Rune Eriksen (born 13 January 1975) is a Norwegian Spellemann award-winning musician and composer. He is best known as the former

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in the

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band Mayhem under the

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Blasphemer, which he took from a

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song. He joined the band in October 1994, but departed in late 2008. He currently plays in Aura Noir, Earth Electric, and the multinational bands Twilight Of The Gods and Vltimas, the latter a supergroup of sorts with vocalist David Vincent (formerly of Morbid Angel), and drummer Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy. Ironically, Rune and Flo also played together with Steve Tucker (predecessor and successor of David Vincent in Morbid Angel) for the artist Nader Sadek and de Rune has also made guest appearances with Absu, Negură Bunget, and

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. His former bands and projects are, besides Nader Sadek, Mezzerschmitt, and the Portuguese gothic doom band Ava Inferi. He resides in

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Discography

With Mayhem * '' Wolf's Lair Abyss'' (1997) * ''Mediolanum Capta Est'' (1999) * '' Grand Declaration of War'' (2000) * ''Live in Marseilles (2002)'' * '' Chimera'' (2004) * '' Ordo Ad Chao'' (2007) With Earth Electric *''Vol. 1: Solar'' With Twilight Of The Gods *''Fire on the Mountain'' (2013) With Mezzerschmitt *'' Weltherrschaft'' (2002) With Ava Inferi * '' Burdens'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' Blood of Bacchus'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2011) With Aura Noir *'' Black Thrash Attack'' (1996) *''The Merciless'' (2004) *'' Hades Rise'' (2008) *'' Out to Die'' (2012) With Nader Sadek *'' In the Flesh'' (2011) *'' Living Flesh'' (2013) *''The Malefic: Chapter III'' (2014) With Vltimas *'' Something Wicked Marches In'' (2019)

References

1975 births Living people Mayhem (band) members Norwegian rock guitarists Norwegian musicians Scandinavian musicians 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