Anders Odden

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Anders Odden
With Celtic Frost, Tuska Festival, Finland 2006
With Celtic Frost, Tuska Festival, Finland 2006
Background information
Birth nameAnders Odden
Also known asOdden, Neddo
Born (1972-12-20) 20 December 1972 (age 48)
OriginStavanger, Norway
GenresBlack metal, death metal, industrial rock
Occupation(s)Musician, writer
InstrumentsGuitar, bass, vocals
Years active1988–present
LabelsEarache Records

Moonfog
Candlelight
WEA
Gun Records/SonyBMG

Universal Music Group (UMG)
Associated actsCadaver
Magenta
Satyricon
Celtic Frost
Apoptygma Berzerk

Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult[1][2][3][4]
Websitemyspace.com/nestendead

Anders Odden (born 20 December 1972), is a Norwegian musician. He is the co-founder and guitarist of the Norwegian death metal band Cadaver (1988–1993; 1999–present), and is the bass player for Norwegian black metal band Satyricon (2009–present). He is founder and guitarist of the old school black metal band and the industrial rock band Magenta.[5] He played live guitar for Celtic Frost (2006–2007) and has had several guest appearances with bands such as The Young Gods and Ministry, among others.

Personal life[]

Anders was born in Stavanger. He moved to Fredrikstad and then to Råde sometime during his childhood, where he grew up without any TV and listened to his father's collection of classical music. He was unaware of rock music until the age of 7 when he discovered Kiss and devoted his life to music.

Music career[]

Anders Odden started out as a black metal musician and artist in the mid 80s, and went on to start one of Norway's first death metal bands, Cadaver, in 1988. He formed Magenta in 1995 as an outlet for other musical ideas than death metal. Celtic Frost recruited him as their live guitarist in 2006. He toured Europe, USA, Canada and Japan with them on their Monotheist Tour, which ended in 2007. After Celtic Frost he co-founded metal super group Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult that lasted between 2009-2011. He had by then joined Satyricon as their temp live bass player in 2009, but moved on to hold this position permanently from 2013. He performed on "Live at the Opera" DVD/CD/LP with Satyricon released 2015 and are currently involved with the bands coming album TBA 2017. In 2013 he founded the old school back metal band together with Manheim (ex-Mayhem), Messiah (ex-Mayhem) and Rene Jansen (ex-Cadaver). When Rene Jansen died 3 December 2014 decided to continue. They recruited Stu Manx (ex-Gluecifer) in August 2015 and released their debut demo tape, "Folly Grandeur", in April 2016.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Odden worked as a consultant for music organizations in Norway, such as RIO, GramArt, MIC and MFO (Musicians Union in Norway). He is the founder of music business seminar IMC, which is held during the annual Inferno Festival in Oslo, Norway. In 2011 he release his autobiography, "Piratliv", on Jurtizen Forlag which received great reviews in Norwegian media.

Discography[]

Cadaver
Magenta
  • Magenta, (EP) AT&MT (1997)
  • One Mind, (single) 1998 RapaxPRod/Tatra (1998)
  • Periode, RapxProd/Tatra (1998)
  • All Over, (single) Re:pop (2002)
  • Little Girl Lost, Re:pop (2002)
  • Art and Accidents, AT&MT (2009)
  • Magenta Aus Norwegen, AT&MT (2012)
  • Songs for the Dead, Cleopatra Records (2015)
Satyricon
Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult
  • , (single) Season of Mist (2011)
  • , Season of Mist (2011)
  • , (demo tape) ORDER (2016)
  • , Listenable Records (2017)

Bands/instruments[]

  • Deadly Metal - 1985 - guitars
  • Slaught - 1986–1987 - guitars
  • FOAD - 1986 - guitars, bass, vocals, drums
  • Asmodeus - 1987 - guitars, bass, vocals, drums
  • Baphomet - 1987–1988 - guitars
  • Monument - 1988 - guitars
  • Cadaver - 1988–1993, 2003–present - guitars
  • Braindead - 1988 - drums
  • Balvaz - 1989 - drums
  • Hydr-Hydr - 1990–1991 - drums
  • Nesten Døde - 1989–1991 - drums
  • Thy Abhorrent - 1991 - live guitars
  • Apoptygma Berzerk - 1992-1999, 2003-2006 - guitars
  • The Young Gods - 1992, 1995 - live guitars
  • Jemotor 1 - 1993–1995 - guitars
  • Magenta - 1995–present - guitars, bass, keyboard, vocals
  • Satyricon - 1997–1999 - session recording guitars, 2009–present - bass
  • Cadaver Inc - 1999–2002 - guitars
  • Mayhem - 2000 - programming
  • Celtic Frost - 2006–2007 - live guitars
  • Pigface - 2009 - guitars
  • Ministry - 2008 - live guitars
  • Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult - 2009–2011 - guitars
  • - 2013–present - guitars

References[]

  1. ^ TURBONEGRO, MARILYN MANSON, SATYRICON, EXTOL Members Join Forces In New Supergroup
  2. ^ Former/Present Members Of TURBONEGRO, SATYRICON, CELTIC FROST, EXTOL Join Forces In DOCTOR MIDNIGHT AND THE MERCY CULT
  3. ^ Dr. Midnight Prescribes Evil Sounds for 2011
  4. ^ Members of Marilyn Manson, Apoptygma Berzerk, KMFDM form new supergroup Doctor Midnight And The Mercy Cult
  5. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Magenta". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
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