Satyricon (band) - Band Members

Band Members

Satyricon was formed by the bassist Wargod and drummer Exhurtum. Lemarchand and Satyr both joined the band shortly after the formation, but after the recording of the first demo the two founders left the band – Exhurtum would later go on to become drummer in Ulver and guitarist in several other bands, while Wargod left the music business.

Remaining members Satyr and Lemarchand hired the drummer Frost (Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad) as a session musician and recorded their second and last demo. Shortly after this, Lemarchand also left the band. But before leaving the band he recorded guitars (uncredited on the booklet) for the first full-length album, Dark Medieval Times. In the meantime, Frost was being "promoted" as a permanent member and had recorded drums for the aforementioned album. Satyricon has—with two exceptions—been a two-man band ever since: from 1993–1996, Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen (famous as 'Samoth' from Emperor) was the bassist and guitarist of Satyricon, and participated in the recording of their second album, The Shadowthrone; and later in 1996, vocalist of Darkthrone Nocturno Culto (Ted Skjellum, known as "Kveldulv" during Satyricon's period) became guitarist on the third full-length Satyricon album, Nemesis Divina.