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)

The Daemon Gate
Tsjuder Lyrics

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Follow me on my Darkened path
Through mountains and thorns
You are bound to leave the light behind
Can you feel the apperence of Death?

Daemons! Open the Gate!

Enter my world beneath

Smell the raw and rotten air
Going through your veins
Feel the blood dripping
From the eternal stone walls
Can you hear the screams of suffering?

Carry your soul with the strength of Darkness
For no light will you ever see again
In my catacombs they fly
Those with no hearth and love
You will become one of them...

In the depths of the Darkest Dark
I sit on my throne of Evil

As my hordes of Daemons
You will serve me

Overall Meaning

"The Daemon Gate" by Tsjuder is a song that paints a picture of a dark and ominous world that the listener is invited to enter. The lyrics invite the listener to leave the light behind and follow the singer on his path through mountains and thorns. The appearance of death is a tangible presence in this world, and the listener is urged on to enter the dark and forbidding gate, whereupon they will enter a world beneath. The air in this world is raw and rotten, and the stone walls drip with blood. It is a world of suffering, and the screams of the suffering are audible to those who enter here.

The singer sits on his throne of Evil here, ruling over hordes of Daemons. Those who enter this world will become one of them, their souls carried with the strength of darkness, for they will never see the light again. This song, therefore, invites listeners to enter a world ruled by darkness and evil and, in doing so, to surrender themselves to that same darkness.

Line by Line Meaning

Follow me on my Darkened path
Join me on a path that is shrouded in darkness

Through mountains and thorns
Overcome obstacles and challenges along the way

You are bound to leave the light behind
You must abandon all goodness and positive influences

Can you feel the apperence of Death?
Are you aware of the looming presence of death?

Daemons! Open the Gate!
Commands to summon the dark entities

Enter my world beneath
Enter the sinister world beneath the surface

Smell the raw and rotten air
Perceive the unpleasant scent of decay

Going through your veins
Penetrating deeply into your being

Feel the blood dripping
Sensations of blood slowly falling

From the eternal stone walls
Falling from walls that will stand forever

Can you hear the screams of suffering?
Are you able to hear the cries of immense pain?