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Shatraug
Finland
Shatraug is credited on 190 releases across 66 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1997–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
190
Pressings credited
66
Albums
4
Decades active
18
In collections
Biography
Ville Petteri Pystynen, also commonly known by his main stage name, Shatraug, is a Finnish-born musician. In 1994, he formed the Finnish black metal band Horna. Besides Horna, Pystynen has played in several bands of different genres of metal. He founded and has played bass and guitar for Sargeist since 1999. He is also known for playing bass and guitar for Behexen from 2004 to 2015. Pystynen also has several solo and smaller projects which, in some, he plays all instruments and sings for. Pystynen has a wide interest in playing instruments, being a live session musician, as well as writing lyrics. He is also trained in programming, mixing and engineering music. He owned and ran Grievantee Productions, and Warmoon Records. Ville also owns his own recording studio. Pystynen is said to be inspired by Quorthon and has stated that Bathory has a massive influence on Horna's existence. He has also said to be inspired by bands such as Beherit, Impaled Nazarene, Emperor and Darkthrone. Pystynen has been criticized for NSBM ties.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
190 releases · 66 albums · active 1997–2026
- Performance · 371
- Other credits · 169
- Engineering · 20
- Mastering · 2
- Production · 2
Studios: Studio Boneyard · Astia-Studio · Fantom Studio · Trollhouse Audio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Horna
- Sargeist
- Korgonthurus
- Finnentum
- Mortualia
- Drowning The Light
- Satanic Warmaster
- Desolation Triumphalis
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