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David Husvik
David Husvik is a Norwegian drummer who has played in metal bands Extol, Absurd², Twisted Into Form and InSection and Aperture, a jazz and acoustic rock project. David Husvik helped to start Pirates N 'Thieves in 2007. He also performed in a side-project of Extol called Ganglion. Background Husvik began his musical career with Extol. The band has been highly influential to bands all around. The band has been Husvik's main musical career before the band disbanded in 2007, where Husvik took a musical break alongside his cousin Peter Espevoll, while the remaining three members, went on to form Mantric. Evidently, Husvik was a part of the first lineup of Mantric, but later left. During his time in Extol, Husvik also performed with Absurd² and The Crest. The band, Absurd², consisted of Husvik, former Extol guitarist and cousin Christer Espevoll, Magnus Westgaard of fellow Norwegian band Vardøger, and Ivar Nikolaisem of Silver. While, The Crest, Husvik was in from 1996, until 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities and, since 2006, anyone over 13 years old. As of July 2022, Facebook claimed 2.93 billion monthly active users, and ranked third worldwide among the most visited websites as of July 2022. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s. Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos and multimedia which are shared with any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Metal
Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad :Fusion music genres, fusion music genre melding heavy metal music, heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified electric guitar, guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or "pseudo-classical" compositions of the latter. One of these experimental examples introduced to modern metal was djent. The music typically showcases the extreme technical proficiency of the performers and usually uses unorthodox Chord progression, harmonies as well as complex rhythms with frequent Metre (music), meter changes and intense syncopation. While the genre emerged towards the late-1980s, it was not until the 1990s that progressive metal achieved widespread success. Queensrÿche, Dream Theater, Tool (band), Tool, Symphony X,''AllMusic''Tool Retrieved on February 11, 2013. Shadow Gallery, King's X, and Fates Warning are a few examples of progressive metal bands who achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shevils
Shevils is a Norwegian hardcore band from Oslo, Norway. The band has produced three full-length albums, two of which are self-released. They have toured Norway extensively from south to north and playing Norway's big festivals such as Oyafestivalen and Trondheim Calling. Shevils last 3 releases were recorded, mixed and produced by Marcus Forsgren (Jaga Jazzist, The Lionheart Brothers, Silence the Foe & U-FOES). Discography * ''The Year Of The Fly'' (Oslo Grammofon, 2011) LP * ''Necropolis'' (Self-Released, 2012) EP * ''Lost In Tartarus'' (Self-Released, 2013) LP * ''The White Sea'' (Self-Released, 2015) LP * ''The Miracle of the Sun'' (Self-Released, 2021) LP The Year of the Fly (2011) Shevils released its debut album ''The Year of the Fly'' in November 2011. The album was produced by Milton Von Krogh, of the Norwegian hard rock band Pirate Love, and David Husvik of Extol and Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult. Many guest vocalists were featured on the album including Ivar Nik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardøger (band)
Vardøger was a Christian extreme metal band from Hamar, Norway. Formed in 1994 under the name Hidden Paradise, the members of the band at the time were all involved in other musical projects and so treated Hidden Paradise as a side project. Several songs were written between 1995 and 1997, almost enough for an entire album, and the band changed its name to Vardøger, but the group disbanded before an album could be released. In 2000, the band contributed the symphonic black metal song "Footprints of Thunder" to the compilation album ''In the Shadow of Death: A Scandinavian Extreme Music Compilation.'' Vardøger reformed and eventually released an EP, '' Whitefrozen'', in 2003 through Endtime Productions. The recording was received well by critics and is considered a classic. Stefan Lang of Powermetal.de said that the band had a real potential to grow beyond the average, '' HM'' writer Matt Morrow gave the album a full ten-out-of-ten, and Christian metal writer Johannes Jonsson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Espevoll
Christer Espevoll (born October 18, 1977) is a Norwegian guitarist who has been active since 1993. He has performed with notable acts such as Extol and Benea Reach. Christer's brother is Peter Espevoll. Background Espevoll started his musical career with his cousin David Husvik and brother Peter Espevoll. Espevoll formed the band with Husvik and then hired on his brother, in the fall of 1993. Espevoll was 16 and his brother was 14 at the formation of the band. Alongside his cousin and brother, the band hired on Ole Børud and Eyestein Holm as Guitarist and Bassist. The band had major success, first starting with labels Solid State Records, moving up to Century Media Records. In 2004, both Espevoll and Børud left the band. After their departure from the band, Espevoll joined Benea Reach, while Børud focused on his solo music. The band released two albums before his departure in 2008. Espevoll has been musically inactive until about 2016, when he formed Azusa with Husvik and Liam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Espevoll
Peter Espevoll is a Norwegian vocalist who, in 1993, started the band Extol, with whom he is most associated. Background Espevoll was the son of a missionary family, and spent a great deal of time in Kenya, Africa in his life. While in Kenya, he and his brother Christer Espevoll grew an affinity for heavier music, with Peter citing Jerusalem as his first interaction with the genre. Later, bands such as Barren Cross, Stryper, Vengeance Rising, Deliverance, Tourniquet, and Living Sacrifice would hold an influence in his life. Espevoll began his musical career after his brother Christer Espevoll and cousin David Husvik started Extol in 1993. The band went through several lineup changes with Husvik and Espevoll being the only two constants. Christer later left the band along with longtime guitarist Ole Børud, who would later come back. The band disbanded in 2007, due to personal issues. During his time with Extol, he, his cousin, Tor Magne Glidje, John Robert Mjlånd, and Ole Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Greiner
Matt Greiner, born Matthew Wilson Greiner, is an American metalcore drummer. He's most well known as a founding member for the band August Burns Red. Greiner was homeschooled as a child. Greiner cofounded the drum company ''Greiner&Kilmer'' with fellow drummer Kaleb Kilmer, which they founded in 2012. Greiner is an outspoken Christian. While Greiner is best known for his drumming, he also plays the piano. History In 2003, Matt Greiner started his musical career. JB Brubaker (lead guitar) hired Greiner, Jon Hershey (vocals), Brent Rambler (rhythm guitar) and Jordan Tuscan (bass) to help form the band August Burns Red. The band formed in March 2003 in Greiner's basement. The band recorded the ''Looks Fragile After All'' EP in 2004 and was released by CI Records, a label local to where Greiner and the members lived. In 2005, Vocalist Jon Hershey left the band to eventually start Bells. He was replaced by Josh McManness. After McManness joined, the band signed to Solid State Records. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azusa (band)
Azusa is a progressive extreme metal supergroup that originated in 2018 as a project between cousins and former Extol members, Christer Espevoll and David Husvik. The two had been demoing material, when then The Dillinger Escape Plan bassist Liam Wilson expressed admiration for Extol. The three added on pop vocalist Eleni Zafiriadou of Sea + Air, and the band recorded their debut album, ''Heavy Yoke''. The band is currently signed with Solid State Records. History Azusa began between cousins Christer Espevoll and David Husvik, who had originally formed the progressive metal band Extol, who reached great acclaim in their run. The band began to form when the two met up at a show for Espevoll's former band, Benea Reach in 2014. The two began demoing material and put out a contest to begin creating logos for the band. Shortly after the band began working on material, Liam Wilson (ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan, ex- Starkweather, John Frum), proclaimed an admiration for Extol to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantric
Mantric is a Norwegian progressive metal band from Oslo that formed in 2007. Background When the last remaining founding members of Extol, vocalist Peter Espevoll and drummer David Husvik, decided to end the band in 2007, the remaining members, John Mjaaland, Tor Glidje, Ole Sveen, who had previously played together in Lengsel and Ganglion, decided to continue the already in-progress songwriting process and change the name of the band to Mantric. Husvik was also a part of the first lineup, but eventually left. The band was signed to Prosthetic Records and released their debut album, ''The Descent'' in 2010. The album has received generally positive reviews including 8 out of 10 scores from both Metal Hammer and Decibel. Mantric has since played a handful of shows and festivals in Europe and are currently demoing material for their next album. In 2015, the band released a new song and announced two releases, an EP and a Studio album. In 2015, the band released their sophom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crest (band)
The Crest was a gothic metal/ darkwave band from Oslo, Norway noted for their gothic metal with catchy melodies, massive guitar sound, and a soothing female voice. The band was formed in 1996 by Nell and Kristian Sigland. After going through changes in name and line-up, the band settled on the name "The Crest" in 1999, after recording their second demo when they started to develop their characteristic sound. In 2001, The Crest recorded their first full album, '' Letters from Fire'', in Sound Suite Studio, together with Terje Refsnes, the producer of Tristania, Carpathian Forest, and The Sins of Thy Beloved. In 2003 the band took a sabbatical to regain energy for their next album. Nell and Kristian spent time on a side project named "Rustflower Incorporated", experimenting with electronic music. Also in 2006, Nell replaced Liv Kristine as Theatre of Tragedy's vocalist. The Crest reunited in 2004 and recorded their second album, '' Vain City Chronicles'', at the Top Room Studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult
Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult (DMTMC) was a supergroup formed in 2009. The band made its live debut in Helsinki, Finland, on 11 May 2011 at club DOM followed by shows in Oslo, Stockholm and Örebro. DMTMC's debut single, "(Don't) Waste It", was released on 9 May 2011. Their debut album, ''I Declare: Treason'', was released on 6 June 2011 by Season of Mist. Peek-a-boo Magazine rated the album 76/100. Sea of Tranquility rated the album two stars. MetalSucks rated the album one-and-a-half out of five horns. Members *Hank von Helvete – vocals (Turbonegro) *Tim Sköld – bass ( Marilyn Manson, KMFDM, MDFMK, Shotgun Messiah, Skold) *Anders Odden – guitars ( Cadaver, Satyricon, Celtic Frost, Magenta) *Audun Stengel – guitars ( Apoptygma Berzerk, The Kovenant) * David Husvik – drums (Extol Extol are a Christian metal band from Bekkestua, Norway that was formed in 1993. The band is known for playing a variety of different styles of heavy metal music, metal which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
