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Faust

1974 - Today

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Bård Guldvik "Faust" Eithun (born 21 April 1974) is a Norwegian musician, best known as the drummer of black metal band Emperor and the main lyricist of blackened death metal band Zyklon. A prominent member of the early Norwegian black metal scene, Eithun was sentenced to 14 years in prison for murder and church arson in 1994. He was released in 2003 and has since continued performing as a drummer for Emperor, Djevel, Blood Tsunami, Aborym and Scum. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Faust has received more than 7,049,743 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Faust is the 2,384th most popular musician (down from 2,340th in 2019), the 585th most popular biography from Norway (down from 558th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Norwegian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Fausts by language

Over the past year Faust has had the most page views in the with 809,860 views, followed by German (26,528), and Russian (24,447). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (76.71%), Catalan (70.85%), and Russian (65.99%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Faust ranks 2,384 out of 3,175. Before him are Chris Frantz, Andy LaRocque, Ontronik Khachaturian, Jani Liimatainen, Lisa Batiashvili, and Vonda Shepard. After him are Marina Tchebourkina, Don Diablo, Richie Faulkner, Joe Boyd, Kathleen Hanna, and Tex Beneke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Faust ranks 390. Before him are Evgeny Tarelkin, Raveena Tandon, Albena Denkova, Edvin Marton, Mónica Naranjo, and Joseph Mawle. After him are Kari Traa, Darío Rodríguez, Carmit Bachar, José Clayton, Jason Mewes, and Julian Rachlin.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Faust ranks 585 out of 1,039. Before him are Geir Rönning (1962), Nils Gaup (1955), Reidar Kvammen (1914), Erling Jevne (1966), Tore Ruud Hofstad (1979), and Jakob Ingebrigtsen (2000). After him are Kari Traa (1974), Erik Mykland (1971), Aurora (1996), Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962), Espen Sandberg (1971), and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (1996).

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Among MUSICIANS In Norway

Among musicians born in Norway, Faust ranks 27. Before him are Ane Brun (1976), Silje Nergaard (1966), Truls Mørk (1961), Samoth (1974), Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad (1973), and Cashmere Cat (1987). After him are Aurora (1996), Nocturno Culto (1972), Shagrath (1976), Ihsahn (1975), Biosphere (1962), and Erlend Øye (1975).

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