Ihsahn

Ihsahn Born 1975 Born Vegard Sverre Tveitan Is A Norwegian Guitar Bass And Keyboard Player And Vocalist. He Is Best Known For His Work With Norwegian Black Metal Band Emperor. He Played In Peccatum With His Wife Ihriel Real Name Heidi S. Tveitan Until 2006 And Has Appeared In Thou Shalt Suffer Zyklon-B And Hardingrock And Now Devotes Himself To His Solo Project Ihsahn. In Very Early Releases He Went By The Name Ygg. Born In The Town Of Notodden Norway Tveitan Began Playing Piano At Seven And Guitar At Ten And Began Recording Songs Shortly Thereafter. His Influences Range From Heavy Metal Classical Ambient And Techno. He Grew Up On A Large Farm In Rural Norway. Tveitan First Met His Partner In Numerous Musical Projects Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen A.K.A. Samoth At The Age Of Thirteen At A Music Seminar. Tveitan Gained Haugen's Attention With His Iron Maiden Patches. In 1991 They Formed Thou Shalt Suffer Together A Death/black Metal Band Where Tveitan Was Guitarist And Keyboardist. They Produced Several Releases Before Haugen Left The Band. Tveitan Was Left As The Only Member Of The Band And Continues It To This Day As A Side-Project. Unlike His Solo Work Under His Own Name Ihsahn's Latest Compositions For Thou Shalt Suffer Are Predominately Keyboard-Based And More Classical In Nature And Influence. After Haugen's Departure From Thou Shalt Suffer The Two Formed Emperor Where Tveitan Again Played Guitar And Provided Vocals And Keyboards. Emperor Had A Much More Refined Black Metal Sound Which Showcased Tveitan's Developing Keyboard Sound A Distinct Feature That Would Appear In His Later Releases. The Band At This Time Received Much Support And Encouragement From Black Metal Pioneer Euronymous Member Of The Black Metal Band Mayhem And After Several Demos In The Nightside Eclipse Was Released To Much Acclaim. Shortly Thereafter Bandmates Haugen And Bård Eithun A.K.A. Faust Were Arrested And Imprisoned Leaving Tveitan To His Own Devices. He Retreated To A Property Owned By His Family To Compose Much Of What Would Later Become Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk Which Was Recorded After The Parole Of Haugen. In 1995 The Cult Album Blood Must Be Shed From Zyklon-B Was Released Featuring Members Of Emperor And Satyricon With Tveitan On Synth. In 1998 Tveitan Formed Along With His Wife Heidi Tveitan A.K.A. Ihriel The Highly Experimental Project Peccatum. In 1999 Emperor Released IX Equilibrium. Peccatum Would Feature His Trademark Synth Sound As Well As Clean And Black Vocals. Over The Years Peccatum Has Released Five Albums And EPs And Was Tveitan's Main Project Until The Project Was Ended In Early March 2006. In 2001 The Final Emperor Album Was Realesed. A Studio Album Prometheus The Discipline Of Fire & Demise Was Entirely Composed By Tveitan And Featured Much More Complex Melodies Than Previous Works. It Had Significantly Less Synth Than Before. It Was At This Time Emperor Mutually Decided To Dissolve Leaving The Band With More Time To Focus On Side Projects. On September 30th 2005 Emperor Made A Surprise Return At Scream's 15-Year Anniversary Party In Oslo At The Rockefeller. The Move Was Kept Top Secret Was Only Known By A Handful Of People And They Played Three Songs Only. This Was To Announce The Reuniting Of The Band For A Few Shows Around Europe And America In 2006 Namely At The Wacken Open Air Festival And Inferno Festival. His First Solo Album The Adversary Was Released In April 2006. All Work Was Done By Him With The Exception Of Percussion Which Was Done By Asgeir Mickelson Borknagar Vintersorg And Others . It Showcases His Progressive Influences As Well As Heavy Metal Black Metal And Classical Music. The Album Was Recorded At Symphonique Studios In Norway And Is To Be Released On His Label Mnemosyne Productions Which Was Formed In 2003 With Ihriel. A Video Accompanies The Track Invocation. As Well As Being A Talented Musician Tveitan Is Also A Capable Artist And Once Considered Doing The Artwork For A Thou Shalt Suffer Album. He Presently Lives In Notodden Norway With His Wife And One Dog An Akita Inu. He Also Teaches Music At The Local School. From Official Myspace Just Thirty Years Of Age Ihsahn Has Traveled Far Beyond His Rural Beginnings. In Little More Than A Decade The Largely Self-Taught Musician Has Amassed A Resume That When Combined Exceeds More Than Three Quarters Of A Million Worldwide Album Sales. His Cumulative Professional Accolades Include A 2001 Spelleman Norwegian Grammy Award Nomination 2003 Notodden City Cultural Award And Countless "Best Of" Class Honors In Internationally Respected Metal And Rock Magazines Including Terrorizer Metal Maniacs Revolver Kerrang! Guitar World And Many More. Now With The Adversary The Former Emperor Vocalist/guitarist Steps Outside The Comforts Of An Ensemble Or Collaboration And Commands For The First Time His Most Challenging Project - A Solo Album. He Also Contributed Vocals On Devin Townsend Project's Album Deconstruction. Discography Thou Shalt Suffer 1991 - Into The Woods Of Belial Demo 1991 - Open The Mysteries Of Your Creation Demo 1997 - Into The Woods Of Belial Compilation Re-Issued 2004 2000 - Somnium Emperor Full Length 1994 - In The Nightside Eclipse
1997 - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
1999 - IX Equilibrium
2001 - Prometheus The Discipline Of Fire & Demise Live Albums 2000 - Emperial Live Ceremony Compilation Albums 1998 - Wrath Of The Tyrant
2001 - Emperial Vinyl Presentation
2003 - Scattered Ashes A Decade Of Emperial Wrath Split Albums 1993 - Emperor / Hordanes Land - Split With Enslaved
1999 - Thorns Vs. Emperor - Split With Thorns
2000 - True Kings Of Norway - Split With Immortal Dimmu Borgir Ancient And Arcturus Singles/EPs 1993 - Emperor
1994 - As The Shadows Rise
1996 - Reverence Demos/Promos 1992 - Wrath Of The Tyrant Bootlegs 1995 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
1997 - Conquering Europe
1999 - Live In Frostland Videography 1997 - The Loss And Curse Of Reverence Promo Video 2000 - Emperial Live Ceremony VHS/DVD 2001 - Empty Promo Video Peccatum 1999 - Strangling From Within
2000 - Oh My Regrets EP 2001 - Amor Fati
2004 - Lost In Reverie
2005 - The Moribund People EP Ihsahn Solo-Albums 2006 - The Adversary
2008 - Angl
2010 - After
2012 - Eremita
2013 - Das Seelnbrechen
2016 - Arktis
2018 - ÀMR Hardingrock 2007 - Grimen Guest Appearances And Session 1995 - Ildjarn - Det Frysende Nordariket Session Vocals On Various Tracks 1995 - Wongraven - Fjelltronen Session Synth 1995 - Zyklon-B - Blood Must Be Shed Session Synth And Guitar 1998 - Ulver - Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven & Hell Guest Vocals On A Song Of Liberty 2002 - Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors Guest Vocals On Radical Cut 2002 - Star Of Ash - Iter.Viator. Various Roles Including Guitar And Bass Duties 2011 - Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction Guest Vocals On Juular 2012 - Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion Guest Vocals On Surrender read less