- Faust (musician)
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Name = Bård Eithun
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Bård G. Eithun
Alias = Faust
Born = Birth date and age|1974|4|21|mf=y
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Origin =Norway
Instrument = Drums
Genre =Black metal
Occupation =Musician
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Associated_acts =Aborym ,Blood Tsunami , Emperor, Zyklon, Scum
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Notable_instruments =Bård G. "Faust" Eithun (born:
21 April 1974 ) is a Norwegian drummer. He is best known for his work with earlyblack 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.Murder
Eithun was convicted of murdering a homosexual man in
Lillehammer ,Norway on the 21st of August, 1992. The victim was found stabbed multiple times with a knife, and the murder occurred near a park that had held the opening ceremonies of the1994 Winter Olympic Games . [Moynihan and Soderlind, 2003: 111] Faust was released in 2003 after serving 9 years and 4 months of an original 14 year sentence.cite web
url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/faust.htm
title=Interview with former Emperor drummer Faust
quote="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."
last=Bowar|first=Chad
accessdate=2008-05-30]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 1989References
External links
* [http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/faust.htm Faust Interview at About.com]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=19725281 Official Myspace]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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