Sigurd Wongraven
Sigurd Wongraven (born 28 November 1975), also known as Satyr, is a Norwegian musician who is the vocalist, guitarist, bassist and keyboardist for the black metal band Satyricon.
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Sigurd Wongraven
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- Name
- Satyr
- Birth Name
- Sigurd Wongraven
- Born
- 28 November 1975
- Died
- YYYY MM DD
- Occupation
- Musician, songwriter
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Fields
- black metal and folk metal.
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Sigurd Wongraven (born 28 November 1975), also known as Satyr, is a Norwegian musician who is the vocalist, guitarist, bassist and keyboardist for the black metal band Satyricon.
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• Name — Satyr • Birth Name — Sigurd Wongraven • Alias — Satyr • Born — 28 November 1975 • Died — YYYY MM DD • Origin — Oslo, Norway • Instrument — Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards • Genre — Black metal, dungeon synth, ambient • Occupation — Musician, songwriter • Years Active — 1991–present • Current Member Of — Satyricon • Past Member Of — Storm, Wongraven, Black Diamond Brigade
Musical career
Musical career
Wongraven was a founding member of Satyricon (although the band had been around for a short length of time as Eczema without him) and have so far released nine albums, two demos, and a live DVD. He has also contributed to other bands such as Darkthrone, Eibon, Storm, Thorns, Black Diamond Brigade and Wongraven. About black metal, he stated "It, black metal, doesn't necessarily have to be all satanic as long as it's dark." In 2008 he began to endorse ESP Guitars.
Health
Health
Wongraven was diagnosed with a brain tumor in October 2015, which he says does not need to be removed surgically, "as long as it does not grow bigger."
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Identity
Sigurd Wongraven is recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded with the occupation audio engineer. Recorded with the occupation rock musician. Classed in the genre black metal. Recorded as singer, guitarist, winegrower, audio engineer and actor.
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1975
Sigurd Wongraven was born on 28 November 1975.
Wine making
In 2009 Wongraven started his own winemaking business, Wongraven Wines, in Piedmont in Italy. In 2014 the company began to work with Norwegian beverage conglomerate Vingruppen, and in 2019 he sold 90% of the company to Vingruppen, in a transaction valuing the company at NOK 57 million.
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- 1.Rockworld TV – Live Web TV, Sky Channel 368 – Murder Music – Black metal
- 2.The ESP Guitar Company :: News. espguitars.com.
- 3.Henrik Giæver. Satyricon-vokalisten tjente over 50 mill. på salg av vinselskap. Dagens Næringsliv. 2 July 2020.
- 4.SATYRICON Frontman SATYR Diagnosed with Brain Tumor. 5 October 2015.
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