Attila Csihar
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| Birth name | Attila Gábor Csihar |
| Also known as | Void ov Voices |
| Born | 29 March 1971 |
| Origin | Budapest, Hungary |
| Genres | Black metal, drone/doom metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | Southern Lord |
Attila Csihar (born 29 March 1971), also sometimes known as Void, is a Hungarian black metal vocalist, best known for his vocal work on Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas album. Author Ian Christe describes his vocals as "operatic."[1]
He graduated as an electrical engineer, and is a former private teacher of mathematics and physics. He is a divorced father of two children, Arion and Julia.
Biography
His music career began in 1985 in the Hungarian metal band Tormentor, which reached cult status in black metal circles with their first album, Anno Domini. On the strength of his work in Tormentor, he was invited to perform vocals on the De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem after then-vocalist Dead committed suicide.
After Mayhem, Csihar continued to work in various bands, such as Plasma Pool, Aborym, and Korog; he also performed as Caiaphas in the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar in Hungary. He briefly performed in Keep of Kalessin as well.
He is considered a shadow member of the American doom/drone metal band Sunn O))).[2] He has recorded five full-length albums with the group, including the most successful Monoliths & Dimensions, and performed live with the band on their worldwide tours.
In 2004, Csihar rejoined Mayhem after the departure of Maniac, the band's previous vocalist. Their 2007 album, Ordo ad Chao, won the Spellemannprisen (also known as the Norwegian Grammy). Since then the band has embarked upon intense international touring.
He has also joined Greg Anderson of Sunn O))) and Oren Ambarchi in a project called Burial Chamber Trio, and in another project, Gravetemple with Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))) and Oren Ambarchi.
Csihar started his solo act in November 2008, called Void ov Voices. The group's live performances have been in support of artists like Ulver, Bohren& der Club of Gore, Lustmord, Ruin and Diamanda Galas. He performed at "The Grand Reincarnation" Of Paul Booth’s Last Rites Gallery & Tattoo Theatre.
He has collaborated with such artists as Current 93, Jarboe, Dissection, Emperor, Taake, Ulver, Toby Knapp, Banks Violette, and Nader Sadek, among many others.
He worked in film production, most notably on Tony Scott's Spy Game, where he was the first assistant of production designer Norris Spencer.
Discography
- Tormentor: The Seventh Day Of Doom (1987)
- Tormentor: Anno Domini (1988)
- Mayhem: De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
- Plasma Pool: I (1991–1994)
- Plasma Pool: Drowning II (1991–1993)
- Aborym: Kali Yuga Bizarre (1998, guest performance)
- Mayhem: Mediolanum Capta Est (1998, live album)
- Tormentor: Recipe Ferrum! (1999)
- Aborym: Fire Walk with Us! (2000)
- Limbonic Art: Ultimate Death Worship - Guest vocals on "From the Shades of Hatred" (2001)
- Korog: Korog (2001)
- Aborym: With No Human Intervention (2003)
- The Beast of Attila Csihar (2003, compilation album)
- Anaal Nathrakh: When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap As It Has Sown - Guest vocals on "Atavism" (2003)
- Keep Of Kalessin: Reclaim (2003)
- Emperor: Scattered Ashes - Guest vocals on "Funeral Fog", Mayhem cover (2003)
- Sear Bliss: Glory and Perdition - Additional vocals in Birth of Eternity and Shores of Death (2003)
- Sunn O))): White2 (2004)
- Aborym: Generator - Guest vocals on "Man Bites God" (2006)
- Anaal Nathrakh: Eschaton - Guest vocals on "Regression to the Mean"(2006)
- Mayhem: Ordo Ad Chao ("Order to Chaos") - Vocals (2007)
- Astarte: Demonized - Guest vocals on "Lycon" (2007)
- Burial Chamber Trio: Burial Chamber Trio - Vocals (2007)
- Grave Temple: The Holy Down - Vocals (2007)
- Sunn O))): Oracle (2007)
- YcosaHateRon: La Nuit (2007) - Guest vocals
- Stephen O'Malley & Attila Csihar - 6°Fskyquake (2008)
- Grave Temple: Ambient/Ruin - Vocals (2008)
- Sunn O))): Dømkirke - Vocals (2008)
- Jarboe: Mahakali - Guest Vocals on "The Soul Continues" (2008)
- Sunn O))): Monoliths & Dimensions (2009)
- Death of Desire: ANTIhuman (2010) - guest vocals on one track[3]
- Ulver: Wars of the Roses (2011) - Guest vocals on "Providence"[4]
References
- ^ Christe, Ian (2003). Sound of the Beast: the Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc. p. 275.
- ^ Interview for french online magazine Les Eternels, Dec 2007. http://www.leseternels.net/interviews.aspx?id=112
- ^ Death of Desire - Hellhammer Added to Line-Up bravewords.com. 2009-10-04. Retrieved on 2009-11-10.
- ^ Credits from Discogs discogs.com. 2011-04-18. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.
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