Attila Csihar

Attila Csihar (Hungarian: [ˈɒtillɒ ˈt͡ʃihɒr]; born 29 March 1971), also sometimes known as Void, is a Hungarian extreme metal vocalist, best known for his vocal work in Norwegian black metal band Mayhem and American drone-doom project Sunn O))). Author Ian Christe describes his vocals as "operatic."[1]

The native form of this personal name is Csihar Attila. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Attila Csihar
Attila Csihar performing with Mayhem at Jalometalli 2008 in Oulu, Finland
Background information
Birth nameAttila Gábor Csihar
Also known asVoid ov Voices
Born (1971-03-29) 29 March 1971
OriginBudapest, Hungary
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
Instruments
Years active1985–present
LabelsSouthern Lord
Associated acts

Biography
Attila Csihar performing with Mayhem at Inferno Metal Festival in 2010.

His music career began in 1985 in the Hungarian metal band Tormentor, which reached cult status in black metal circles with their first album, Anno Domini (1988). Tormentor performed 50-100 live shows between 1986-90 and become one of the most infamous band in Hungary of all times. After Tormentor he started his dark electro industrial band Plasma Pool (1990-1994). On the strength of his work in Tormentor, he was invited to perform vocals on the De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem after Dead committed suicide. His groundbreaking new ways of singing added a special character to Mayhems sound. [2] Ultimately Csihar performed no live concerts with the band until his second tenure in 2004.

Void ov Voices live in Malmö, 2011
Attila Csihar performing with Mayhem at Hole In The Sky 2011

After Mayhem, Csihar continued to work in various bands, such as Plasma Pool, Aborym, and Korog; he also performed as Caiaphas in the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar in Hungary. As he told in an interview in Hungarian Metal Hammer he felt honoured to sing "Jesus Must Die". He performed in Keep of Kalessin as well on their returning Ep Reclaim together with drummer Frost from Satyricon.

He is a "shadow" member of the American doom/drone metal band Sunn O))).[3] His first live performance with the band happened on 24 March 2003 at Stadtwerkstatt in Linz, Austria.[4] His first recorded collaboration with the band was in 2004 when he sang in Sanskrit language on the tracks "Decay2 [Nihil's Maw]" and "Decay (The Symptoms of Kali Yuga)" on their album White2. He has recorded five full-length albums with the group, including the very successful Monoliths & Dimensions, and performed live with the band on their worldwide tours hundreds of shows.

In 2004, Csihar rejoined Mayhem after the departure of Maniac, the band's previous vocalist. Their 2007 album, Ordo ad Chao, won the Spellemannprisen (also known as the Norwegian Grammy). Since then the band has embarked upon intense international touring.

In 2008 he has also joined another project, Gravetemple with Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))) and Oren Ambarchi.

Csihar started his solo act in November 2008, called Void ov Voices. His live performances have been in support of artists like Ulver on their first European tour, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Lustmord, Ruin and Diamanda Galas. He performed at "The Grand Reincarnation" Of Paul Booth’s Last Rites Gallery & Tattoo Theatre. He also toured in Japan and played on Mofo festival in Tasmania.

He has collaborated with such artists as Current 93, Jarboe, Dissection, Emperor, Taake, Ulver, Banks Violette,

Between 2016-2018, Csihar joined blackened death metal supergroup Sinsaenum. He would perform lead vocals alongside Sean Zatorsky of Dååth, with DragonForce bassist and group founder Frédéric Leclercq and Loudblast guitarist Stéphane Buriez on guitars, Seth guitarist Heimoth on bass, and former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison on drums. The band released its debut album Echoes of the Tortured on July 29, 2016 via earMUSIC.

In 2019 he formed an esoteric noise project called Hiedelem with drummer/percussionist Balázs Pándi (Merzbow, Keiji Haino).

Outside of music, Csihar graduated as an electrical engineer from a technical college,[5] and used to be a private teacher of math and physics.[6]

He worked in film production, most notably on Tony Scott's Spy Game, where he was the first assistant of production designer Norris Spencer. In 2018 he was portrayed in the film Lords of Chaos, which depicted the early 90s Norwegian black metal scene (in particular Mayhem). He was portrayed by his son Arion.

Discography

Tormentor
  • The Seventh Day of Doom (1987)
  • Anno Domini (1988)
  • Recipe Ferrum! (1999)

Mayhem

Plasma Pool
  • I (1991–1994)
  • II – Drowning (1991–1993)
  • III – Sinking (unreleased album)

Aborym

Limbonic Art

Korog
  • Korog (2005)

Attila Csihar
  • The Beast of Attila Csihar (2003, compilation album)

Void of Voices
  • 777 (2012, Live Album, Japan Tour Exclusive)

Anaal Nathrakh

Keep Of Kalessin

Emperor
  • Scattered Ashes (guest vocals on "Funeral Fog", Mayhem cover, 2003)

Sear Bliss
  • Glory and Perdition (additional vocals in "Birth of Eternity" and "Shores of Death", 2003)

Sunn O)))

Astarte

Burial Chamber Trio

Grave Temple
  • The Holy Down (2007?)
  • Ambient/Ruin (2008)
  • Impassable Fears (2017)

YcosaHateRon
  • La Nuit (2007)

Stephen O'Malley
  • 6°Fskyquake (2008)

Jarboe
  • Mahakali (guest vocals on "The Soul Continues", 2008)

Skitliv
  • Skandinavisk Misantropi (additional vocals on "ScumDrug", 2009)

Nader Sadek

Ulver

DivahaR
  • Divarise (guest vocals on "Blindness") 2014[8]

Divahar is an all-female symphonic black metal band from Yerevan, Armenia that contains Dev on vocals and guitar, Urubani on guitar, Skadi on bass, and Belus on keyboards.

Alien Vampires
  • Drag You To Hell (guest vocals on "The Divinity Of Solitude") 2015

Sinsaenum

Statiqbloom
  • Beneath The Whelm (guest vocals on "The Second Coming") 2020

References
  1. Christe, Ian (2003). Sound of the Beast: the Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc. p. 275.
  2. "Attila Csihar - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. "Interview de MayheM : Attila Csihar (chant) - Partie 2 le 17 décembre 2007". Leseternels.net. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  5. "interview with Attila Csihar". Voidfrontpress.org. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. "Attila Csihar - Faster Than Sound - Artist BiographyFaster than Sound". Fasterthansound.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. Credits from Discogs. Discogs.com. 2011-04-18. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.
  8. "DivahaR". Facebook.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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