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Biography
Refimprove|date=November 2008Infobox musical artist| | name = Arckanum| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Dalarna , Sweden | genre = Black metal | years_active = 1993–present| label =| associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Johan "Shamaatae" Lahger| past_members = Sataros Loke Svarteld Arckanum is a Sweden|Swedish black metal project formed in 1993 by Johan "Shamaatae" Lahger, who is the only constant member. Shamaatae is also an author of occult literature. His first published work, titled PANPARADOX , was released the 13th of July 2009 by Ixaxaar. His second book, GULLVEIGARBÓK , was released on December 2010 by Fall of Man. He has another additional book in progress called URAM .cite web |url= http://www.vexior.se/|title=VexiorDead link|date=November 2009
History
Shamaatae joined his first band, Conquest, aged eleven, the band later evolving into Grotesque (band)|Grotesque .Citation |author=Badin, Olivier|title=Prog-Gnosis|journal= Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer |year=2008|month=November|issue=176 On leaving Grotesque, Shamaatae formed a technical death metal band called Disinterment, who recorded one demo and played a few gigs before splitting up. At the end of 1992, Shamaatae decided to return to black metal and Arckanum was started. Initially a full band, it became a solo project after six months. After several releases, by 1998 Shamaatae had discontinued working with Necropolis Records because they went under, and turned his attention to writing books on the subjects of Pan (god)|Pan , Old Norse traditions, Runic magic|runic witchcraft and anti- Cosmos|cosmic Satanism / Chaos (cosmogony)|chaos - gnosticism . He was still involved in music during this time still working with Arckanum and playing drums with The Hearsemen. Arckanum’s album ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ was released on 1 June 2009. Antikosmos and ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ featured the guest appearance of Set Teitan of the bands Dissection (band)|Dissection and Watain . Arckanum’s most recent album is Helvítismyrkr , which was released on 16 September 2011.
Lyrics
Arckanum’s lyrics deal mainly with the worship of Chaos (cosmogony)|Chaos , as well as anti- Cosmos|cosmic Satanism in the vein of Dissection (band)|Dissection .Citation |author=Mincemoyer, John|title=Arckanum - Antikosmos " (review)|journal= Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer |year=2008|month=November|issue=176 He is noted for writing lyrics resembling Old Swedish , and he has stated that he tries to write his lyrics as grammatically correct as he can.cite web |url= http://emofag.net/2008/01/26/interview-with-shamaatae-of-arckanum/|title=Interview With Shamaatae Of Arckanum|author=Simon|date=2008-01-26|publisher=emofag.net|accessdate=2009-11-25 In his latest three albums however, the language is clearly meant to resemble Old Icelandic .
Discography
Albums
Fran marder (May 15, 1995) Necropolis
Kostogher (Feb. 20, 1997) Necropolis
Kampen (1998) Necropolis
The 11 Year Anniversary Album (Nov. 1, 2004) Carnal (compilation album)
Antikosmos (June 21, 2008) Debemur Morti/Moribund
ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ (May 29, 2009) Debemur Morti
Sviga læ (Oct. 18, 2010) Regain Records
Helvítismyrkr (Sept. 16, 2011) Season of Mist http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=69178 Arckanum To Release New Album Through Season Of Mist
