Shatraug

Ville Pystynen
Shatraug in 2014
Background information
Birth name	Ville Petteri Pystynen
Also known as	Shatraug, Hellseeker, Malice Pooper, Ghoul, Fornicator, Skaldi Shatraug
Born	Finland
Genres	Black metal Death metal Grindcore Doom metal Thrash metal
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Guitar vocals bass guitar keyboards drums
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Grievantee Productions Hammer of Hate

Ville Petteri Pystynen,^[1] also commonly known by his main stage name, Shatraug, is a Finnish-born musician. In 1994, he formed the Finnish black metal band Horna. Besides Horna, Pystynen has played in several bands of different genres of metal. He founded and has played bass and guitar for Sargeist since 1999. He is also known for playing bass and guitar for Behexen from 2004–2015. Pystynen also has several solo and smaller projects which, in some, he plays all instruments and sings for.

Pystynen has a wide interest in playing instruments, being a live session musician, as well as writing lyrics. He is also trained in programming, mixing and engineering music. He owned and ran Grievantee Productions, and Warmoon Records. Ville also owns his own recording studio.

Pystynen is said to be inspired by Quorthon and has stated that Bathory has a massive influence on Horna's existence. He has also said to be inspired by bands such as Beherit, Impaled Nazarene, Emperor and Darkthrone.^[2] Pystynen has been criticized for NSBM ties.^[3]