Rune Eriksen (born 13 January 1975), also known by his stage name Blasphemer, is a Norwegian musician best known as the former guitarist and songwriter of

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band

Mayhem Mayhem most commonly refers to: * Mayhem (crime), a type of crime Mayhem may also refer to: People * Monica Mayhem (born 1978), Australian pornographic actress * Jason "Mayhem" Miller, American mixed martial arts fighter * Mayhem Miller (dr ...

. He took his stage name from a Sodom song and joined Mayhem in October 1994, before departing the band in late 2008. Eriksen founded his solo project RUÏM in 2020 and is currently a member of

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, Earth Electric, and the multinational bands Twilight Of The Gods and Vltimas, the former initially being a Bathory tribute band and the latter being a supergroup with former

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vocalist David Vincent and drummer Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy. Eriksen and Mounier has previously been a part of death metal artist Nader Sadek's band along with Steve Tucker of Morbid Angel. Eriksen has also been a live member of Gaahls Wyrd and made guest appearances on recordings by Absu, Negură Bunget and

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. His former bands and projects include Mezzerschmitt and the Portuguese gothic doom band Ava Inferi. Eriksen has resided in Portugal since 2004.

Discography

With
Mayhem Mayhem most commonly refers to: * Mayhem (crime), a type of crime Mayhem may also refer to: People * Monica Mayhem (born 1978), Australian pornographic actress * Jason "Mayhem" Miller, American mixed martial arts fighter * Mayhem Miller (dr ...

* ''

Wolf's Lair Abyss ''Wolf's Lair Abyss'' is an EP by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. According to the band's website, it is the first part of '' Grand Declaration of War''. The main riff of the last track, "Symbols of Bloodswords", is used in "A Grand Decl ...

'' (1997) * ''Mediolanum Capta Est'' (1999) * ''

Grand Declaration of War ''Grand Declaration of War'' is the second full-length studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem, released by Season of Mist and Necropolis Records on 6 June 2000. A re-release of the album came out in December 2018, with Jaime Gomez ...

'' (2000) * ''Live in Marseilles (2002)'' * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

Ordo Ad Chao ''Ordo Ad Chao'' is the fourth full-length album by the Norwegian black metal Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, ...

'' (2007)

With
Aura Noir Aura Noir is a Norwegian black metal, black/thrash metal band from Oslo. Aura Noir is heavily influenced by early thrash bands such as Voivod (band), Voivod, Slayer, Sodom (band), Sodom and Kreator, to the latter they have also dedicated some of ...

*''

Black Thrash Attack ''Black Thrash Attack'' is the first studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Aura Noir. This is the first album to feature Blasphemer (Rune Eriksen) from Mayhem on guitars. As indicated in the title, this album is a mix of black metal and ...

'' (1996) *''The Merciless'' (2004) *''

Hades Rise ''Hades Rise'' is an album by the Norwegian black/thrash metal band Aura Noir. It features guest appearances by Danny Coralles (Autopsy, Abscess) and Blasphemer (ex-Mayhem). Art direction was by Carl-Michael Eide, layout by Justin Bartlett. ...

'' (2008) *''

Out to Die ''Out To Die'' is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian black/thrash metal band Aura Noir. Artwork, Cover, Layout by Chioreanu Costin. Track listing Source: Personnel *Apollyon The Hebrew term Abaddon ( , meaning "destruction", "doo ...

'' (2012) *''Aura Noire'' (2018)

With Mezzerschmitt

*''

Weltherrschaft ''Weltherrschaft'' is the first EP and sole release by the black metal band Mezzerschmitt. It was released in 2002 on Season of Mist productions. Weltherrschaft is a German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and Ge ...

'' (2002)

With Ava Inferi

* '' Burdens'' (2006) * '' The Silhouette'' (2007) * '' Blood of Bacchus'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2011)

With Nader Sadek

*''

In the Flesh In the Flesh may refer to: Film and TV * ''In the Flesh'' (1998 film), an American gay-themed murder mystery film * ''In the Flesh'' (2003 film), an Indian documentary about prostitution in South Asia * "In the Flesh" (''Star Trek: Voyager''), ...

'' (2011) *''Living Flesh'' (2013) *''The Malefic: Chapter III'' (2014)

With Twilight Of The Gods

*''Fire on the Mountain'' (2013)

With Earth Electric

*''Vol. 1: Solar'' (2017)

With Vltimas

*''Something Wicked Marches In'' (2019) *''EPIC'' (2024)

With RUÏM

* ''Black Royal Spiritism – I.O Sino Da Igreja'' (2023)

References

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* * * * 1975 births Living people Mayhem (band) members Norwegian rock guitarists Norwegian black metal musicians Norwegian heavy metal guitarists Norwegian multi-instrumentalists Black metal guitarists Aura Noir members 21st-century Norwegian guitarists Place of birth missing (living people) {{metal-music-stub