Shamaatae joined his first band, Conquest, aged eleven, the band later evolving into Grotesque on drums. On leaving Grotesque,
Shamaatae formed a technical death metal band called Disinterment (before called Absorption) who recorded one demo and played a few gigs before splitting up.
At the end of 1992, Shamaatae decided to return to black metal and 𝔸𝕣𝕔𝕜𝕒𝕟𝕦𝕞 was started. Initially a full band, it became a solo project
after six months.
After several releases, by 1998
Shamaatae had discontinued working with Necropolis Records because they went under, and turned his attention to writing books under the pen-names
Vexior and Ekortu on the subjects of Pan, Old Norse traditions, runic witchcraft and anti-cosmic Satanism/chaos-gnosticism. His first book, called "PanParadox: Pan Towards
Chaos", was released through Ixaxaar Publishing in 2009.
He was still involved in music during this time still working with 𝔸𝕣𝕔𝕜𝕒𝕟𝕦𝕞 and playing drums with The Hearsemen. 𝔸𝕣𝕔𝕜𝕒𝕟𝕦𝕞's album
ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ was released on 1 June 2009. Antikosmos and
ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ featured the guest appearance of Set Teitan of the bands Dissection and Watain.
Shamataae released 3 more full lengths and several EP's and splits before deciding to record Arckanum's final album
Den förstfödde which was released on September 29, 2017 through Folter Records, who are currently re-releasing the band's entire catalogue.
𝔸𝕣𝕔𝕜𝕒𝕟𝕦𝕞 was
split up in 2018 in order for Shamaatae to focus solely on his
authorship and spiritual ventures.
-Tracklist:
01. Ty mörkeret 02:18
02. Martyrium af ondo 06:00
03. Ængin oforhærra 05:43
04. Svinna 04:38
05. Kolin væruld 03:49
06. Et sorghetog 02:44
07. Træet 03:40
08. Þæn vredhgadi svarti loghin 06:09
09. Kosmos wardhin dræpas om sin 04:17
10. Vm kaos gatvm ok kosmos 06:02
11. Bafomet 05:31
-Line up:
• Shamaatae:
All instruments, Vocals.
Label: Oniric Records.
Limited to 500 copies.
Recorded at
High Tech Trinity Studio.
Contains sundry unreleased & rare Arckanum songs from 1992-2003.
Mixed and edited in 2002.
-Tracks 1 & 2 were written and recorded in 1992, and semi-released as an unofficial demo tape.
-Tracks 3 to 5 are taken from the first recording of the demo tape "Trulen", that was never mixed nor finished.
-Track 6 was recorded during the autumn 1995 at High Tech Trinity Studio, Mora, Sweden. This version is the original mix which was dispelled.
-Track 7 is an unreleased bonus track never mixed nor mastered, originally planend to be released on a 7" a month before "Fran Marder".
-Track 8 is taken from the "Boka Vm Kaos" session. Also credited as "Capitvlvm III. Þæn Vredhgadi Svarti Loghin".
The drums on this track were recorded in a traditional Led Zeppelin way in 2000 in Mora, Sweden. Guitars & vocals were performed at Peter Asp's in 2000. Recorded, edited and roughly mixed in 2000. Produced, mixed and finalized in 2001.
-Tracks 9 to 11 are bonus tracks, not mentioned on the tracklist. These tracks originally appeared on the Boka Vm Kaos 7" and the split 7" with Contamino.
