Attila Csihar facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Attila Csihar
Csihar performing with Mayhem in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Attila Gábor Csihar
Also known as	Void ov Voices
Born	(1971-03-29) 29 March 1971 (age 54)
Origin	Budapest, Hungary
Genres	Black metal drone metal
Occupation(s)	Vocalist
Years active	1985–present

Attila Gábor Csihar (born 29 March 1971), also known as Void, is a Hungarian singer. He is famous for his singing in the Norwegian heavy metal band Mayhem. He also sang for the American metal band Sunn O))). People describe his singing style as being like an opera singer.

About Attila Csihar

Early Music Career

Csihar performing with Mayhem at Inferno Metal Festival in 2010

Attila Csihar started his music journey in 1985. He joined a Hungarian metal band called Tormentor. This band became very popular among fans of heavy metal music. Their first album, Anno Domini, came out in 1988. Tormentor played many live shows between 1986 and 1990. They became one of the most well-known bands in Hungary.

After Tormentor, Attila started an electronic music band called Plasma Pool. This was from 1990 to 1994. Because of his work with Tormentor, he was asked to sing on an album. This album was De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by the Norwegian band Mayhem. He joined them after a sad event involving their previous singer. His unique way of singing added a special sound to Mayhem's music. Attila did not perform live with Mayhem until he rejoined them in 2004.

Other Projects and Collaborations

Csihar with Mayhem at Hole in the Sky 2011

After his first time with Mayhem, Attila continued to work with different bands. These included Plasma Pool, Aborym, and Korog. He also performed in a rock opera called Jesus Christ Superstar in Hungary. He said he felt honored to sing the song "This Jesus Must Die". He also sang with Keep of Kalessin on their EP Reclaim.

He is also a member of the American heavy metal band Sunn O))). His first live show with them was in 2003 in Austria. His first recorded work with them was in 2004. He sang in the Sanskrit language on their album White2. Attila has sung on five albums with Sunn O))). He has also performed live with them many times around the world.

In 2004, Attila Csihar rejoined Mayhem. This happened after their previous singer, Maniac, left the band. Their 2007 album, Ordo ad Chao, won a big music award in Norway. It was like winning a Grammy. Since then, Mayhem has toured a lot around the world.

In 2008, he joined another music project called Gravetemple. He worked with Stephen O'Malley from Sunn O))) and Oren Ambarchi.

Solo Work and Other Appearances

Attila started his solo music project in November 2008. It is called Void ov Voices. He has performed live to support other artists. These include Ulver, Bohren & der Club of Gore, and Lustmord. He also performed at Paul Booth's art gallery. He has toured in Japan and performed in Australia.

He has worked with many other artists. Some of these include Current 93, Jarboe, Dissection, and Emperor.

Between 2016 and 2018, Attila joined a metal supergroup called Sinsaenum. He was one of the main singers. The band released their first album, Echoes of the Tortured, in 2016.

In 2019, he started a new music project called Hiedelem. He formed it with drummer Balázs Pándi. In 2019, he also performed live with a chamber orchestra for an album called Canticles of the Holy Scythe.

Life Outside Music

Outside of music, Attila Csihar studied to be an electrical engineer. He also used to teach math and physics.

He has worked in film production. He helped with the movie Spy Game. In 2018, his son Arion played him in the movie Lords of Chaos. This movie was about the early 1990s Norwegian metal music scene.

Even though Mayhem's live shows sometimes use props like dead animals, Attila Csihar is a vegetarian in his personal life.

Music Albums

Tormentor

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

Mayhem

• De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
• Mediolanum Capta Est (1998, guest appearance)
• Ordo Ad Chao (2007)
• Esoteric Warfare (2014)
• De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive (2017)
• Daemon (2019)
• Atavistic Black Disorder/Kommando (2021)

Plasma Pool

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

Aborym

• Kali Yuga Bizarre (1998, guest appearance)
• Fire Walk with Us! (2000)
• With No Human Intervention (2003)
• Generator (guest vocals on "Man Bites God", 2006)

Limbonic Art

• The Ultimate Death Worship (guest vocals on "From the Shades of Hatred", 2001)

Korog

• Korog (2005)

Attila Csihar

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

Void of Voices

Void ov Voices live in Malmö, 2011

• 777 (2012, live album, Japan Tour exclusive)

Anaal Nathrakh

• When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap As It Has Sown (guest vocals on "Atavism", 2003)
• Eschaton (guest vocals on "Regression to the Mean", 2006)

Keep of Kalessin

• Reclaim (2003)

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)))

• White2 (2004)
• Oracle (2007)
• Dømkirke (2008)
• Monoliths & Dimensions (2009)
• Terrestrials (album) (2014)
• Kannon (2015)

Astarte

• Demonized (guest vocals on "Lycon", 2007)

Burial Chamber Trio

• Burial Chamber Trio (2007)

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

• In the Flesh (guest vocals on two tracks, 2010)

Ulver

• Wars of the Roses (guest vocals on "Providence", 2010)

DivahaR

• Divarise (guest vocals on "Blindness") 2014

Divahar is an all-female symphonic black metal band from Yerevan, Armenia.

Alien Vampires

• Drag You to Hell (guest vocals on "The Divinity Of Solitude") 2015

Sinsaenum

• Echoes of the Tortured (2016)
• Ashes (2017)
• Repulsion for Humanity (2018)

Statiqbloom

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

The Mugshots

• Children of the Night / The Call (guest vocals on "The Call") 2021

See also

In Spanish: Attila Csihar para niños