Emil Nikolaisen (born 4 February 1977 in

Moi, Norway Moi is the administrative centre of Lund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Lundevatnet, one of the deepest lakes in Norway. The European route E39 highway passes through Moi. The Sø ...

) is a musician and producer from

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. He is frontman, bandleader, songwriter, guitarist & singer of the well-known Norwegian

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band Serena-Maneesh. Nikolaisen has previously appeared as drummer in Norwegian punk rock band

Silver Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...

also drumming in pop group The Loch Ness Mouse,, as well as a guitarist and songwriter in the indie band Royal, He also has a past as guitarist in the metal band

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 metal which include progressive metal, death metal, black metal and thrash metal. Over the course ...

and produced albums for Årabrot, Carmen Villain, Okkultokrati,

Elvira Nikolaisen Elvira Nikolaisen (born 16 July 1980 in Moi) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter signed for Sony BMG. She released her debut single ''Love I Can't Defend'' in December 2005, it reached the number 3 spot on the Norwegian singles list. She followed up ...

and

Maria Solheim Maria Solheim (born 19 January 1982 in Alsvåg, Øksnes, Vesterålen) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was discovered at 15 years old, by a travelling musician, singing her own songs in a small fishing village. She has released 7 solo album ...

among others, as well as having contributed on numerous records by artists like Wovenhand, A Place To Bury Strangers, Brian Jonestown Massacre and Todd Rundgren/Lindstrøm.

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1977 births Living people People from Lund, Norway Norwegian black metal musicians Norwegian heavy metal guitarists Norwegian multi-instrumentalists Norwegian record producers Norwegian rock guitarists Norwegian rock singers Norwegian singer-songwriters Punk rock drummers 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian guitarists 21st-century drummers 21st-century Norwegian male singers Extol members {{singer-songwriter-stub