Bård Guldvik "Faust" Eithun (born 21 April 1974) is a Norwegian drummer known primarily for his work with

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band Emperor. In 1993, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for murder. He has been out of prison since 2003.

Education

Eithun studied at the University of Oslo.

Career

Stigma Diabolicum (1990), Thorns (1990–1992)

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 demo, ''The Thule Tapes'' in 1992.

Emperor (1992–1994, 2014)

Eithun is best known for his work with early black metal band Emperor, especially on the releases ''

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'' 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 the full setlist in Wacken Open Air.

Conviction and release

On 21 August 1992, while Eithun was visiting family in

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, he stabbed Magne Andreassen to death. According to Eithun, while walking home from a pub through the Olympic park, a well-known gay 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. Eithun claimed that he felt no remorse at the time. 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". The media has linked the murder to black metal and speculated that Eithun was motivated by

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, fascism, or

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. In a 1993 interview, he stated: "I am not a Satanist, but I praise the evil".Interview with Euronymous, Faust, Metalion and others from ''Beat'', Issue 2 (1993)
In an interview for the 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". In a 2008 interview, Eithun said: "I was never a Satanist or fascist in any way". In a 2012 interview he said: "I never had any racist or homophobic views".

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, 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. 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". Police initially had no suspects, and Eithun remained free for about a year. However, he told Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth, Varg Vikernes, and a few others what he had done. 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.

Discography

* Stigma Diabolicum – various reh-tapes and live-tape from Stjørdalen, Norway 1990 * Thorns – various reh-tapes 1990–1992 * Emperor – ''Emperor'' – split CD with Enslaved 1992 (Candlelight) * Emperor – ''

'' 1994 (Nocturnal Art Prod) * Emperor – '' In the Nightside Eclipse'' 1994 (Candlelight) * Cadaver Inc. – a spoken passage on the ''Kill Tech'' song featured on ''

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– drums on ''The Future Sound of Music'' on '' Perdition City'' 2000 (Jester) * Zyklon – '' World ov Worms'' (2001, wrote all lyrics) * Sigh – lyrics for ''Nietzschean Conspiracy'' – ''

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'' (2001 album) * Zyklon – '' Aeon'' (2003, wrote all lyrics) * Blood Tsunami – Demo (2005) * Scum – ''Protest Life'' (single-CD, 2005) * Scum – '' Gospels for the Sick'' (2005) * Blood Tsunami – '' Thrash Metal'' (2007) * Zyklon – ''

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'' (2006, wrote all lyrics) *

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'' (2006) * Blood Tsunami– ''Castle of Skulls – demo'' (2009) * Blood Tsunami – ''Grand Feast for Vultures'' (2009) * Aborym – ''

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'' (2010) * Aborym – '' Dirty'' (2013) * Blood Tsunami – ''

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'' (2013) * Djevel – ''Blant svarte graner'' (2018) * Blood Tsunami – ''

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

In popular culture

Eithus was played by Valter Skarsgård in the 2018 biographical-horror-thriller film '' Lords of Chaos''.

Bibliography

* '' Orcustus'', underground zine published by Eithun in the early 1990s

References

Sources

External links

Faust interview at ''About.com''
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