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| Name            = Frost
| Img             = Frost of Satyricon.jpg
| Img_capt        = Frost with Satyricon in 2009
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| Background      = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| Birth_name      = Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad
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| birth_date      = {{birth date  and age|1973|6|28}}
| birth_place     = [[Øyer]], [[Oppland]], [[Norway]]
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| Instrument      = [[Drum kit|Drums]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
| Genre           = [[Black metal]], [[death metal]]
| Occupation      = [[Musician]]
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| Associated_acts = [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]], [[1349 (band)|1349]], [[Gorgoroth]], [[Ov Hell]], [[Zyklon-B (band)|Zyklon-B]], [[Gehenna (band)|Gehenna]], [[Keep Of Kalessin]]
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'''Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad''' (born June 28, 1973) is a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] extreme [[drummer]] he is more well know by his stage name Frost. He chose this stage name, because he wanted to purify himself and become one with the darkness and the Frost of Black Metal. He currently plays for the [[black metal]] bands [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]] and [[1349 (band)|1349]]. He is considered reputable for being one of the fastest and most proficient drummer alive, and a legend to Black Metal and to Norway art scene.    

He has also took part as a drummer with the bands [[Gorgoroth]], [[Zyklon-B (band)|Zyklon-B]], [[Gehenna (band)|Gehenna]] and [[Keep of Kalessin]]. He first joined Satyricon temporarily to record the band second demo  "The Forest is My Throne" (split album form Satyricon and Enslaved from the year 1993 - "Black Winds" and "Min hyllest til vinterland" are the two other song of the 3 songs demo album), but that changed in the next release, the first studio album ''Dark Medival Times'' (1994), where he was promoted to a permanent member.    

== Satyricon ==
Satyricon unleashed their next album ''Shadowthrone'' at the same year and in 1996 the milestone ''Nemesis Divina'', which is considered one of the best albums in the genre, proving their worth as a leading band. The fourth album signals a new era for the band with two ways: Satyricon became a two man project,with Satyr and Frost as remaining members and the band makes its first significant musical change: the new album ''Rebel Extravaganza''(1999) contains some industrial elements blended with the old Satyricon sound. But the major change started with ''Volcano''(2002), where the sound formula came closer to rock than the previous albums.This continued until ''The Age Of Nero''(2008) and nowdays the musical aproach is simpler than before, with two studio albums being recorded with this style (''Satyricon'' at 2013 and ''Deep Calleth upon Deep'' at 2017).  

== 1349 ==
Frost was not limited to the success of Satyricon, as he is also an active member in another well-known band: 1349. Their enigmatic name has the time when black death came to Norway, killing 2/3 of the population of the country. Like Satyricon, he was not an original member of the band, as he participated in the first EP ''(1349'' at 2001) as a music session. This changed to the first album, ''Liberation''(2003), which is very fast, raw and oldschool. When he listened to its material, he was excited and asked to be promoted to permanent member and so his desire was fulfilled.  

The omens were good for the band and they unleαshed their next raging attacks with the ''Beyond The Apocalypse''(2004) and ''Hellfire''(2005). The success and quality of the band was so great in the genre, to the point that even touched Tom Gabriel Warrior (Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Tryptikon) who helped to mix their next album titled ''Revelations of the Black Flame''(2009), which had lower speeds than the previous one. The band returned to its old style, with the two ''Demonoir''(2010) and ''Massive Cauldron of Chaos''(2014).

On contrary with Satyricon where Satyr writes the lyrics, Frost has provided 1349 also with some of his writing expressions. His lyrics can be found in Hellfire(from ''Hellfire''), Demonoir(from ''Demonoir''), Golem and Godslayer(both from ''Massive Cauldron of Chaos''), where we observe his love for darkness and his aversion to the manipulation of Christianity to humans and the need of the average man to expel him from his life in order to reach the level of spiritual (and not only) satisfaction he wishes

He used [[Blast beat|blast beats]]s during his performances with 1349 and Satyricon. He has since done more simplistic and mid-tempo with Satyricon.  

== ''Gorgoroth'' ==
Frost was a member of the band for the recording of their second album, ''The Antichrist''(1996). He also participated as a guest at the ''Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam''(2006) and at the “''Destroyer,or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer''“(1998) and especially on “The Devil, The Sinner and His Journey“.

== ''Ov Hell'' ==
(contracted; show full)

== ''Furze'' ==
Frost was a session musician at the album ''UTD''(2007) of the one man project(nowdays) Furze
  

== ''Gehenna'' ==
Frost made a guest at the ''WW''(2005) of Gehenna, who played in the whole album.

== ''Influences'' ==
(contracted; show full) he was sentenced to 5 months for assault, for a bar fight in the early 1990s, when he was applying for his work visa. On the 1349 tours before 2008, [[Tony Laureano]] replaced him on drums. [[Joey Jordison]] and [[Trym Torson]] also performed with Satyricon during the bands North American tour dates. Frost was later able to join the band and perform again in the United States.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/drummer-rejoins-band-in-chicago-following-visa-delay/|accessdate=2014-11-
04|title=1349 Drummer Rejoins Band In Chicago Following Visa Delay|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref>

== ''Other'' ==
Frost however is not interested only in the world of music, he has other interests as well. Before he decided to be a professional musician, he was a student at the department of mathematics in the university of Oslo, where he took his diploma. Also in the documentary Until The Light Takes Us, he takes part of an art piece by Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard, featuring him firebreathing and other stunts.

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