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band from

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. The band took its name from

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History

The band was formed in 2002 by Toschie (formerly in Sylvia Wane), Thomas Tofthagen (

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), Arve Isdal aka Ice Dale ( Enslaved, Bourbon Flame ao), Kjetil Greve (Deride), Tom Cato Visnes aka King ov Hell (

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, King Ov Hell) and Herbrand Larsen ( Enslaved). Although some (most) of the members were known from more extreme, progressive or black metal bands, Audrey Horne was to become a more melodic hard classic rock band

The debut album. ''No Hay Banda''

Leading up to the band's first album they released the 4-track EP ''

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''. The title song from the EP was the single from the upcoming album while the rest of the songs are only found on this EP. The song "Halo" later resurfaced as a live song on some Audrey Horne concerts in 2009. The band's debut album ''

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'' was released in April 2005. Recorded at Earshot Studio in Bergen (Norway) it was an Audrey Horne/

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co-production and mixed by

at Bay7 Studios in Los Angeles (USA). The album received generally good reviews and also won them a Norwegian Grammy Award in the Best Metal Act category in 2006. Due to unfortunate circumstances concerning management and booking they didn't get as many gigs as they wanted, although the reception from the audience was very good. They mostly toured the club scene in Norway and played at the 2005

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as a warmup act for

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''Le Fol'', and changes in the lineup

In 2007 Herbrand Larsen (keyboards) and Tom Cato Visnes left the band. Tom Cato to put more effort into

and

, Herbrand Larsen because he needed more time at his job as a primary school teacher and playing with Enslaved. Herbrand has continued to work with the band in the studio both as a keyboard player and producer/engineer. In August 2007 Audrey Horne released their second album '' Le Fol'' on

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, produced by Ice Dale (Arve Isdal) mixed/co-produced by Herbrand Larsen. Once again recorded at Earshot Studio in Bergen. The band wanted to work with

for this album too but his busy schedule would have postponed the record by at least six months so the band decided to go ahead on their own. Produced by Ice Dale and co-produced and mixed by Herbrand Larsen, who also played all keyboards on the album, it became an all in-house production. ''Le Fol'' received good reviews in both Norwegian and international press and earned Audrey Horne their second Norwegian Grammy Award nomination in the Best Metal Act category in 2008. This time management and booking was in order and the band progressed from playing mainly club gigs in Norway to playing clubs and festivals in Norway and Europe and at the end of 2008 they went on a European Tour with Enslaved and MySpace of
/ref> playing no less than 40 gigs in a month and a half starting November 6 in Copenhagen (Denmark) and ending in Bergen (Norway) on December 20. The tour visited Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Czech Rep., Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden before the final gigs in Norway. The grueling schedule took its toll on Toschie's voice to the point where he could hardly sing at the end and caused him to stop smoking. He has not started again since.

Present and future events

In September 2009 the band once again teamed up with

at his JHOC studio (Joe's House of Compression) in Los Angeles to record their third album to be titled ''Audrey Horne'', again on

. Release is set for late February/early March 2010.

is the producer/mixer/engineer on the album. Drums, guitars and vocals were recorded at JHOC before the band returned to Bergen and Earshot & Conclave Studio (Earshot Studio moved to new locations and expanded, hence the name change), to record bass, keyboards and additional vocal and guitar tracks. All was sent to

and mixed at JHOC. Espen Lien (Barbie Bones, Slut Machine, Trinacria) plays bass and Herbrand Larsen and Eyolf Nysæther plays keyboards. On February 28, 2020 the band released their first live album ''Waiting for the Night'', for which two concerts in Bergen from 2018 were recorded. In March a tour with

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and Magick Touch followed, which was canceled due to the

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after the fifth concert in Germany.

Band members

Current members

*Torkjell Rød/Toschie (vocal) * Arve Isdal/Ice Dale (guitar) (also in Enslaved) *

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(guitar) *Kjetil Greve (drums) (also in Deride) *Espen Lien (Bass) File:W0781-Hellfest2013 AudreyHorne EspenLien TorkjellRød 68866.JPG, Espen Lien & Torkjell Rød ( Hellfest 2013). File:W0783-Hellfest2013 AudreyHorne IceDale ArveIsdal 68876.JPG, Ice Dale/

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& Thomas Tofthagen ( Hellfest 2013). File:W0784-Hellfest2013 AudreyHorne KjetilGreve 68859.JPG, Kjetil Greve ( Hellfest 2013).

Former members

* King ov Hell (bass) (2002–2007) (

, ex-

) *Herbrand Larsen (keyboards) (2002–2007)

Live Personnel

*Eyolf Nysæther: Keyboards, backing vocals (2007–2009) *Marius Fimland: Bass, occasional backing vocals (2007–2009) *Espen Lien: Bass (2009-) *Kim Gulbrandsen: Keyboards, backing vocals (2010-)

Discography

Studio albums

EPs and singles

*''

'' (EP) (2005)

References

External links

Audrey Horne official siteAudrey Horne official Myspace PageClassic Rock: Introducing Audrey Horne
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