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Scum was a hardcore punk/black metal supergroup formed in 2002 with members from Amen, Emperor, Zyklon, and Turbonegro. All members are Norwegian except for American vocalist Casey Chaos. According to the band, their idea is to play "black metal with a real punk rock attitude".

History

Scum was formed in 2002 by Casey Chaos, Samoth, Faust, Cosmocrator and Happy-Tom. Scum's debut album, Gospels for the Sick, was recorded in one single studio session in 2004 and released in September 2005. The band has performed live a handful of times, including an appearance at the Norwegian Øyafestivalen in 2005 and a performance at Camden Underworld in London. The band had guest appearances from several artists, one of which was Mortiis, who co-wrote and performed on the song "Speaking in Tongues", released in 2021.

As of 2024, almost 20 years after they released their debut album, the band appears to have been inactive for a very long time and at this stage it is presumed unlikely the band will reactivate or release a second album following a consistent lack of updates on their future plans.

Associated acts

Scum's band members have played in several other bands. Guitarist Samoth played in many bands including notable black metal bands like Emperor, Gorgoroth, Satyricon, Zyklon, Thou Shalt Suffer, Arcturus and Zyklon-B, and did sessions for Ildjarn and Burzum. Drummer Faust contributed to the music of Emperor, Aborym, Zyklon, Thorns and several less notable bands like Impostor, Blood Tsunami, Death Fuck, Decomposed Cunt and Stigma Diabolicum. Cosmocrator played for Windir, Zyklon, Source of Tide and Mindgrinder. Vocalist Casey Chaos writes and records everything apart from drums for his band, Amen, and also provides vocals for Damned Damned Damned and Grindhaller XXX. Happy-Tom plays bass guitar for Turbonegro.

Members

• Casey Chaos (Karim Chmielinski) – vocals, mixing
• Samoth (Tomas Haugen) – guitar
• Cosmocrator (Andre Søgnen) – guitar
• Happy-Tom (Thomas Seltzer) – bass
• Faust (Bård Eithun) – drums

Discography

• Gospels for the Sick (2005)

References

1. ^ Band page at Encyclopaedia Metallum
2. "AMEN Singer Talks About SCUM And His Love For Black Metal". Blabbermouth.net. 28 December 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

External links

• Official webpage

• Norwegian black metal musical groups
• Norwegian hardcore punk groups
• Musical groups established in 2004
• 2004 establishments in Norway