Ivar Tristan Lundsten (professional name: Brynjard Tristan) (born 14 June 1976) is a Norwegian bassist and

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

, presently living in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

, but originally hails from the nearby municipalities of

Nesodden Nesodden is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality is Nesoddtangen. The parish of ''Næsodden'' was established as a municipality on 1 ...

and

Jessheim Jessheim is a town in the Ullensaker municipality in Akershus of Norway. History The railway station with the Jessheim station was built in 1854 as part of the Hovedbanen line from Oslo to Eidsvoll. The railroad had at the initial construction o ...

.Norsk black / ekstrem metal
He is mostly known for his time as bassist for the

black metal Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emp ...

-band

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, ...

, from 1993 to 1996, which he left after the album ''

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 20 ...

''. In 1994-1995 Brynjard was also a member of

Old Man's Child Old Man's Child is a Norwegian black metal band from the city of Oslo. The band is the brainchild of Galder (formerly known as Grusom; birth name: Thomas Rune Andersen) who is the only permanent member of the band. History Old Man's Child was ...

, where he was a songwriter and played bass on the band's demo '' In The Shades Of Life''. However, he left the band just before the release of their first album. He also used to be a writer for the Norwegian music magazine Mute.MIC Norway
Presently Brynjard is working on his new band, Angstkrieg, where he is the vocalist.

Discography

With Dimmu Borgir

*''

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 Gal ...

'', EP, Necromantic Gallery Productions, 1993 *''

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 co ...

'', album, No Colours Records, 1994 *''

'', album, Cacophonous Records, 1996

With Old Man’s Child

*'' In the Shades of Life'', demo, 1994, reissued as split EP with

named ''

Sons of Satan Gather for Attack The discography of Dimmu Borgir, a Norwegian symphonic black metal band, consists of ten studio albums, four extended plays, one compilation album, six singles and three music videos. Dimmu Borgir was formed in 1993 by Shagrath, Silenoz, and ...

'', Hammerheart Records, 1999

With Angstkrieg

*''Angstkrieg'', EP, self-released, 2010

References

External links

Angstkrieg website
1976 births Living people Dimmu Borgir members Norwegian heavy metal bass guitarists Norwegian male bass guitarists Norwegian black metal musicians Norwegian rock bass guitarists Norwegian songwriters People from Jessheim People from Nesodden 21st-century Norwegian bass guitarists Old Man's Child members {{metal-music-stub