metalinjection.net/video/gaahl-opens-up-on-being-gay-in-the-black-metal-scene-new-gaahls-wyrd-album-his-evolving-career-the-three-biggest-changes-in-his-life |access-date=15 January 2021 |website=Metal Injection}}</ref>
Eithun started his career as a drummer at the age of 16 for the first Stigma Diabolicum demos, ''Lacus De Luna - Rehearsal'' and ''Live in Stjørdal'' in 1990 and in the [[Thorns (band)|Thorns]] demo, ''The Thule Tapes'' in 1992.


In 2001, Eithun became the main lyricist of blackened death metal band [[Zyklon]] and also contributed lyrics to albums released by [[Sigh (band)|Sigh]] and Wurdulak. He joined the hardcore punk/black metal supergroup [[Scum (band)|Scum]] with members of Emperor, [[Turbonegro]] and Mindgrinder the following year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 December 2004 |title=AMEN Singer Talks About SCUM And His Love For Black Metal |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/amen-singer-talks-about-scum-and-his-love-for-black-metal/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref>
=== Emperor (1992–1994, 2014) ===
Eithun is best known for his work with early black metal band Emperor, especially on the releases ''[[As the Shadows Rise]]'' and the groundbreaking ''[[In the Nightside Eclipse]]''. In 2013 Faust returned to Emperor as drummer for the 20th-anniversary tour of ''[[In the Nightside Eclipse]]'' in the summer of 2014, where they also played<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 3, 2014|title=Emperor - Live @ Wacken 2014 (Full Show, Pro Shot) [HD]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ba-2ag3tgo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/9Ba-2ag3tgo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the full setlist in [[Wacken Open Air]].


In 2003, Eithun was released from prison due to good behavior after serving nine years and four months.<ref name="faust-bowar" /> Of his incarceration, Eithun said: "It has taught me a lot about myself, my limits, my psyche and my will. I think it as a positive thing that I was removed from the black metal scene because I was heading towards a very destructive path."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2 November 2002 |title=Former EMPEROR Drummer Reflects On Past, Looks Forward To Future |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-emperor-drummer-reflects-on-past-looks-forward-to-future/ |access-date=25 November 2023 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> In later interviews, Eithun has expressed remorse for his actions in the 1990s and called them senseless.<ref name=":3" />
==Conviction and release==
On 21 August 1992, while Eithun was visiting family in [[Lillehammer]], he stabbed Magne Andreassen to death.<ref name=LoC111>{{harvnb|Moynihan|Søderlind|2003|p=111}}</ref><ref name=untilthelight>{{cite video |people=Aaron Aites (director, producer), Audrey Ewell (director, producer) |year=2009 |title=[[Until the Light Takes Us]] |medium=motion picture |publisher=Variance Films}}</ref> According to Eithun, while walking home from a pub through the [[Venues of the 1994 Winter Olympics|Olympic park]], a well-known gay [[Cruising for sex|cruising]] spot, Andreassen drunkenly approached him and solicited him for sex. Eithun agreed to go with him to the nearby woods and stabbed Andreassen 37 times. He kicked him in the head repeatedly as he lay on the ground.<ref>{{harvnb|Moynihan|Søderlind|2003|pp=111, 113, 116}}</ref>


=== Later career ===
Eithun claimed that he felt no remorse at the time.<ref name=LoC114>{{harvnb|Moynihan|Søderlind|2003|p=114}}</ref> [[Ihsahn]], his bandmate in Emperor, said that Eithun "had been very fascinated by serial killers for a long time, and I guess he wanted to know what it's like to kill a person".<ref name=LoC111/> The media has linked the murder to black metal and speculated that Eithun was motivated by [[Satanism]], [[fascism]], or [[homophobia]]. In a 1993 interview, he stated: "I am not a Satanist, but I praise the evil".<ref name=beat>[http://www.cultofaraluen.com/2011/euronymous-of-mayhem-1993-beat-issue-02/ Interview with Euronymous, Faust, Metalion and others from ''Beat'', Issue 2 (1993)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125005627/http://www.cultofaraluen.com/2011/euronymous-of-mayhem-1993-beat-issue-02/ |date=2013-01-25 }}</ref> In an interview for the book ''[[Lords of Chaos (book)|Lords of Chaos]]'', he explained that he had been "interested in Satanism but there are other things as well. Basically, I don't give a shit".<ref>{{harvnb|Moynihan|Søderlind|2003|p=255}}</ref> In a 2008 interview, Eithun said: "I was never a Satanist or fascist in any way".<ref name=faust-bowar>{{cite web|url = http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/faust.htm|title = Interview with former Emperor drummer Faust|last = Bowar|first = Chad|access-date = 2008-05-30|archive-date = 29 June 2006|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060629000801/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/faust.htm|url-status = dead}}</ref> In a 2012 interview he said: "I never had any racist or homophobic views".<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Peter "Pete" Vegem and Bård "Faust" Eithun of Blood Tsunami |url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/blood-tsunami-4370 |website=OX-FANZINE |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> [[Gaahl]], who is an openly gay member of the Norwegian black metal scene, said that Eithun was the first person to send him a message of support when he came out.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Godla |first1=Frank |title=Gaahl Opens Up On Being Gay In The Black Metal Scene, New GAAHLS WYRD Album, His Evolving Career, & The Three Biggest Changes In His Life |url=https://metalinjection.net/video/gaahl-opens-up-on-being-gay-in-the-black-metal-scene-new-gaahls-wyrd-album-his-evolving-career-the-three-biggest-changes-in-his-life |website=Metal Injection |date=28 May 2019 |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> [[Jørn Inge Tunsberg]] of the band [[Hades Almighty]] said that the murder was "an impulse killing" and that "it had nothing to do with black metal".<ref>Grude, Torstein (1998). ''[[Satan rir media|Satan Rides The Media]]''.</ref>
Following his release, Eithun was interviewed for the black metal documentary ''[[Until the Light Takes Us]]'', later released in 2008.<ref name="untilthelight2" /> Eithun was announced as Swedish extreme metal band [[Dissection (band)|Dissection]]'s new drummer in 2003, but departed the band that same year due to ideological differences.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=7 March 2003 |title=DISSECTION Set To Reform! |url=https://bravewords.com/news/dissection-set-to-reform |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=[[BraveWords]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 December 2003 |title=Drummer FAUST Leaves DISSECTION |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/drummer-faust-leaves-dissection/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> Scum released their first album, ''[[Gospels for the Sick]]'', in 2005. Eithun joined thrash metal [[Blood Tsunami]] and industrial black metal band [[Aborym]] that same year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hit The Lights: Faust: 'It's Easier To Distinguish Blood Tsunami From Other Groups' |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/hit_the_lights_faust_its_easier_to_distinguish_blood_tsunami_from_other_groups.html |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=[[Ultimate Guitar]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 March 2005 |title=Former EMPEROR Drummer FAUST Joins ABORYM |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-emperor-drummer-faust-joins-aborym/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> He released his first album with Aborym as a member the following year, having previously contributed lyrics to the band.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=10 December 2001 |title=ABORYM Faust Delivers! |url=https://bravewords.com/news/aborym-faust-delivers |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=[[BraveWords]]}}</ref> Blood Tsunami released their debut album, ''Thrash Metal'', in 2007. Eithun joined punk/metal band Mongo Ninja in 2009 and released three albums with the band before their disbandment in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Bradley |date=2013 |title=Blood Tsunami Interview 2013 |url=https://www.nocturnalcult.com/Bloodtsunami2013int.html |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=www.nocturnalcult.com}}</ref>


In 2013, Eithun returned to Emperor as drummer for the 20th anniversary tour of ''In the Nightside Eclipse'' in the summer of 2014, which included a performance at [[Wacken Open Air]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2013 |title=Drummer BÅRD 'FAUST' EITHUN Confirms Involvement With EMPEROR Reunion |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/drummer-b-rd-faust-eithun-confirms-involvement-with-emperor-reunion/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2014 |title=Reunited EMPEROR Performs At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL (Video) |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/reunited-emperor-performs-at-sweden-rock-festival-video/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> He departed Aborym in 2014 after releasing three studio albums with the band.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 September 2014 |title=Aborym adds guitarist, loses drummer |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/23258/Aborym-adds-guitarist-loses-drummer |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Lambgoat}}</ref> In 2017, Eithun was announced as the new drummer for black metal band Djevel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 July 2017 |title=Djevel - Line-up for the new album: Faust: Drums T.Ciekals: Guitars & Chants Mannevond: Vocals & Bass |url=https://www.facebook.com/djevelmakt/posts/line-up-for-the-new-albumfaust-drumstciekals-guitars-chantsmannevond-vocals-bass/1390021527741357/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Facebook}}</ref> On 23 May 2021, Eithun appeared as a guest at Emperor's show at Notodden Theatre marking the 30th anniversary of their formation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2021 |title=EMPEROR To Celebrate 30th Anniversary With 'A Night Of Emperial Wrath 2021' Livestream Event |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/emperor-to-celebrate-30th-anniversary-with-a-night-of-emperial-wrath-2021-livestream-event/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> In 2022, Djevel won the Norwegian [[Spellemannprisen|Spellemann Award]] in the Metal category for the album ''Tanker som rir natten,'' released the previous year.<ref name=":2" />
Police initially had no suspects, and Eithun remained free for about a year. However, he told [[Euronymous|Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth]], [[Varg Vikernes]], and a few others what he had done.<ref name=LoC116>{{harvnb|Moynihan|Søderlind|2003|p=116}}</ref> After Vikernes' murder of Aarseth in August 1993, Eithun was arrested and confessed to killing Andreassen. In 1994, he was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, but was released due to good behavior in 2003 after serving nine years and four months.<ref name=faust-bowar/>

== Education ==
While incarcerated, Eithun completed two bachelor degrees at the [[University of Oslo]] in the history of religions and the [[Intellectual history|history of ideas]], in addition to studying a year of [[Electronic business|E-business]] at a private school in [[Oslo]].<ref name=":0" />


== Discography ==
== Discography ==

* [[Thorns (band)|Stigma Diabolicum]] – various reh-tapes and live-tape from Stjørdalen, Norway 1990
=== With Emperor ===
* [[Thorns (band)|Thorns]] – various reh-tapes 1990–1992
'''Studio albums'''
* [[Emperor (band)|Emperor]] – ''Emperor'' – split CD with Enslaved 1992 (Candlelight)
* Emperor – ''[[As the Shadows Rise]]'' 1994 (Nocturnal Art Prod)
* ''[[In the Nightside Eclipse]]'' (1994)
'''EPs'''
* Emperor – ''[[In the Nightside Eclipse]]'' 1994 (Candlelight)

* [[Cadaver (band)|Cadaver Inc.]] – a spoken passage on the ''Kill Tech'' song featured on ''[[Discipline (Cadaver Inc. album)|Discipline]]'' 2001 (Earache)
* ''[[Wrath of the Tyrant]]'' (1992)
* [[Ulver]] – drums on ''The Future Sound of Music'' on ''[[Perdition City]]'' 2000 (Jester)
* ''[[Emperor (1993 album)|Emperor]]'' (1993)
* [[Zyklon]] – ''[[World ov Worms]]'' (2001, wrote all lyrics)
* ''As the Shadows Rise'' (1994)
* [[Sigh (band)|Sigh]] – lyrics for ''Nietzschean Conspiracy'' – ''[[Imaginary Sonicscape]]'' (2001 album)

* Zyklon – ''[[Aeon (album)|Aeon]]'' (2003, wrote all lyrics)
'''Compilation albums'''
* [[Blood Tsunami]] – Demo (2005)

* [[Scum (band)|Scum]] – ''Protest Life'' (single-CD, 2005)
* Scum – ''[[Gospels for the Sick]]'' (2005)
* ''Emperial Vinyl Presentation'' (2001)
* Blood Tsunami – ''[[Thrash Metal (album)|Thrash Metal]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Scattered Ashes: A Decade of Emperial Wrath]]'' (2003)
* ''Emperor: The Complete Works'' (2017)
* Zyklon – ''[[Disintegrate (Zyklon album)|Disintegrate]]'' (2006, wrote all lyrics)

* [[Aborym]] – ''[[Generator (Aborym album)|Generator]]'' (2006)
=== With Scum ===
* Blood Tsunami– ''Castle of Skulls – demo'' (2009)
'''Studio albums'''
* Blood Tsunami – ''Grand Feast for Vultures'' (2009)

* Aborym – ''[[Psychogrotesque]]'' (2010)
* Aborym – ''[[Dirty (Aborym album)|Dirty]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Gospels for the Sick]]'' (2005)

* Blood Tsunami – ''[[For Faen!]]'' (2013)
=== With Blood Tsunami ===
* Djevel – ''Blant svarte graner'' (2018)
'''Studio albums'''
* Blood Tsunami – ''[[Grave Condition (Blood Tsunami album)|Grave Condition]]'' (2018)

* Djevel – ''Ormer til armer, maane til hode'' (2019)
* Djevel – ''Tanker som rir natten'' (2021)
* ''Thrash Metal'' (2007)
* Djevel – ''Naa skrider natten sort'' (2022)
* ''Grand Feast for Vultures'' (2009)
* ''[[For Faen!]]'' (2013)
* ''Grave Condition'' (2018)

'''EPs'''

* ''Castle of Skulls'' (2009)

=== With Aborym ===
'''Studio albums'''

* ''[[Generator (Aborym album)|Generator]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Psychogrotesque]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Dirty (Aborym album)|Dirty]]'' (2013)

=== With Mongo Ninja ===
'''Studio albums'''

* ''...And the Wrist Is History'' (2009)
* ''No Cunt for Old Men'' (2010)
* ''Nocturnal Neanderthals'' (2011)

=== With Studfaust ===
'''EPs'''

* ''Half Human, Half Dynamite / 1980's Ladies'' (2012)
* ''Where the Underdogs Bark'' (2014)

=== With Djevel ===
'''Studio albums'''

* ''Blant svarte graner'' (2018)
* ''Ormer til armer, maane til hode'' (2019)
* ''Tanker som rir natten'' (2021)
* ''Naa skrider natten sort'' (2022)

'''EPs'''

* ''Englene Som Falt Ned I Min Seng, Skal Jeg Sette Fri Med Brukne Vinger Og Torneglorier'' (2021)

=== Lyrical, vocal and instrumental credits ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="33" |Year
! width="170" |Artist
! width="170" |Title
!Song(s)
! width="220" |Notes
|-
|2000
|[[Ulver]]
|''[[Perdition City]]''
|"The Future Sound of Music"
| rowspan="2" |Drums
|-
|2001
|[[Emperor (band)|Emperor]]
|''A Tribute to Mayhem: Originators of the Northern Darkness''
|"Funeral Fog"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
| rowspan="2" |SiriuS
| rowspan="2" |''Spectral Transition - Dimension SiriuS''
|"Spectral Transition", "Spiritual Metamorphosis"
|Vocal samples
|-
|"Dimensional Quantum", "The Majesty of the Nightsky"
|Drums
|-
|2001
|[[Cadaver (band)|Cadaver Inc.]]
|''[[Discipline (Cadaver Inc. album)|Discipline]]''
|"Kill Tech"
|Spoken passage
|-
|2001
|[[Sigh (band)|Sigh]]
|''[[Imaginary Sonicscape]]''
|"Nietzschean Conspiracy"
| rowspan="3" |Lyrics
|-
|2001
|Wurdulak
|''Ceremony in Flames''
|"Containment of Inferno"
|-
|2001
|[[Zyklon]]
|''[[World ov Worms]]''
|
|-
|2003
|[[Aborym]]
|''[[With No Human Intervention]]''
|"With No Human Intervention", "Faustian Spirit of the Earth"
| rowspan="2" |Lyrics, spoken words
|-
|2003
|Disiplin
|''Disiplin''
|"Strategy Formulation"
|-
|2003
|Zyklon
|''[[Aeon (album)|Aeon]]''
|
| rowspan="2" |Lyrics
|-
|2006
|Zyklon
|''[[Disintegrate (Zyklon album)|Disintegrate]]''
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|-
|2009
|Fenriz' Red Planet/[[Nattefrost]]
|''Engangsgrill''
|"Nekronaut II Nekro Spirituals", "Humiliated and Pissed Upon"
|Drums
|-
|2010
|The Wretched End
|''Ominous''
|"Of Men and Wolves", "Numbered Days", "With Ravenous Hunger", "Residing in Limbo"
| rowspan="2" |Lyrics
|-
|2010
|Zyklon
|''The Storm Manifesto''
|
|}


== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
Eithus was played by [[Valter Skarsgård]] in the 2018 biographical-horror-thriller film ''[[Lords of Chaos (film)|Lords of Chaos]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2019-03-08 |title=BEHEMOTH's NERGAL Defends 'Lords Of Chaos' Movie: 'It's Really Well Done' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/behemoths-nergal-defends-lords-of-chaos-movie-its-really-well-done/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>
Eithun was portrayed by [[Valter Skarsgård]] in the 2018 biographical horror-thriller film ''[[Lords of Chaos (film)|Lords of Chaos]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2019 |title=BEHEMOTH's NERGAL Defends 'Lords Of Chaos' Movie: 'It's Really Well Done' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/behemoths-nergal-defends-lords-of-chaos-movie-its-really-well-done/ |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Orcustus (magazine)|Orcustus]]'', underground [[zine]] published by Eithun in the early 1990s
* ''[[Orcustus (magazine)|Orcustus]]'', underground [[zine]] published by Eithun in the early 1990s.


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Discogs artist}}
* [http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/faust.htm Faust interview at ''About.com''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629000801/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/faust.htm |date=29 June 2006 }}
* {{Discogs artist|artist=102038-Faust-2|name=Faust}}
* {{AllMusic|id=mn0001347288|author=}}
* {{AllMusic|id=mn0001521736}}


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Bård Eithun
Faust performing with Emperor at Wacken Open Air 2014
Faust performing with Emperor at Wacken Open Air 2014
Background information
Birth nameBård Guldvik Eithun
Also known asFaust
Born (1974-04-21) 21 April 1974 (age 50)
Hedmark, Norway
Genres
OccupationDrummer
Years active1989–1994, 2003–present
Member of
Formerly of

Bård Guldvik "Faust" Eithun (born 21 April 1974) is a Norwegian musician, best known as the drummer of black metal band Emperor and the main lyricist of blackened death metal band Zyklon. A prominent member of the early Norwegian black metal scene, Eithun was sentenced to 14 years in prison for murder and church arson in 1994.[1] He was released in 2003 and has since continued performing as a drummer for Emperor, Djevel, Blood Tsunami, Aborym and Scum. Eithun won the Norwegian Spellemann Award in the Metal category with Djevel in 2022.[2]

Biography

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Early years

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Eithun was born on 21 April 1974 in Hedmark. At age sixteen, he moved to Lillehammer and became the drummer of Thorns, then-known as Stigma Diabolicum.[3][4] Eithun published the underground fanzine Orcustus in the early 1990s.[5] In 1992, he moved to Oslo and started working in Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth's shop Helvete, having been pen-pals with the Mayhem guitarist since 1987.[3][6] Eithun joined Emperor as a drummer that same year and became a part of the inner circle of the early Norwegian black metal scene.[7][3]

Conviction and release

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On 21 August 1992, while visiting his family in Lillehammer, Eithun stabbed Magne Andreassen, a gay man, to death after being sexually propositioned by him.[8][9][10] According to Eithun, while walking home from a pub through the Olympic park, Andreassen drunkenly approached him and solicited him for sex.[8] Eithun agreed to go with him to the nearby woods and stabbed Andreassen 37 times[8][11] while also repeatedly stomping on the victim's head.[citation needed] Upon returning to Oslo the following day, he told Aarseth, Varg Vikernes, and a few other members of the black metal scene what he had done.[8][12] Eithun, Aarseth and Vikernes later burned down Holmenkollen Chapel together.[8] After Vikernes' murder of Aarseth in August 1993, Eithun was arrested and confessed to killing Andreassen on impulse.[7] In early 1994, Emperor released their debut album, In the Nightside Eclipse. Later that year, Eithun was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and subsequently left Emperor,[1][3] with the imprisonment to happen at Ullersmo. He testified against Vikernes in the latter's murder and arson trial that same year.[3] Although media had linked Eithun's murder to black metal and speculated that he was motivated by Satanism, fascism, or homophobia, he has later denied being a satanist and having racist, fascist or homophobic views in several interviews.[13][14][15] Singer Gaahl, an openly gay member of the Norwegian black metal scene, stated that Eithun was the first person to send him a message of support when he came out.[16]

In 2001, Eithun became the main lyricist of blackened death metal band Zyklon and also contributed lyrics to albums released by Sigh and Wurdulak. He joined the hardcore punk/black metal supergroup Scum with members of Emperor, Turbonegro and Mindgrinder the following year.[17]

In 2003, Eithun was released from prison due to good behavior after serving nine years and four months.[14] Of his incarceration, Eithun said: "It has taught me a lot about myself, my limits, my psyche and my will. I think it as a positive thing that I was removed from the black metal scene because I was heading towards a very destructive path."[18] In later interviews, Eithun has expressed remorse for his actions in the 1990s and called them senseless.[7]

Later career

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Following his release, Eithun was interviewed for the black metal documentary Until the Light Takes Us, later released in 2008.[3] Eithun was announced as Swedish extreme metal band Dissection's new drummer in 2003, but departed the band that same year due to ideological differences.[19][20] Scum released their first album, Gospels for the Sick, in 2005. Eithun joined thrash metal Blood Tsunami and industrial black metal band Aborym that same year.[21][22] He released his first album with Aborym as a member the following year, having previously contributed lyrics to the band.[23] Blood Tsunami released their debut album, Thrash Metal, in 2007. Eithun joined punk/metal band Mongo Ninja in 2009 and released three albums with the band before their disbandment in 2012.[24]

In 2013, Eithun returned to Emperor as drummer for the 20th anniversary tour of In the Nightside Eclipse in the summer of 2014, which included a performance at Wacken Open Air.[25][26] He departed Aborym in 2014 after releasing three studio albums with the band.[27] In 2017, Eithun was announced as the new drummer for black metal band Djevel.[28] On 23 May 2021, Eithun appeared as a guest at Emperor's show at Notodden Theatre marking the 30th anniversary of their formation.[29] In 2022, Djevel won the Norwegian Spellemann Award in the Metal category for the album Tanker som rir natten, released the previous year.[2]

Education

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While incarcerated, Eithun completed two bachelor degrees at the University of Oslo in the history of religions and the history of ideas, in addition to studying a year of E-business at a private school in Oslo.[18]

Discography

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With Emperor

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Studio albums

EPs

Compilation albums

With Scum

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Studio albums

With Blood Tsunami

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Studio albums

  • Thrash Metal (2007)
  • Grand Feast for Vultures (2009)
  • For Faen! (2013)
  • Grave Condition (2018)

EPs

  • Castle of Skulls (2009)

With Aborym

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Studio albums

With Mongo Ninja

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Studio albums

  • ...And the Wrist Is History (2009)
  • No Cunt for Old Men (2010)
  • Nocturnal Neanderthals (2011)

With Studfaust

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EPs

  • Half Human, Half Dynamite / 1980's Ladies (2012)
  • Where the Underdogs Bark (2014)

With Djevel

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Studio albums

  • Blant svarte graner (2018)
  • Ormer til armer, maane til hode (2019)
  • Tanker som rir natten (2021)
  • Naa skrider natten sort (2022)

EPs

  • Englene Som Falt Ned I Min Seng, Skal Jeg Sette Fri Med Brukne Vinger Og Torneglorier (2021)

Lyrical, vocal and instrumental credits

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Year Artist Title Song(s) Notes
2000 Ulver Perdition City "The Future Sound of Music" Drums
2001 Emperor A Tribute to Mayhem: Originators of the Northern Darkness "Funeral Fog"
2001 SiriuS Spectral Transition - Dimension SiriuS "Spectral Transition", "Spiritual Metamorphosis" Vocal samples
"Dimensional Quantum", "The Majesty of the Nightsky" Drums
2001 Cadaver Inc. Discipline "Kill Tech" Spoken passage
2001 Sigh Imaginary Sonicscape "Nietzschean Conspiracy" Lyrics
2001 Wurdulak Ceremony in Flames "Containment of Inferno"
2001 Zyklon World ov Worms
2003 Aborym With No Human Intervention "With No Human Intervention", "Faustian Spirit of the Earth" Lyrics, spoken words
2003 Disiplin Disiplin "Strategy Formulation"
2003 Zyklon Aeon Lyrics
2006 Zyklon Disintegrate
2009 Fenriz' Red Planet/Nattefrost Engangsgrill "Nekronaut II Nekro Spirituals", "Humiliated and Pissed Upon" Drums
2010 The Wretched End Ominous "Of Men and Wolves", "Numbered Days", "With Ravenous Hunger", "Residing in Limbo" Lyrics
2010 Zyklon The Storm Manifesto
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Eithun was portrayed by Valter Skarsgård in the 2018 biographical horror-thriller film Lords of Chaos.[30]

Bibliography

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  • Orcustus, underground zine published by Eithun in the early 1990s.

References

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  1. ^ a b "AMEN Frontman: Convicted Murderer FAUST Is 'The Nicest Man'". Blabbermouth.net. 22 October 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b Drachman, Jillian (10 November 2022). "Spellemannpris-Winner DJEVEL Drops Their Latest Single, 'I Daudens Dimme Natt'". Metal Injection. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Aaron Aites (director, producer), Audrey Ewell (director, producer) (2009). Until the Light Takes Us (motion picture). Variance Films.
  4. ^ "THORNS – Stigma Diabolicum". Voices From The Darkside. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Campion, Chris (20 February 2005). "In the face of death". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Emperor's Faust: A Life Forever Changed by a Single Night". Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e Godfrey, Alex (22 March 2019). "'Before you know it, it's not a big deal to kill a man': Norwegian black metal's murderous past". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  9. ^ Moynihan & Søderlind 2003, p. 111
  10. ^ Aaron Aites (director, producer), Audrey Ewell (director, producer) (2009). Until the Light Takes Us (motion picture). Variance Films.
  11. ^ Moynihan & Søderlind 2003, pp. 111, 113, 116
  12. ^ Moynihan & Søderlind 2003, p. 116
  13. ^ Interview with Euronymous, Faust, Metalion and others from Beat, Issue 2 (1993) Archived 25 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ a b Bowar, Chad. "Interview with former Emperor drummer Faust". Archived from the original on 29 June 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  15. ^ "Interview with Peter "Pete" Vegem and Bård "Faust" Eithun of Blood Tsunami". OX-FANZINE. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  16. ^ Godla, Frank (28 May 2019). "Gaahl Opens Up On Being Gay In The Black Metal Scene, New GAAHLS WYRD Album, His Evolving Career, & The Three Biggest Changes In His Life". Metal Injection. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  17. ^ "AMEN Singer Talks About SCUM And His Love For Black Metal". Blabbermouth.net. 28 December 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Former EMPEROR Drummer Reflects On Past, Looks Forward To Future". Blabbermouth.net. 2 November 2002. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  19. ^ "DISSECTION Set To Reform!". BraveWords. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Drummer FAUST Leaves DISSECTION". Blabbermouth.net. 10 December 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Hit The Lights: Faust: 'It's Easier To Distinguish Blood Tsunami From Other Groups'". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  22. ^ "Former EMPEROR Drummer FAUST Joins ABORYM". Blabbermouth.net. 14 March 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  23. ^ "ABORYM Faust Delivers!". BraveWords. 10 December 2001. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  24. ^ Smith, Bradley (2013). "Blood Tsunami Interview 2013". www.nocturnalcult.com. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  25. ^ "Drummer BÅRD 'FAUST' EITHUN Confirms Involvement With EMPEROR Reunion". Blabbermouth.net. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  26. ^ "Reunited EMPEROR Performs At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL (Video)". Blabbermouth.net. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  27. ^ "Aborym adds guitarist, loses drummer". Lambgoat. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  28. ^ "Djevel - Line-up for the new album: Faust: Drums T.Ciekals: Guitars & Chants Mannevond: Vocals & Bass". Facebook. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  29. ^ "EMPEROR To Celebrate 30th Anniversary With 'A Night Of Emperial Wrath 2021' Livestream Event". Blabbermouth.net. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  30. ^ "BEHEMOTH's NERGAL Defends 'Lords Of Chaos' Movie: 'It's Really Well Done'". Blabbermouth.net. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

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