Horgh (born Reidar Horghagen, 7 May 1971) is a Norwegian drummer, formerly for Norwegian

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band

Immortal Immortality is the ability to live forever, or eternal life. Immortal or Immortality may also refer to: Film * ''The Immortals'' (1995 film), an American crime film * ''Immortality'', an alternate title for the 1998 British film '' The Wisdom of ...

from 1996 to 2022 and Swedish

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band

Hypocrisy Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another or the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform. In moral psychology, it is the ...

from 2004 until April 2022.

Career

Horgh joined

in 1996, bringing stability after a series of short-lived drummers. His style incorporates more straightforward metal techniques than his predecessors

Abbath Olve Eikemo (born 27 June 1973), better known by his stage name Abbath Doom Occulta or simply Abbath, is a Norwegian musician best known as a founding member of the black metal band Immortal. Before founding Immortal, Abbath performed with Old ...

and Armagedda, and he has become known for his strong foot technique, displaying the ability to play very fast and maintain precise

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patterns for a long period of time. The liner notes of his first Immortal album, ''

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'', dedicate the album to him. In 2004 he joined

, spending over a decade playing with both bands concurrently. He plays

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drums and

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cymbals.

Discography

With

*''

'' (1997) *''

At the Heart of Winter ''At the Heart of Winter'' is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It was released on February 22, 1999 through Osmose Productions. It is the first Immortal album not to feature Demonaz on guitar, as he suffered from acut ...

'' (1999) *''

Damned in Black ''Damned in Black'' is the sixth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It was released on March 27, 2000 through Osmose Productions, making it their last album released through their long-time collaboration with the French record la ...

'' (2000) *''

Sons of Northern Darkness ''Sons of Northern Darkness'' is the seventh album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. Musically, it continues the blackened thrash metal style heard on the two previous releases ''At the Heart of Winter'' and '' Damned in Black''. This was t ...

'' (2002) *''Live at BB Kings Club New York 2003'' (DVD, 2005) *''

All Shall Fall ''All Shall Fall'' is the eighth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal (band), Immortal. The album was released in Europe on 25 September 2009 and in the US on 6 October 2009. It is the only album to feature bassist Ole Moe, Apolly ...

'' (2009) *''

The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh ''The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh'' is black metal band Immortal's first live DVD. All content is from the Wacken Open Air set they performed in 2007, as part of their comeback tour, The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh.http://www.immortalofficial.com/blo ...

'' (DVD, 2010) *''

Northern Chaos Gods ''Northern Chaos Gods'' is the ninth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. The album was released on 6 July 2018. This is the first album after the departure of Abbath from the band and their first studio album in almost nine years ...

'' (2018) With

Grimfist Grimfist is a Norwegian blackened death metal band from Oslo. Founded in October 2001, they are currently signed to Candlelight Records, with whom they have released two albums. History The band's debut album, ''Ghouls of Grandeur'', was recor ...

*''Ghouls of Grandeur'' (2003) With

*''

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'' (2005) *''

A Taste of Extreme Divinity ''A Taste of Extreme Divinity'' is the eleventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Hypocrisy.It was released on 23 October 2009 in Europe and on 3 November in the United States. The North American version contains three bonus track ...

'' (2009) *''Valley of the Damned / Hordes of War'' (Split, 2009) *''Eraser (Live)'' (EP, 2011) *''Hell over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion'' (DVD, 2011) *''

End of Disclosure ''End of Disclosure'' is the twelfth studio album by Swedish death metal band Hypocrisy. It was released on 22 March 2013. To promote the album, Nuclear Blast released the music video "Tales of Thy Spineless" on 4 April. Background Frontman Peter ...

'' (2013) *''

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'' (2021)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horgh 1971 births Living people Norwegian black metal musicians Norwegian heavy metal drummers Male drummers Death metal musicians Musicians from Bergen Hypocrisy (band) members Immortal (band) members 21st-century Norwegian drummers 21st-century Norwegian male musicians