Lord Ahriman

Lord Ahriman
Born	October – November 1972
Genres	Black metal, Death metal
Occupations	Musician, Guitarist, Composer, Graphicist (advert design outside music)
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	since 1989
Labels	No Fashion Records Regain Records
Associated acts	Dark Funeral, Wolfen Society, Satan's Disciples
Notable instruments
B.C. Rich Warlock and B.C. Rich Beast, fitted with Seymour Duncan LiveWire pickups

Lord Ahriman is a Swedish musician and composer best known as the primary guitarist and songwriter of black metal band Dark Funeral. He is the only founding member remaining in the band, he is also rhythm guitarist in Wolfen Society. His name is derived from Ahriman (Persian اهريمن), the evil equivalent of the deity Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism.

Biography

Originally from Luleå a small town in the north of Sweden, Ahriman developed an interest in music from a very young age. Hailing from a somewhat musical family, he cited his grandmother, mother and younger sister as influences and he started songwriting himself between 1989 and 1990.^[1]

Harbouring interests for Satanism (ostensibly that of the LaVeyan variant) and extreme metal as a teenager, he was introverted in his environment. When he was eighteen years old, he left for Stockholm, home to extreme metal acts such as Entombed and Dismember, whom Ahriman already knew personally.^[1]

He has also been an active participant in death metal. Before he played in Dark Funeral he played in a blackened death metal band called Satan's Disciples, and he has a side-project called Wolfen Society, who released an MCD "Conquer Divine" in 2001, although difficulties with No Fashion Records hindered its success.

Ahriman and other Dark Funeral members were forced to have side-jobs after No Fashion did not grant them royalties for their work on Dark Funeral's backcatalogue. Consequently Dark Funeral filed suit against No Fashion, and have since spearheaded a campaign against "corrupt" record labels.^[1] In October 2008, it was announced that Ahriman and Emperor Magus Caligula succeeded in obtaining the rights to Dark Funeral's entire backcatalogue.

Lord Ahriman is married and has two children. His family is highly supportive of him in his work.^[1]

Discography

Dark Funeral

Studio releases

• Angelus Exuro pro Eternus – (2009)
• Attera Totus Sanctus – (2005)
• Diabolis Interium – (2001)
• Teach Children to Worship Satan – (2000)
• Vobiscum Satanas – (1998)
• The Secrets Of The Black Arts – (1996)

Live and compilation releases

• De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine [Live] – (2004)
• In The Sign… [Compilation] – (2000)

DVDs

• Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part II – (2008)
• Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part I – (2007)

Demos and bootlegs

• Dark Funeral [Demo] – (1994)

Wolfen Society

• Conquer Divine – (2001)

Guest appearances

• The Electric Hellfire Club – Electronomicon (2002)
• Thookian Vortex – Track: Into The Nagual [co-writing] (2007)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Interview with Lord Ahriman^{[dead link]}

External links

• Lord Ahriman's Myspace Page
• Dark Funeral Official Website
• Dark Funeral Official Myspace Page
• Interview with Lord Ahriman

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Name	Ahriman, Lord
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Date of birth	1972
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