Tsjuder is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 1993. Originally from Os… Read Full Bio ↴Tsjuder is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 1993. Originally from Oslo, Tsjuder was formed in 1993 by bassist and vocalist Nag and guitarist Berserk, with second guitarist Draugluin joining in 1994. After a year of rehearsals and writing, the band record their first demo tape, entitled Ved Ferdens Ende—shortly after, Berserk left the band. Tsjuder replaced him with drummer Torvus for their second demo tape, 1996's Possessed. The following year, Tsjuder underwent another change in its formation, with Torvus being fired, and his replacement Desecrator, along with American guitarist Diabolus Mort, recorded the Throne of the Goat EP, released through Solistitium Records in 1997. Later in 1998, both Diabolus Mort and Desecrator left the band due to "lack of interest". The full-length debut album was then planned with Blod from Gehenna on drums, and Arak Draconiiz from Isvind; who joined the band as guitarist. They then, recorded the promo Atum Nocturnem actually meant for Blod to rehearse, but indie labels had begun to pay attention to Tsjuder's "totally uncompromising brand of brutal, speed-addicted black metal" and it was eventually released by At War Records in 1999. Later that year, Tsjuder signed a deal for two albums with Drakkar Productions, and the debut album Kill for Satan was recorded. Because of time limits and that Blod was unable to join the band on the first planned tour in 2000, Christian "Anti-Christian" Svendsen joined instead on the drums.

After the release of Kill for Satan, Arak Draconiiz moved away from Oslo, and was replaced by Pål. In October 2001, Svendsen had to leave the band, because he got tendinitis in both arms. Guitarist Pål also left the band due to his working hours. Svendsen was replaced by Jontho of Ragnarok, and this line-up recorded from December 2001 to January 2002, which became the band's second studio album Demonic Possession, which was released through Drakkar Productions in 2002. Norwegian label Mester Productions also re-released the Throne of the Goat EP on picture disc in a limited edition of 666 copies that same year. In 2003, the recovered Svendsen returned to Tsjuder, replacing the drummer Jontho. The band signed to the French label Season of Mist in April 2004, and, after striking this new deal, their third full-length Desert Northern Hell was released in November 2004. Tsjuder toured Europe with Carpathian Forest in early 2005.

As of 2006 the band had split up, but reunited to play at Wacken Open Air festival in August 2011 and continued to tour afterwards. A fourth studio album, Legion Helvete was released in October 2011 and a fifth, Antiliv, in September 2015. The band are reportedly working on a sixth album, originally scheduled for release in 2020, but without drummer Svendsen who left in June of the same year.

Musical style and lyrical themes
The music in Tsjuder is mainly written by Nag and Draugluin, citing as main musical inspirations, the black metal bands from the early 1980s and early 1990s such as Bathory, Celtic Frost, Darkthrone, Gorgoroth, Immortal, Marduk, Mayhem, and "old" thrash metal bands Destruction, Kreator, Possessed, Sepultura, Slayer, and Sodom.

Tsjuder's lyrics are written prior to the music, and are based on topics such as darkness, death, evil, hatred, demons, antireligious themes, Satanism, horror films, and the fictional book Necronomicon, that appears in the stories of horror novelist H. P. Lovecraft, considered as a "great source of inspiration" by frontman Nag.

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Studio albums
Kill for Satan (2000)
Demonic Possession (2002)
Desert Northern Hell (2004)
Legion Helvete (2011)
Antiliv (2015)

Helvete
Tsjuder Lyrics

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Jeg kan se din skjevne
Du skal do og forderve
Naglet til korset
Opp ned

Jeg kan hore dine smerteskrik
Nar gribbene begynner a spise
Og blodet tappes fra sarene

Hvor nagler penetreter kjott on ven

Jeg kan fole din frykt
Nar du innser at verken
Gud eller jesus eksisterer

Og der finnes ingen himmel
Du er en slave av svake sjeler
Der ikke klarrer a sta pa egne ven

Du er en parasitt vland oss staute
Drg sender vi til helvete

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Tsjuder's song "Helvete" describe the graphic image of a person being crucified, nailed to the cross upside down. The lyrics express the singer's ability to see the twisted pain on the face of the one who is being crucified and hear their screams of agony as the vultures begin to devour their flesh. The blood drips from the wounds where the nails are embedded in their flesh. The song further delves into the emotions of fear and despair felt by the person on the cross as they realize that neither God nor Jesus exists, and there is no heaven. The victim is a slave to the weaker souls who cannot stand on their own, and is a parasite to the stronger ones.

Line by Line Meaning

Jeg kan se din skjevne
I can see your deviation from the norm

Du skal do og forderve
You shall be destroyed and ruined

Naglet til korset
Nailed to the cross

Opp ned
Upside down

Jeg kan hore dine smerteskrik
I can hear your screams of pain

Nar gribbene begynner a spise
When the vultures start to eat

Og blodet tappes fra sarene
And the blood is drained from the wounds

Hvor nagler penetreter kjott on ven
Where nails penetrate flesh and bone

Jeg kan fole din frykt
I can feel your fear

Nar du innser at verken
When you realize that neither

Gud eller jesus eksisterer
God nor Jesus exist