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Shagrath
Stian Tomt Thoresen (born 18 November 1976),Shagrath
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known professionally as Shagrath, is a Norwegian musician who is the vocalist, founding member and multi-instrumentalist of the band .


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Stian Thoresen was born on 18 November 1976 in . He is a founding member, with and , of



Chrome Division
Chrome Division is a Norwegian heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in 2004 by Shagrath, the lead vocalist of symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. Its current lineup consists of him on rhythm guitar, along with Eddie Guz as the vocalist, Mr Damage on lead guitar and Tony White on drums. The band plays biker metal and has released five albums, ''Doomsday Rock 'n Roll'' in 2006, ''Booze, Broads and Beelzebub'' in 2008, ''3rd Round Knockout'' in 2011, ''Infernal Rock Eternal'' in 2014, and ''One Last Ride'' in 2015, the band has announced that their fifth album is their last album. History Formation The idea for the band was conceived by Shagrath and Stian Hinderson, Stian Arnesen, then of Dimmu Borgir, in 1999. This consisted of the two musicians Jam session, jamming after Dimmu Borgir rehearsals. With Shagrath on guitars and Arnesen (or "Lex Icon") on drums, they recorded some material, but could take it no further due to their commitments to their other bands. Sha ...
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Stormblåst
''Stormblåst'' (English: ''Stormblown'') is the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released on 25 January 1996 through Cacophonous Records, re-released in 2001 by Century Media, and completely re-recorded in 2005, released as ''Stormblåst MMV'' (See further below). This album was Dimmu Borgir's last album sung entirely in the band's native language of Norwegian, as they would after change to English. This is also the first album where Tjodalv switched to drums as opposed to guitar, the first where Shagrath is on vocals and the last where lyrics would be written by Aldrahn (of Dødheimsgard and Ved Buens Ende) until 2003's ''Death Cult Armageddon'', and the last album to feature Brynjard Tristan on bass guitar. More keyboards were employed for this album than previously by the band, and the guitars and bass became more musically textured. ''Stormblåst'' (Original release) The intro to "Guds fortapelse" is from Dvořák's Symphony no. 9 in ...
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Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The band has been through numerous lineup changes over the years; vocalist Shagrath and rhythm guitarist Silenoz are the only original members who still remain, with lead guitarist Galder being a longstanding member.Bradley TorreanoDimmu Borgir AllMusic. Retrieved on 11 June 2011. History ''For All Tid'' and ''Stormblåst'' period Dimmu Borgir was founded in 1993 by Silenoz and Tjodalv. Shagrath, Brynjard Tristan, & Stian Aarstad later joined Dimmu Borgir, and then released an EP in 1994 entitled ''Inn i evighetens mørke'' ("''Into the Darkness of Eternity''" in English). This short EP sold out within weeks, and the band followed up with the 1994 full-length album ''For All Tid'' ("''For All Time''" in Engli ...
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Ov Hell
Ov Hell is a Norwegian black metal supergroup started by Shagrath and King ov Hell in 2009. The band's debut album, '' The Underworld Regime'', was released in February 2010 by Indie Recordings. History Background Ov Hell was formed by King ov Hell and Shagrath following the temporary dissolution of God Seed in July 2009, which was formed by King and Gaahl in March that year, following the conclusion of the Gorgoroth name dispute which had started in October 2007. God Seed performed at the two festivals Hellfest Summer Open Air and With Full Force in summer 2009, covering songs from the Gorgoroth albums ''Twilight of the Idols'' and ''Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam''. During this period of activity Gaahl was expected to write lyrics and record vocals for the band's intended debut album, for which at numerous times he was claimed to have been undertaking. The rest of the album had already been recorded in 2008, with Frost on drums, Teloch and Ice Dale on guitars and King on ba ...
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Spiritual Black Dimensions
''Spiritual Black Dimensions'' is the fourth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released in 1999 by Nuclear Blast Records. A deluxe edition was released in 2004 with bonus material. There is also a digipak edition of this album which contains no bonus tracks. The digipak has reflective/holographic cover art. This release featured keyboardist Mustis and the clean vocals of ICS Vortex, as well as the departure of long-time drummer Tjodalv, guitarist Astennu, and bassist Nagash. The album cover was part of the top 10 of Greatest Heavy Metal Album Covers by ''Blender'' magazine.
It was inspired by '''', a painting by Finnish artist

Fimbulwinter (band)
Fimbulwinter was a black metal band that was part of the early Norwegian black metal scene. They had formed in Oslo during 1992 and released two demos that year. In 1994 they released their only album, ''Servants of Sorcery''. Featuring a cover of Celtic Frost's "Morbid Tales", which was the first release by newly formed Hot Records. The band broke up shortly after. Guitarist Shagrath joined Dimmu Borgir and bassist Skoll joined Ulver. The band is named after ''Fimbulvetr'' (or ''Fimbulvinter''), an event in Norse mythology. Members *Shagrath (Stian Thoresen) – lead guitar, drums *Necronos (Morten Lunde) – rhythm guitar, vocals *Skoll (Hugh Steven James Mingay) – bass *Orbweaver (Morten Bergseth) – drums Discography * 1992 – ''Rehearsal'' (demo) * 1992 – ''Rehearsal Demo'' (demo) * 1994 – ''Servants of Sorcery ''Servants of Sorcery'' is a Norwegian black metal album by Fimbulwinter, released by Hot Records in 1994. The album i ...
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For All Tid
''For all tid'' ("For All Time") is the debut studio album by Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released in 1995 through No Colours. It was remastered and re-released in 1997 through their new label Nuclear Blast with the front cover art in full color and the entire ''Inn i evighetens mørke'' EP added. It is the band's only studio album on which Shagrath is on drums, Tjodalv on guitar and Silenoz on vocals. The artwork displayed on the front cover of the album is inspired by Gustave Doré's illustration of Camelot from '' Idylls of the King''. Track listing Critical reception In their favourable review of the album, AllMusic wrote, "The production is awful, boasting thin and sharp guitars, muted drumming and echoing vocals that sound like what it might have been like to stand outside of their rehearsal hall. But somehow the songs manage to overcome the production, offering a somewhat beautiful (albeit warped) view of heavy metal that comes off far m ...
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The Underworld Regime
''The Underworld Regime'' is the debut studio album by Ov Hell. It was released on 8 February 2010. Tracks Personnel ;Ov Hell *Shagrath – lead vocals * King ov Hell – bass, backing vocals ;Additional personnel * Ice Dale – guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ... (1, 2, 5–8) *Teloch – guitar (3-4) * Frost – drums *Herbrand Larsen - Keyboard, Samples, Effects *Trym Hartmark Visnes - Keyboard, Samples, Effects References 2010 debut albums Ov Hell albums Indie Recordings albums Prosthetic Records albums {{2010s-black-metal-album-stub ...
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Ulver
Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album '' Bergtatt'', were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band has since evolved a fluid and increasingly eclectic musical style, blending genres such as experimental rock, electronica, ambient, trip hop, symphonic and chamber traditions, noise, progressive and experimental music into their oeuvre. 1997 marked their international debut with the release of their third album ''Nattens madrigal'' through German label Century Media. However, following discord with the label, Rygg formed his own imprint, Jester Records, in 1998. In 1997, Rygg invited composer and multi-instrumentalist Tore Ylwizaker into the band, and together they changed Ulver's musical direction. Their first musical endeavour together, ''Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'', drew from a variety of non-metal s ...
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Kamelot
Kamelot is an American power metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed by Thomas Youngblood, in 1987. The Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album ''Siége Perilous'', and shared songwriting credit with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011. On June 22, 2012, Youngblood announced on their website that their new vocalist would be the Swedish singer Tommy Karevik, who was first featured on Kamelot's album ''Silverthorn'' as the main vocalist, co-songwriter, and lyricist. As of 2022, Kamelot had released twelve studio albums, three live albums, two live DVDs and twenty music videos. History Early years, ''Eternity'', ''Dominion'' and ''Siége Perilous'' (1987–1998) The band was formed, in Florida, in 1987 by guitarist Thomas Youngblood, with Richard Warner on drums, Rob Beck on vocals and Dirk Van Tilborg on bass and keyboards, as "Camelot". This name was originally suggested by Youngblood's mother, since she loved John F. Kennedy. In 1988 they recorded the song " ...
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Inn I Evighetens Mørke
''Inn i evighetens mørke'' (English: ''Into Eternal Darkness'') is the first EP by Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was first released as a demo in August 1994, and later as an EP on 17 December. The EP was released by Necromantic Gallery Productions on 7-inch vinyl limited to 1000 copies. The EP is included in the ''True Kings of Norway'' split-CD by Spinefarm Records, released in 2000; this version removes all vocals from Part I. In 2003, a bootleg version on Hat Records was released, that only contained the two-part track "Inn i evighetens mørke" and "Raabjørn speiler draugheimens skodde" was not included on this release. The track "Raabjørn speiler draugheimens skodde" would later be included on the band's debut album ''For all tid'', and would also be re-recorded for ''Enthrone Darkness Triumphant'' and the ''Godless Savage Garden'' EP as well. Both parts of "Inn i evighetens mørke" were remastered for the re-release of ''For all tid'' in 1997, again using th ...
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Silenoz
Silenoz (born Sven Atle Kopperud, 1 March 1977) is a Norwegian guitarist who is a founding member, along with Shagrath and Tjodalv, of the Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir of which he is the primary songwriter. He is also guitarist for the death metal supergroup, Insidious Disease. Biography Silenoz has been Dimmu Borgir's guitarist since they started. He also composes and writes lyrics for most of the band's songs. He contributes vocals (on "Stormblåst", its re-record, and "Godless Savage Garden") and bass (on "Stormblåst MMV"). He also sang lead vocals on their debut album "For All Tid". At first, he was known only as Erkekjetter Silenoz (''Arch-Heretic Silenoz'' in Norwegian). Another band Silenoz, or "Ed Damnator" as he was called, played rhythm guitar and occasional bass in was the Norwegian thrash metal band, "Nocturnal Breed". Before becoming a musician Silenoz used to work in a kindergarten. Silenoz has written the majority of Dimmu Borgir's lyrics ...
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