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Mnemosyne Productions
Mnemosyne Productions was established in Notodden, Norway 2003 by founders Heidi S. Tveitan/Starofash and Vegard Tveitan/Ihsahn as an extension to their work in the music industry. This label is mainly an outlet for their own musical collaborations. The founders have more than 10 years of experience as recording artists (Emperor, Ihsahn, Peccatum, Starofash and TSS), and have recorded and produced most of their recent work at their creative playground. At present, they are also working with selected tasks in film and web scoring. Releases on Mnemosyne Productions *Mnemo001 - Peccatum - Lost in Reverie (2004) *Mnemo002 - Peccatum - The Moribund People (2005) *Mnemo004 - Ihsahn - The Adversary (2006) *Mnemo005 - Hardingrock - Grimen (2007) *Mnemo006 - Starofash - The Thread (2008) *Mnemo007 - Ihsahn - angL (2008) *Mnemo009 - Starofash - Ulterior Soundtrack (2009) *Mnemo010 - Ihsahn - After (2010) *mnemo011 - Starofash - Lakhesis (2010) *mnemo012 - Ihsahn - Eremita (2012) *mnemo013 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notodden
Notodden () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city and List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Notodden. Notodden was separated from the municipality of Heddal in 1913 to become a separate city and municipality. On 1 January 1964, the rural municipalities of Heddal and Gransherad were merged into Notodden to form a new enlarged municipality. Notodden is on the shore of Heddalsvatnet lake, and the Tinnelva, Tinn River runs through the town into the lake. Norway's biggest stave church, Heddal Stave Church, can be seen a few kilometres from the city centre. Notodden Airport, Tuven, is located west of the city centre. Norsk Hydro was founded in this town. Notodden is well known for the annual Notodden Blues Festival, which is considered one of the best blues festivals in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starofash
Heidi Solberg Tveitan (born 31 May 1972) is a Norwegian musician and singer currently known for her solo project Starofash (also known as Star of Ash). Tveitan was formerly half of the experimental band Peccatum, where she performed vocals, keyboards and synths and wrote the majority of lyrics, under the name Ihriel. She is the sister of Einar Solberg, the singer of Leprous, and the wife of Ihsahn of the black metal band Emperor, with whom she runs the production company Mnemosyne Productions as a music producer and manager. Biography Heidi S. Tveitan was first introduced to music after taking singing and music lessons for many years. In 1998, she formed Peccatum with her husband Ihsahn and brother Lord Pz. Shortly after in 1999 Peccatum was signed to Candlelight Records and the first Peccatum album ''Strangling from Within'' was released. This was soon followed by an American and European tour. Tveitan claimed to work well musically in a "husband and wife" situation. In 2000, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihsahn
Vegard Sverre Tveitan (born 10 October 1975), better known by his stage name Ihsahn (), is a Norwegian multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer, best known for his work with black metal band Emperor. Tveitan is also a founding member of Thou Shalt Suffer, where he played guitar and keyboard in addition to vocal duties, and Peccatum, a project in collaboration with his wife and fellow musician Heidi Solberg Tveitan, also known as Starofash. Since 2006, Tveitan has primarily devoted himself to solo albums and occasional guest appearances. Beyond the characteristics typically associated with metal music, Tveitan's musical style also includes classical, industrial, and progressive elements. He is a progenitor of the symphonic black metal genre. Emperor's final album, '' Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise'', composed by Ihsahn, epitomizes the genre. Biography Tveitan was born in Notodden, Norway, where he grew up on a large rural farm. He began playing piano at ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor (band)
Emperor is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991, regarded as highly influential by critics and emerging black metal bands. The group split up in 2001, but reunited from 2005 to 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours, and again reunited in 2013 to 2014. Emperor reformed for the third time in 2016. The group was founded by Ihsahn (guitar/vocal) and Samoth (then, drums). History Early career and ''In the Nightside Eclipse'' (1991–1995) In their youth, Ihsahn and Samoth met at a rock music seminar. The two young men began playing together under various names; first Dark Device, then Xerasia, then Embryonic. The group soon evolved into the now well-known band Thou Shalt Suffer. Soon, however, Samoth began to write music outside of Thou Shalt Suffer, and together with Ihsahn and a new bass player called Mortiis (later of his own eponymous band Mortiis), Emperor was formed. After a short while together, the band released a demo entitled ''Wrath of the Tyrant''. It qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peccatum
Peccatum was an avant-garde metal band from Norway. Their influences range from black metal, progressive metal, industrial music, symphonic metal and gothic metal to European classical music and contemporary music. History Peccatum was formed by singer Ihriel (Heidi Solberg Tveitan), her husband Ihsahn (of the well-known black metal band Emperor), and her brother Lord PZ. The group released three albums and two EPs. ''Lost in Reverie'', released in 2004 after Lord PZ's departure, moved towards a more classical, avant-garde and musically opaque direction. ''Lost in Reverie'' and the 2005 EP The Moribund People were both produced under the label Mnemosyne Productions, owned and operated by Ihriel and Ihsahn themselves. On March 4, 2006 Peccatum split, leaving room for Ihriel to continue with Starofash and Ihsahn to work on his solo project. Discography Studio releases *'' Strangling from Within'' – (1999) *''Oh, My Regrets'' (EP) – (2000) *''Amor Fati'' – (2000) *''Lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In Reverie
''Lost in Reverie'' is the third studio album release from the Norwegian avant-garde metal band Peccatum. It was released in 2004 on Mnemosyne Productions, the label run by band members Ihsahn and Ihriel. Track listing # "Desolate Ever After" - 8:26 # "In the Bodiless Heart" - 7:03 # "Parasite My Heart" - 6:23 # "Veils of Blue" - 6:05 # "Black Star" - 8:14 # "Stillness" - 7:12 # "The Banks of This River Is Night" - 6:34 * All Songs Written By Ihriel and Ihsahn. Personnel * Ihsahn: Vocals, Keyboards, Programming, Guitar, Bass-guitar, Strings * Ihriel: Vocals, Keyboards * Jarle Havrås: Drums + * Knut Aalefjær Knut Aalefjær (born 21 December 1974 in Bærum) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion), and composer, educated at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He is known as an eminent drummer who provide significant contributions in the ''Helg ... – Drums and Percussion on 2, 3, 4, 5 * PZ – Vocals on 3, 5 * Einar Solberg – Vocals on 3, 5 References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moribund People
''The Moribund People'' is a 2005 EP by the avant-garde metal project Peccatum and their last release before they split up in 2006. On this EP, Peccatum's style hovers between black metal, modern classical and electronica. It features the title track, another song called "A Penny's Worth Of Heart" and a cover of the song "For All Those Who Died", from the Bathory album Blood Fire Death. The EP also features the music video for the track "The Moribund People", Peccatum's first and only music video, in QuickTime format. Track listing #"The Moribund People" – 4:26 #"A Penny's Worth of Heart" – 4:52 #" For All Those Who Died" ( Bathory cover) – 5:51 + The Moribund People Video Credits *Ihsahn: Vocals, Keyboards, Strings * Ihriel: Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adversary (Ihsahn Album)
''The Adversary'' is the debut solo album by Emperor frontman Ihsahn. Released on 10 April 2006, it is the first in a conceptual trilogy of albums including ''angL'' and ''After''. It features a guest vocal appearance by Ulver's Garm. The album has been noted for its stylistic diversity, encompassing extreme metal as well as progressive and classic metal influences. Background The album combines various extreme metal genres with progressive and classic metal in the vein of Judas Priest. Ihsahn described ''The Adversary'' as "all over the place, with me trying out other subgenres in metal that I didn’t really have a go at before." He further explained of the album's diversity that it had its origins in a certain nostalgia: Ihsahn described his intention with the production as realizing "a more sparse sound picture, inspired by more '70s metal. I also mixed that album in an analog studio with equipment from the '50s, '60s and '70s and didn't overdub any guitars." Several s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AngL : vocals on the song "Unhealer" ''angL'' is the second full-length solo album of Emperor frontman Ihsahn. Writing began in early 2007, after Ihsahn had completed touring with Emperor. The album was recorded around December 2007 and released on 26 May 2008. Track listing #"Misanthrope" – 4:58 #"Scarab" – 5:17 #"Unhealer" – 6:17 #"Emancipation" – 5:27 #"Malediction" – 4:19 #"Alchemist" – 4:19 #"Elevator" – 5:07 #"Threnody" – 5:08 #"Monolith" – 6:27 #"Morningstar" – 4:49 Personnel *Ihsahn: vocals, guitars, synths / keyboards *Asgeir Mickelson: drums * Lars K. Norberg: Fretless bass Guest musicians *Mikael Åkerfeldt Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (; born 17 April 1974)Mikael Åkerfeldt , Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After (Ihsahn Album)
''After'' is the third studio solo album by former Emperor frontman Ihsahn. This album is the final album in a planned trilogy of albums by Ihsahn.Ihsahn: More Footage From The Studio Posted Online blabbermouth.net. 2009-11-25. Retrieved on 2010-01-09. Background Ihsahn stated that ''After'', as the final album in the trilogy, departed from the preceding albums in order to bring the concept to a close: He further explained that the album was more abstract and possessed links to imagery expressed during his tenure with Emperor: Through the channel of |
Eremita
''Eremita'' is the fourth studio solo album by former Emperor frontman Ihsahn. The album features guest appearances by several notable musicians, including Devin Townsend and Jeff Loomis of Nevermore. Background The album is Ihsahn's first solo outing since the conclusion of the conceptual trilogy encompassing his first three albums, '' The Adversary'', ''angL'', and ''After''. Ihsahn said that ''Eremita'' was the product of an intentional contrast with ''After''. He described ''After'' as "a very desolate, bleak landscape. There were no signs of life in any of the lyrics," while, for ''Eremita'', the atmosphere is "much more introverted, much more paranoid and kind of schizophrenic. I tend to bring up many of the same themes, but lyrically it comes from a different perspective." The album's sense of introversion, paranoia, and schizophrenia is represented in the album cover, with which Ihsahn's ongoing interest in Nietzsche turned to Nietzsche's mad final years. Nietzsche is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Seelenbrechen
''Das Seelenbrechen'' is the fifth studio solo album by Emperor frontman Ihsahn. Released on 21 October 2013, the album was described by Ihsahn as a "deliberate sidestep" that used improvisation as the basis for his most diverse recording to date, which ''Decibel Magazine'' described as "surprising and strangely satisfying". Background Ihsahn described ''Das Seelenbrechen'' as a "deliberate sidestep" from his previous solo albums, which was designed "to avoid falling into any kind of formula". He suggested that the album was influenced by the musical experimentation of Diamanda Galas and Scott Walker, for whom he admitted "I've always admired musicians that dive into it like that and express something right there and then without filter, or polishing it too much". Describing the album as intentionally "out of his comfort zone", it relied upon improvisation to create a "more spontaneous and intuitive" feeling. The result of this spontaneity was that he felt that he could expre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
