Carl-Michael Eide is a
Norwegian black metal musician,
multi-instrumentalist (mainly known as a drummer), 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 unusual in style, with very little repetition and a tendency to shy away from traditional drumming. 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 bands 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.
On March 26, 2005 he fell (its unclear whether he fell or jumped) from a four-story building and was hospitalized for several months. He has lost the use of his feet as a result of the incident .He is not able to play drums anymore, but...
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