Scum

The Profile

Norwegian supergroup featuring members from Emperor, Turbonegro, Amen and Mindgrinder; released the album Gospels for the Sick in 2005.

Scum is described as a super-group involving Samoth (Emperor), Cosmocrator (Mindgrinder), Faust (formerly of Emperor), Happy-Tom (Turbonegro), and Casey Chaos (Amen). Guests on the Gospels for the Sick album include Nocturno Culto, Mortiis and Knut "Euroboy" Schreiner. The band’s 2005 album mixes old-school punk, hardcore, thrash and black metal and received a mixed review (3/5) on DeBaser.

A review of Scum's 2005 album Gospels for the Sick frames the band as a Norwegian supergroup mixing black metal, punk, hardcore and thrash. The record is described as enjoyable, raw and unpretentious but not historically important. The reviewer awards it a middling score (3/5).