Eirik Hundvin is a producer and recording engineer for many classic 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....

 albums, mainly by Norwegian bands. Nearly all of which were recorded in the Grieg Hall in Bergen.

Albums produced

Aeternus

Aeternus

Aeternus is a death metal band from Bergen, Norway.-Biography:Aeternus formed in 1993 as a trio, composed of Ares, Erik Vrolok, and Morrigan. They released their debut album, Beyond the Wandering Moon, in 1997 on Hammerheart Records , and toured that year with black metal bands Emperor and Limbonic...

• Beyond the Wandering Moon
• ...And So The Night Became
• Shadows Of Old
• Burning the Shroud
• Ascension Of Terror
• A Darker Monument
• "Hexaeon"

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...

• Borknagar
  Borknagar (album)
  Borknagar is the debut album by the Norwegian band of the same name. It is their only album to feature lyrics in the Norwegian language, as well as their only pure black/viking metal album, as they would progress on to a somewhat more melodic/progressive black metal sound on their later albums...
  
  

Burzum

Burzum

Burzum is a musical project by Varg Vikernes . It began during 1991 in Bergen, Norway and quickly became prominent within the early Norwegian black metal scene...

• Burzum
  Burzum (album)
  Burzum is the self-titled debut album by the Norwegian black metal artist Burzum. It was recorded in January 1992 and released in March of that year. The album was later re-released as Burzum / Aske to include the songs from the Aske EP...
  
  
• Aske
  Aske (album)
  Aske is the second release by the Norwegian black metal artist Burzum. It was recorded in April and August 1992, and released in March 1993. Bass guitar on the EP is performed by Samoth of the band Emperor....
  
  
• Det Som Engang Var
  Det som engang var
  -Credits:*Count Grishnackh – vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, bass guitar, drums, synthesizer-External links:*...
  
  
• Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
  Hvis lyset tar oss
  Hvis lyset tar oss is the fourth release by the Norwegian black metal artist Burzum. It was recorded in September 1992, but not released until May 1994...
  
  
• Filosofem
  Filosofem
  Filosofem is the fifth release by the Norwegian black metal artist Burzum. It was recorded in March 1993 and was the last recording before Varg Vikernes' imprisonment. However, the album was not released until January 1996....
  
  
• Belus
  Belus (album)
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• Fallen
  Fallen (Burzum album)
  Fallen is the eighth studio album by the Norwegian black metal musician Burzum released on March 7th, 2011.The cover art is taken from the painting Elegy by French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau.- Recording :...
  
  

Corona Borealis

• Cantus Paganus

Demonic

• Lead Us Into Darkness

Einherjer

Einherjer

Einherjer is a Viking metal band from Haugesund, Norway, founded in 1993. Some of the band's albums are heavily folk influenced, while others have a more traditional black metal sound. Their lyrics retell Norse legends, and each of their albums has its own theme...

• Dragons of the North
  Dragons of the North
  Dragons of the North is the first full-length album by the Norwegian Viking metal band Einherjer. The lyrics of the seventh track, "Slaget ved Harfsfjord" , are taken from Torbjørn Hornklove's 9th century account of the Battle of Hafrsfjord...
  
  
• Far Far North
  Far Far North
  Far Far North is a three-song EP released by the band Einherjer in 1997. The final two tracks are rerecorded versions of songs from the band's 1995 EP Leve Vikingånden. Those two songs have Norwegian language lyrics, while the title track has English lyrics.-Track listing:# "Far Far North"# "Når...
  
  

Enslaved

Enslaved (band)

Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...

• Vikingligr Veldi
  Vikingligr Veldi
  Vikingligr Veldi is the first full-length album release by Norwegian progressive metal band Enslaved. It was released in 1994 on Deathlike Silence Productions, which was the record label run by Euronymous; he was killed before the album's release...
  
  
• Frost
  Frost (album)
  Frost is the second full-length album by Norwegian progressive metal band Enslaved. This album in particular is where the band started to incorporate viking metal influences to their sound; indeed, the name "Viking Metal" appears on the back page of the insert booklet, though the album's material...
  
   (on which he also plays fretless bass on the track "Yggdrassil")
• Eld
• Monumension
  Monumension
  Monumension is the sixth full-length album by Norwegian progressive metal band Enslaved and the first to feature lyrics sung entirely in English, although some versions of the album include the Old Norse track "Sigmundskvadet" as a bonus.-Track listing:...
  
  
• Below the Lights
  Below the Lights
  Below the Lights is the seventh full-length album by Norwegian metal band Enslaved. Beyond it being their last full-length for Osmose , a few lineup changes would take place...
  
  
• Isa
  Isa (album)
  Isa is the eighth full-length studio album by Norwegian progressive metal band Enslaved. It is arguably the band's most progressive release to date, as several tracks segue continuously into one another and the majority of compositions are composed of multiple interlocking movements...
  
  

Emperor

Emperor (band)

Emperor was a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. They dissolved in 2001, but reunited in 2006 and again in 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours. The group was founded by Samoth and Ihsahn .-Biography:...

• In the Nightside Eclipse
  In the Nightside Eclipse
  In the Nightside Eclipse is the first full-length album and fourth official release by Norwegian black metal band Emperor. It features one of Emperor's best-known songs, "I Am the Black Wizards". It was recorded in July, 1993 at Grieghallen and released in 1994 by Candlelight Records. The cover was...
  
  
• Reverence
  Reverence (Emperor album)
  Reverence is an EP by the symphonic black metal band Emperor. It was released as a teaser for their upcoming full length album Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk, with the first song being a track from that album, the second a song that was recorded for it but subsequently left off, and the third song...
  
  
• Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
  Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
  Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk is the second full-length album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Emperor. It was released in 1997 . The album was recorded in the Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway...
  
  

Gaahlskagg

Gaahlskagg

Gaahlskagg is a Norwegian black metal band from Sunnfjord, Norway, founded in 1998 by Gaahl and Skagg. Gaahl and Skagg were also members of the band Sigfader at the time, and they established this band to create more extreme and shocking music.They first released the Split CD: Erotic Funeral Party...

• Erotic Funeral

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...

• Pentagram
• Antichrist
• Under The Sign Of Hell
  Under the Sign of Hell
  -Original release:Gorgoroth*Ares – bass guitar on track 1*Grim – drums*Infernus – guitars, bass guitar *Pest – vocalsProduction*Recorded in spring 1996 in Grieghallen lydstudio.*Infernus – production*Pytten – production...
  
  
• Destroyer (or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer)
  Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)
  - Personnel :*Ares - bass *Daimonion - synth *Frost - drums *Gaahl - vocals *Infernus - guitars , bass , vocals , drums...
  
  
• True Norwegian Black Metal - Live in Grieghallen
  True Norwegian Black Metal - Live in Grieghallen
  -Credits:*Infernus - guitars & bass *Gaahl - vocals*Teloch - session guitars*Garghuf - session drumsAll music and lyrics by Infernus, except track 1 , track 2 and track 4 ....
  
  

Hades

Hades Almighty

Hades Almighty is a black metal band hailing from Bergen, Norway. They were formed in 1992, originally under the moniker Hades. They were forced to change their name to Hades Almighty in 1998, following complaints from an American band with a prior claim to the name.-Biography:Hades were formed in...

• ...Again Shall Be
• Dawn of the Dying Sun
• Millennium Nocturne

Helheim

Helheim

-Biography:Helheim was founded in 1992 by V’gandr and H’grimnir , who added drummer Hrymr. The band began performing in local Bergen festivals, and in 1993, the band released their debut demo, Helheim, distributed only within Norway.Soon after the release of their first demo, the band began...

• Jormundgand
  Jormundgand
  Jormundgand is Helheim's debut full-length album, released in 1995. Limited LP version has alternative artwork; CD version has a bonus track "Galder". Female vocals by Mailin.-Track listing:*All Lyrics By Vanargandr...
  
  
• Av Norrøn Ætt
  Av Norrøn Ætt
  Av Norrøn Ætt is Helheim's 2nd full-length album, released in 1997.Guest Appearance: - Haldis: Violin, Belinda: Sopran & Trumpet-Track listing:#En Forgangen Tid – 2:54#Vinterdøden – 10:21...
  
  
• Yersina Pestis

Immortal

Immortal (band)

Immortal is a black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1990 by current frontman/guitarist Abbath Doom Occulta and former guitarist Demonaz Doom Occulta...

• Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
  Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
  -Personnel:*Abbath Doom Occulta – bass, vocals*Demonaz Doom Occulta – electric guitar, acoustic guitar*Armagedda – drumsAdditional personnel*Engineered by Eirik Hundvin*Produced by Immortal and Eirik Hundvin*Logo and front cover by J.W.H....
  
  
• Pure Holocaust
  Pure Holocaust
  -Personnel:*Demonaz Doom Occulta – guitars*Abbath Doom Occulta – bass, drums, vocals*Grim is credited for drums on the album and appears on the cover, however drums were played by Abbath.-External links:* * *...
  
  
• Battles in the North
  Battles in the North
  - Misprint :On some editions of this album, most notably on iTunes, many tracks are mislabelled. The songs play in the order shown above, but the song titles are given as follows:# Battles in the North# At the Stormy Gates of Mist# Through the Halls of Eternity...
  
  
• All Shall Fall
  All Shall Fall
  - Personnel :* Abbath Doom Occulta – guitar, vocals* Apollyon – bass* Horgh – drums* Demonaz Doom Occulta – lyrics* Are Mundal – "Unearthly Kingdom" introAdditional personnel* Immortal – production* Peter Tägtgren – production, mixing* Pytten – engineering...
  
  

Malsain

• They Never Die

Mayhem

Mayhem (band)

Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway and regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...

• De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
  De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
  De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is an album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. Songwriting began as early as 1987, but due to the suicide of vocalist Dead and murder of guitarist Euronymous , the album's release was delayed until May 1994...
  
  

Mörk Gryning

• Maelstrom Chaos

Obtained Enslavement

Obtained Enslavement

Obtained Enslavement was a black metal band from Stord, Norway. They formed in 1989 and decided to split up in 2000 because Pest moved to the United States, and they did not succeed in finding a new singer...

• Witchcraft
  Witchcraft
  Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft...
  
  
• Soulblight

Old Funeral

Old Funeral

Old Funeral was a black/death metal band from Bergen, Norway.Old Funeral was one of the first bands to form in the Norwegian extreme metal scene, getting its start in 1988...

• Abduction of Limbs
• The Older Ones

Taake

Taake

Taake, pronounced [toke], is a Norwegian black metal band whose name is the old spelling form of the Norwegian word "tåke" .-History:In 1993, Ørjan Stedjeberg, now known as Ulvhedin Høst , formed the first version of the band Taake under the name Thule, together with Svartulv, who was only twelve...

• Nattestid Ser Porten Vid
  Nattestid Ser Porten Vid
  Nattestid Ser Porten Vid was the first full-length album released by Norwegian black metal band Taake. It was released by Wounded Love Records in 1999. The album was written entirely by Høst but he brought in a session musician, Tundra, to perform bass and drums. It was recorded throughout 1997...
  
  
• ...Doedskvad

Thorium

• Ocean of Blasphemy

Trelldom

• Til Et Annet
• Til Minne...

Windir

Windir

Windir was a black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band combined black metal with folk music and mythology. The band was formed in 1994 and released its debut album in 1997...

• Arntor
  Arntor
  Arntor is the second full-length album by the Norwegian Viking / black / folk metal band Windir. It was released on October 11, 1999 through Head Not Found...
  
  

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