Terje Andersen (born 12 May 1975), known professionally as Cyrus, is a Norwegian musician best known as the guitarist of the

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Susperia Susperia is a Norwegian black metal, black/thrash metal band formed in October 1998 by Tjodalv and Cyrus (musician), Cyrus. The band was originally named Seven Sins, but since there was another band with that name they changed it to the title ...

. He plays guitar and bass guitar.

Biography

Cyrus started his career in 1997 when he went playing in a band called Seven Sins with ex-

Dimmu Borgir Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic ...

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Tjodalv Tjodalv (born Ian Kenneth Åkesson in 1976) is a Norwegian drummer. He is a founding member of both Dimmu Borgir and Old Man's Child. He now plays in Black Comedy and Susperia. Tjodalv played guitar on the first Dimmu Borgir albums ''Inn i evigh ...

. The band released one demo tape in that period. In 1999, they changed name to Susperia. In 2000, Cyrus went playing guitar with

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for a worldwide tour. He was in Satyricon for two years as session member. In 2009, he became a session guitarist of

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Sarke Sarke is a Norwegian metal band from Oslo, formed in 2008. The band has released seven studio albums and is currently signed to Norwegian record label Indie Recordings. History Sarke formed in 2008 when Thomas "Sarke" Bergli ( Khold, Tulus ...

. In 2011, with Susperia he released first Susperia's single "Nothing Remains". Cyrus recently played guitar in Susperia (as full-time member) and Sarke (as session member) and bass guitar in Dimmu Borgir (as session member).

Discography

With Susperia

*''

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'' (Demo, 2000) *''

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'' (Nuclear Blast, 2001) *'' Vindication'' (Nuclear Blast, 2002) *'' Unlimited'' ( Tabu, 2004) *''Devil May Care'' (EP, Tabu, 2005) *''

Cut From Stone ''Cut from Stone'' is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian thrash metal band Susperia. As with their other albums, there is an extreme Testament A testament is a document that the author has sworn to be true. In law it usually means last wi ...

'' (Tabu, 2007) *''

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'' (Candlelight Records, 2009) *''Nothing Remains'' (Single, NRK/MGP, 2011) *'' The Lyricist (Agonia, 2018)

With Dimmu Borgir

*''Forces of the Northern Night'' (2012)

With ICS Vortex

*'' Storm Seeker'' (2011)

With Sarke

*'' Oldarhian'' (2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cyrus 1975 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian guitarists Norwegian heavy metal guitarists Susperia members