Fenriz

Fenriz in 2005

Fenriz (born November 28, 1971 in Oslo as Leif Nagell ; real name Gylve Fenris Nagell ) is a Norwegian musician and politician, who is best known as the drummer and lyricist of the two-man band Darkthrone . He is an extremely productive musician who has been a member of numerous bands, performed solo appearances and participated in numerous other projects spanning music genres.

Life

Fenriz first came into contact with heavy metal at the age of three when he received the album Sweet Freedom from the band Uriah Heep for his birthday . Later he became more and more interested in rock and metal bands such as B. The Doors and Metallica . Since 1986 he has also been a lover of Bathory's music .

In the same year the band Darkthrone was formed; Initially, according to Fenriz, the band could not even play their instruments, but developed into a technically adept death metal band. At the same time, Fenriz was also a member of the band Valhall , which was rehearsing in his basement. In 1989 he started the solo project Isengard , which was initially based on Death Metal. Towards the end of 1989 he came across a song by the Hungarian band Tormentor on a compilation , which he was enthusiastic about and through which he saw metal in a new light; at that time the underground was dominated by death metal and in his opinion rather uninteresting. First Darkthrone continued to play death metal after but the other band members, with the exception of bassist Dag Nilsen increasingly for the sound of Bathory and Celtic Frost interested, turned the band in 1991 musical basis of these interests and the influence of Euronymous the black metal to and shaped this decisively. It was around this time that Nagell also adopted the pseudonym Fenriz. That same year, Fenriz left Valhall to focus more on Darkthrone. In 1992 he adopted his pseudonym, spelled Fenris, as part of his real name. Fenriz founded the ambient project Neptune Towers and participated in the 1995 project Storm by Satyricon singer Satyr; He also helped out as a percussionist with Vortebekk Spaceband. Since 1995, Fenriz has concentrated on Darkthrone, whose music has moved between punk and heavy metal since 2006 , and stopped all solo projects. He only appears occasionally as a guest musician.

Fenriz played together with Phil Anselmo from Pantera , Satyr, Maniac from Mayhem and Killjoy from Necrophagia in a project called Eibon, but is at odds with Satyr and is therefore not part of a possible continuation of the project.

Fenriz works as a DJ , currently lives in Oslo and has a label with Nocturno Culto under the name Tyrant Syndicate Productions, which is a sub-label of Peaceville Records . In 2004, Fenriz released a compilation album in collaboration with Peaceville, entitled Fenriz Presents… The Best of Old-School Black Metal , containing selected pieces of music from bands such as Celtic Frost , Hellhammer , Blasphemy and Burzum . In 2009 the compilation Trapped Under Vice was released , which moves between Black, Death and Thrash Metal.

He also writes reviews and columns, but prefers to work on Darkthrone's Myspace weblog, in which he recommends a new band every week, rather than regularly writing columns. In September 2016 an application for the city council of his hometown Kolbotn ended successfully. Fenriz was asked, had himself photographed with a cat for his election poster and given the caption “Please don't choose me”. He is now a deputy member of the city council for the Venstre party .

Discography

With permanent membership

with darkthrone

• see Darkthrone # discography

with Isengard

• see Isengard (Norwegian band) #Discography

with Neptune Towers

• 1994: Caravans to Empire Algol
• 1995: Transmissions from Empire Algol

with Dødheimsgard

• 1995: Kronet til conge

with Storm

• see Storm (Band) #Discography

with Valhall

• 1995: Moonstoned
• 1997: Heading for Mars

with eibon

• 2000: Mirror Soul Jesus on Moonfog 2000 - A Different Perspective

with aura noir

• 2000: Increased Damnation (vocals)
• 2004: The Merciless (vocals)

with Fenriz 'Red Planet

• 2008: Engangsgrill (split with Nattefrost )

As a guest musician

with Satyricon

• 1996: Nemesis Divina (text on Du som hater gud )
• 1998: Rebel Extravaganza (percussion with Havoc Vulture and Prime Evil Renaissance )

with Ulver

• 1998: Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (vocals on A Song of Liberty Plates 25-27 )

with Red Harvest

• 2000: Cold Dark Matter (additional vocals at Absolut Dunkel: heit )

with Thorns

• 2000: You That Mingle May on Moonfog 2000 - A Different Perspective

with Cadaver Inc

• 2001: Discipline (additional vocals with Rupture )

with Audiopain

• 2002: Revel in Desecration (Text on Infuriation Scalp )

with Trashcan Darlings

• 2002: Episode 1: The Lipstick Menace (additional vocals on Dehumanizer )

with code

• 2005: Nouveau Gloaming (text on The Cotton Optic )

Compilations made by Fenriz

• 2004: Fenriz Presents… The Best of Old-School Black Metal
• 2009: Fenriz Presents… Trapped Under Vice, Vol. I.
• 2009: Fenriz Presents ... Trapped Under Vice, Vol. II

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Marc Spermeth: Obsessed with darkness and evil . In: Ablaze , No. 5, May / June 1995, pp. 10f.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} David Rocher: Of the Lupine Lords That Lurk in the Shadows. CoC interviews Fenriz of Darkthrone. Chronicles of Chaos, May 13, 2001, accessed December 4, 2009 . 
3. ^ ^{A b} Peaceville Artists. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011 ; accessed on December 4, 2009 . 
4. ↑ Interview with DARKTHRONE for Petrified zine 1994. 1994, accessed on March 22, 2010 (English). 
5. ↑ Kory Grow: WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DARKTHRONE'S FENRIZ ON DOOM METAL, THE BAND'S CURRENT DIRECTION, AND SATYRI. Revolver, January 13, 2010, accessed August 25, 2010 . 
6. ↑ Michael Schäfer: Darkthrone . Back to the roots? No be the root! In: Sonic Seducer . No. 11 , November 1999, p. 36 ( imageshack.us [accessed January 10, 2011]).
7. ↑ Fenriz: MURDERESS . The Last Thing You Will Ever See… . In: Rock Hard , No. 282, November 2010, p. 98.
8. ↑ Thomas Kupfer: DARKTHRONE . Circle The Wagons . In: Rock Hard , No. 276.
9. ↑ Stefan Hofmann: Darkthrone - A list that is always there .
10. ↑ ^{a b} Arlette Huguenin: DARKTHRONE: Too much black, not enough metal .
11. ↑ pitchfork.com: Darkthrone Frontman Fenriz Accidentally Elected to Local Town Council by Noah Yoo, September 12, 2016 (accessed September 14, 2016)
12. ↑ City council members Oppegård ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 14, 2016 (Norwegian). 

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