Kjetil 'Frost' Haraldstad

KjetilVidar Haraldstad stage name Frost born 28 June 1973 is the Norwegian drummer in black metal bands Satyricon and 1349 He was born in Øyer Oppland Frost has previously performed with Gorgoroth ZyklonB Gehenna and Keep Of Kalessin He originally joined Satyricon temporarily to record the demo The Forest is My Throne later joining the band fulltime He has a degree in Engineering having taken a course in Computer Science at the University of Oslo He is regarded as one of the fastest and most proficient drummers in the black metal and extreme metal genres Frost employs various drumming styles when performing with different bands in 1349 and early Satyricon he extensively uses blast beats with his most recent work in Satyricon being more thoughtout and midtempo On 1349s 2009 studio album Revelations of the Black Flame he played at a slower speed as it was a more experimental album but for every other release by the band he has consistently played at higher speeds On all Satyricon albums his role is credited simply as battery Frost was denied entry to North America by the US Department of Homeland Security upon failing to note having been sentenced to 5 months for assault during a bar fight in the early 90s when applying for his work visa On 1349 tours before 2008 he was replaced by Tony Laureano Joey Jordison and Trym Torson have performed with Satyricon on North American tour dates He later was able to perform again in the United States He appeared in the documentary film Until The Light Takes Us as part of an art piece by Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard featuring him firebreathing cutting himself with a knife and destroying the set Since 2018 Frost adheres to a mostly plantbased vegan diet He says that he has shown appreciation for good food and believes it will be the future in terms of what humans consume on a daily basis He predicts that the world will be completely different on the subject of food and even quality of food actually Frost also says that his diet helped him become more productive with Satyricon Description above from the Wikipedia article KjetilVidar Haraldstad licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia