Eirik Hundvin

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Eirik Hundvin
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Background information
Also known asPytten
Born (1950-02-08) February 8, 1950 (age 74)
Bergen, Norway
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • musician
  • composer
  • engineer
Instrument(s)
  • Bass
Years active1976–present
Formerly of
  • Tornerose
  • Blind Date

Eirik Hundvin (born 8 February 1950), also known as Pytten, is a Norwegian producer, musician and recording engineer. He is widely known for producing and collaborating with influential acts in the Norwegian black metal scene, including Mayhem, Burzum, Immortal, Emperor, Satyricon, Enslaved, Gorgoroth, Borknagar and Taake. [1] [2] [3] [4] Hundvin worked out of Grighallen Lydstudio at the Grieg Hall in Bergen from 1989 to 2013, when it was closed. [5] He has been a member of Tornerose and Blind Date as a bassist. Hundvin is the father of handball player and media personality Mia Hundvin. [6]

Selected discography

YearArtistTitleSong(s)Notes
1991 Immortal Immortal
1992 Burzum Burzum
Immortal Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
1993Burzum Aske
Det Som Engang Var
Immortal Pure Holocaust
1994 Emperor In The Nightside Eclipse
Enslaved Vikingligr Veldi
Burzum Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Mayhem De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Enslaved Frost
Gorgoroth Pentagram
Hades ...Again Shall Be
1995 Helheim Jormundgand
DemonicLead Us Into Darkness
Immortal Battles In The North
1996Burzum Filosofem
Gorgoroth Antichrist
Borknagar Borknagar
Einherjer Dragons Of The North
1997EmperorReverence
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Einherjer Far Far North
Obtained Enslavement Witchcraft
Enslaved Eld
Burzum Dauði Baldrs
Gorgoroth Under The Sign Of Hell
HadesThe Dawn Of The Dying Sun
Helheim Av Norrøn Ætt
Aeternus Beyond The Wandering Moon
1998Gorgoroth Destroyer
DemonicThe Empire Of Agony
DesekratorMetal For Demons
Aeternus...And So The Night Became
Obtained EnslavementSoulblight
1999Burzum Hliðskjálf
Taake Nattestid ser porten vid
AeternusShadows Of Old
Trelldom Til et Annet...
Windir Arntor
Old Funeral The Older Ones
2000 Gaahlskagg Erotic Funeral
AeternusBurning The Shroud
2001Mörk GryningMaelstrom Chaos
Hades Almighty The Pulse Of Decay
Enslaved Monumension
AeternusAscension Of Terror
2002Taake Over Bjoergvin graater himmerik
2003 Dark Fortress Profane Genocidal Creations
AeternusA Darker Monument
Enslaved Below The Lights
HelheimYersinia Pestis
2004Enslaved Isa
2005Taake Hordalands doedskvad
MalsainThey Never Die
Octavia Sperati Winter Enclosure
2006 Satyricon Now, Diabolical
AeternusHeXaeon
2006HelheimThe Journeys and the Experiences of Death
2007TrelldomTil Minne...
2008Gorgoroth True Norwegian Black Metal – Live In Grieghallen
2009Immortal All Shall Fall
2010Burzum Belus
2011 Fallen
From the Depths of Darkness
2012 Umskiptar
2016DjevelNorske Ritualer"Doedskraft og tri nagler"Recorded the vocals of Hoest
2017 Arvas Nocturno Inferno
2020AmputationSlaughtered In The Arms Of God
  1. Drachman, Jillian (2022-07-10). "EIRIK "PYTTEN" HUNDVIN Is Immortal: Celebrating Black Metal's Greatest Producer". Metal Injection. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  2. Ullebø, Kjetil Kopren (2020-02-07). "Han har vært med å bygge opp byens største konsertarrangør. Og så er han blitt beskyldt for å lede en satanistisk sekt". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  3. "Pytten". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  4. "Eirik Hundvin". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  5. Svendsen, Roy Hilmar; Rogne, Turid (2013-04-05). "Legger ned legendarisk studio". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  6. Rem, Håvard (2010). Innfødte skrik: Norsk svartmetall (in Norwegian). Oslo: Schibsted Forlag.

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