Founding member and leader of Norwegian black metal band Satyricon, Born on the 28th of November, 1975 in Bøder, Norway.
He also did the Norse dark ambient project Wongraven, and founded the Norse metal band Storm with Fenriz from Darkthrone.
Also helped found the Moonfog Productions label.
His art name Satyr was picked from Greek mythology [god of the woods, demon of nature, gifted musician, half demon/ half man, decadent, hedonistic...]