Carl-Michael Eide

Carl-Michael Eide (born July 24, 1974) is a Norwegian black metal drummer, guitarist, and vocalist. He is also known under stage names Aggressor, Czral and Exhurtum. He has played in various black metal and avant-garde metal bands. These include Ved Buens Ende, Aura Noir, Cadaver, Dødheimsgard, Satyricon, Ulver, Infernö and recently the jazz/rock band Virus. His drumming is quite unique in style, with very little repetition and a tendency to shy away from the norm. For example, many of the blast beats on Ved Buens Ende's Written in Waters feature a highly active and non-repetitive right hand, which becomes a separate voice from the foot and left hand, often playing in a different meter than the other two. (This description refers to right-handed drummers; Eide is in fact left-handed.)

His singing abilities are diverse. Other than usual harsh vocals in black metal, he uses a form of croon in the avant-garde metal band's Ved Buens Ende and Virus.

He has gone back to playing guitar and was writing music for the re-grouped Ved Buens Ende, before the band once again split up in early 2007. Beyond that, he continues to write material for Aura Noir and Virus.

He was also a session drummer for Dimmu Borgir on their 1997 tour.

Discography

With Satyricon

1. The Forest Is My Throne (Demo) (1992)

With Ulver

1. Vargnatt (Demo) (1993)

With Ved Buens Ende

1. Those Who Caress the Pale (Demo) (1994)
2. Written in Waters (1995)

With Aura Noir

1. Dreams Like Deserts (EP) (1995)
2. Black Thrash Attack (1996)
3. Deep Tracts of Hell (1998)
4. The Merciless (2004)
5. Hades Rise (2008)

With Infernö

1. Utter Hell (1996)
2. Downtown Hades (1997)

With Dødheimsgard

1. 666 International (1999)
2. Supervillain Outcast (2007)

With Virus

1. Carheart (2003)

With Cadaver

1. Discipline (2001)
2. Necrosis (2004)

Guest appearances

1. Fleurety Department of Apocalyptic Affairs (2000)
2. Zweizz The Yawn of the New Age (2007)

References

• Interview with Carl-Michael Eide