Anders Odden


Anders Odden, is a Norwegian musician. He is the co-founder and guitarist of the Norwegian death metal band Cadaver, and is the bass player for Norwegian black metal band Satyricon. He is founder and guitarist of the old school black metal band ORDER and the industrial rock band Magenta. He played live guitar for Celtic Frost and has had several guest appearances with bands such as The Young Gods and Ministry, among others.

Personal life

Anders was born in Stavanger. He moved to Fredrikstad and then to Råde sometime during his childhood, where he grew up without any TV and listened to his father's collection of classical music. He was unaware of rock music until the age of 7 when he discovered Kiss and devoted his life to music.

Music career

Anders Odden started out as a black metal musician and artist in the mid 80s, and went on to start one of Norway's first death metal bands, Cadaver, in 1988. He formed Magenta in 1995 as an outlet for other musical ideas than death metal. Celtic Frost recruited him as their live guitarist in 2006. He toured Europe, USA, Canada and Japan with them on their Monotheist Tour, which ended in 2007. After Celtic Frost he co-founded metal super group Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult that lasted between 2009-2011. He had by then joined Satyricon as their temp live bass player in 2009, but moved on to hold this position permanently from 2013. He performed on "Live at the Opera" DVD/CD/LP with Satyricon released 2015 and are currently involved with the bands coming album TBA 2017. In 2013 he founded the old school back metal band ORDER together with Manheim, Messiah and Rene Jansen. When Rene Jansen died 3 December 2014 ORDER decided to continue. They recruited Stu Manx in August 2015 and released their debut demo tape, "Folly Grandeur", in April 2016.
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Odden worked as a consultant for music organizations in Norway, such as RIO, GramArt, MIC and MFO. He is the founder of music business seminar IMC, which is held during the annual Inferno Festival in Oslo, Norway. In 2011 he release his autobiography, "Piratliv", on Jurtizen Forlag which received great reviews in Norwegian media.

Discography

;Cadaver
;Magenta
;Satyricon
;Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult
;ORDER
Deadly Metal - 1985 - guitar

Slaught - 1986–1987 - guitar

FOAD - 1986 - guitar, bass, vocals, drums

Asmodeus - 1987 - guitar, bass, vocals, drums

Baphomet - 1987–1988 - guitar

Monument - 1988 - guitar

Cadaver - 1988–1993, 2003–present - guitar

Braindead - 1988 - drums

Balvaz - 1989 - drums

Hydr-Hydr - 1990–1991 - drums

Nesten Døde - 1989–1991 - drums

Thy Abhorrent - 1991 - live guitar

The Young Gods - 1992, 1995 - live guitar

Jemotor 1 - 1993–1995 - guitar

Magenta - 1995–present - guitar, bass, keyboard, vocals

Satyricon - 1997–1999 - session recording guitar, 2009–present bass

Cadaver Inc - 1999–2002 - guitar

Mayhem - 2000 - programming

Celtic Frost - 2006–2007 - live guitar

Pigface - 2009 - guitar

Ministry - 2008 - live guitar

Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult - 2009–2011 - guitar

ORDER - 2013–present - guitar