Arvas, formerly known as Örth, is a Norwegian

Norway

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 black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 band formed in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

 in 1993 as a one-man project by vocalist and guitarist Vassago Rex (V-Rex). In Summer 1996, Borknagar

Borknagar

Borknagar is a progressive black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines folk metal and black metal with progressive and melodic elements...

 drummer Grim

Erik Brødreskift

Erik Brødreskift was a Norwegian drummer, who played in several black metal bands during his career...

 and Gorgoroth

Gorgoroth

Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...

 bassist Ares

Ares (musician)

Ronny Hovland, better known as Ares, is a Norwegian metal vocalist, guitarist and bassist, and the founder of the Norwegian death metal band Aeternus.-Biography:...

 joined the band. They recorded an album in Winter 1996, titled Nocturno Inferno, but it was never released. After Grim committed suicide

Suicide

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 in 1999, Vassago Rex decided to keep on going as a one-man project, but changed the band's name. He recorded two demos, Countless Souls at Dawn and I Am Thy Grief, and a split album

Split album

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 with Hordagaard titled Dawn of Satan/Uncle Satan, which was released by Azermedoth Records. The band's new album Blessed from Below – Ad Sathanas Noctum will be released in 2010 by the same record label.

Members

• Vassago Rex – vocals, guitars, programming and synths (since 1993), drums and bass (since 1999)
• Fordervelse – drums

Former members

• Grim
  Erik Brødreskift
  Erik Brødreskift was a Norwegian drummer, who played in several black metal bands during his career...
  
   – drums (1993–1997)
• Ares
  Ares (musician)
  Ronny Hovland, better known as Ares, is a Norwegian metal vocalist, guitarist and bassist, and the founder of the Norwegian death metal band Aeternus.-Biography:...
  
   – bass (1993–1997)
• L.B. – guitars

Studio albums

• Nocturno Inferno (1996, as Örth) (Unreleased)
• Dawn of Satan/Uncle Satan (split with Hordagaard)
• Blessed from Below – Ad Sathanas Noctum